I did say that the Belgians would be up next however, I
realised a while back that I had never finished the personality figures for the
British. So as a bit of a distraction, and for the sake of completeness, here
are the last two, starting with General Cooke.
BN/256 Maj. Gen. G. Cooke commanded 1st (Guards) Div. at Waterloo in general's uniform (horse BNH/11) |
I couldn’t find much info on Cooke other than, as I’m sure you all know, he commanded the 1st (Guards) Division at Waterloo where he also lost his right arm in the middle of the afternoon forcing him to pass over command to Byng.
Finally we have the Cavalry Staff Corps Trooper who, being nameless, can’t really be classed as a personality. This one is a bit of a quirky addition and was probably included in the range because of Mr Hinton’s love of uniforms.
I don’t have the painting instruction sheet for this one so I have painted him as a trooper of the 12th Light Dragoons.
I’ll post a full lineup of the Duke’s staff soon.