As promised, I've started work on a French infantry unit using the charging fusilier figure from the Hinton Hunt 1807-12 range. The first 'test figure' below is one of the ones Tony gave to me recently. The unit will represent the 57th Les Terribles because I just had to have a unit with that name.
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| FN/244 Fusilier (charging) |
Stripping the old paint from the batch of figures turned into a right old chore. The ones Tony gave me were fine but the others I've used resisted the bleach soak. I eventually got them all cleaned up after two goes in a Dettol bath. I'm hoping to get the unit painted reasonably fast as I have cleared all distractions from the painting desk.
4 comments:
Looking good, how fast is reasonably fast I wonder? I'm struggling badly with my greatcoated unit. I've realised the reason I don't enjoy painting infantry is the backpacks - they make a lot of work and obscure the pretty uniforms. In fact they can make one's troops, when viewed from the back, as they usually are, look like a luggage carousel at Gatwick.
Thanks Rob, I'm thinking mid-April? Good point about backpacks I wonder how often they actually wore them in battle?
A very nice start, the whole unit should look the part.
Thanks Donnie, I’m sure the emperor hopes so!
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