First Six Napoleonic Light Infantry Battalions, 10mm Old Glory

All,

Well, so far you've seen a bunch of my Old Glory Napoleonics: line battalions, squadrons of cavalry, and batteries of artillery.  So now to show ya some Austrian and French light infantry, three battalions each.  These are different from the line infantry; the line infantry are cast in strips of five men, while the Lights are cast individually. 

I figure I need three more battalions each before I can put on a 'proper' fight; I need to put another order in with Russ and Connie!  I also need to paint up some more cavalry and artillery, plus some leadership (officers at brigade/division/corps level), but I've got them.  Plus a boatload more line infantry.

Each battalion is four bases of four guys, so you see three battalions each at left and right.  Austrians are on the left and French on the right.  The French are Legere while the Austrians are a mix of Grenzer and Jaegers.  I think.  I'm certainly not a Napoleonic expert...  As usual, I primed in black and just hit highlights of color, moving very quickly, so these are really meant to be viewed from afar, not up close ;)

Again, Austrians on left and French on right.

Austrians at top, French on the bottom.

French at left, Austrians at right.

French at left, Austrians at right, looking from behind them.

French at left, Austrians at right.

French at top, Austrians at bottom.

The Austrians.

See, this is what happens when you ask for close-ups when you're not supposed to!

Another Austrian close-up.

And one more.

And now for ze French.

Again.

Another.

And one more.

I'm very happy with my choice to go with Old Glory 10mm for Napoleonics; I just need to get off my  butt and keep painting them!  That's the tough part about Naps for me, all the painting.  I'm spoiled by all of my WWII stuff in 10mm and Modern skirmish stuff in 15mm, it just pops right out!  But Naps, even with my speed painting, are killing me, particularly given the fact I have to do both sides.  But I'll survive, and someday I'll actually get a game in! ;)

V/R,
Jack

First Four Napoleonic Artillery Batteries, Old Glory 10mm

All,

The steady slog towards getting enough troops ready to play a Napoleonic game in 10mm continues.  Previously I'd shown you twelve battalions of line infantry for the French and twelve for the Austrians, then I showed you two cavalry regiments each, and here I present two batteries of foot artillery each.  Each artillery battery will be represented by a single base on the tabletop, though I made two bases for each battery, one limbered and one deployed.  The deployed base has two guns plus crew set up as firing, and the limbered base has one gun being towed by its horse team, though I had to cut down on the number of horses in order to fit my basing system.  All troops and equipment are brought to you by the fine folks (Russ and Connie) of Old Glory 25s.

A look at the four batteries of artillery; I figure I need another two per side.  French are on the left, Austrians on the right.

Some closeups of the Austrian guns.

And the French.

Well, that's it for now.  I've also completed three battalions of light infantry (each), which I'll be posting soon, and I'm about halfway done with some command stands.  Once the command stands are done, technically I'll have all the elements I need to actually sit down and play a game!  Having said that, all my infantry battalions are currently four bases and I'd like to push them up to six, all my cavalry regiments are four bases and I'd like to push them up to five, and I'd like to add another light infantry battalion per side, two artillery batteries per side, and two cavalry regiments per side.  Then I think I'd be pretty happy with my base force, and could just add to them (Guard infantry, Horse artillery, etc...) as the urge strikes me.

V/R,
Jack

First Four Napoleonic Cavalry Units, Old Glory in 10mm

All,

When it comes to my perpetual Napoleonics project, I've been able to keep my nose at least occasionally in contact with the grindstone.  Fresh on the heels of finishing off twelve infantry battalions (six French and six Austrian), I have completed my first four cavalry units.  I say "units" as I'm not sure what they're supposed to be, so if you can help me steer me on the right track, please do.  Here's the deal: I'll be playing the rules "Black Powder," and/or "Drums and Shakos Large Battles," maybe some "LaSalle."  The base infantry unit is the battalion; so, to be on 'equal' footing with regards to rules and base units, would the base unit of cavalry be the squadron or the regiment?

In any case, these are great looking troops from Russ and Connie of Old Glory 25s, in 10mm Grand Scale, which I'm quite fond of.  Each unit has a command base of Officer, Colors, and Music, and then three bases of troopers.  There is one unit each of: Austrian Hussars, Austrian Cuirassiers, French Hussars, and French Line Lancers.  Enjoy!

All four units, from top: Austrian Hussars, Austrian Cuirassiers, French Line Lancers, and French Hussars, with four bases per unit.

Looking fore to aft, French on the left and Austrians on the right.

French on top, Austrians on the bottom.

And from the rear, with Austrians at left and French on the right.  Now for some closeups...

The French, showing the command stands  I actually reversed the Musics' colors, like you're supposed to.  It felt weird ;)

A blurry picture of the French troopers.

Reverse angle of the French command stands.

A better pic of the French troopers.

And now we swing over to the Austrians, starting off with their troopers, Hussars at top, Cuirassiers at bottom.

The Austrian command stands.

Some blurry Austrian troopers.

And then there were some requests for extreme closeups; I guess you guys want to see exactly how haphazardly I'm slapping paint on these guys.  I'm telling ya, they're ugly up close, but look pretty damn good en masse.

 French Hussar command.

French Line Lancer command.

Austrian Cuirassier command.

And Austrian Hussar command.  I did my best to make the green and blue 'pop.'

Anyway, hope you like them, and I continue marching towards the day I'm actually able to play a game.  Hope we're all alive to see it ;)

V/R,
Jack

Next Ten Old Glory Napoleonic Battalions, Plus Cavalry WIP

All,

I've been slaving away, trying to get my mountain of Old Glory Napoleonic figures painted up, maybe even get a game in this decade.  I've literally got more raw Napoleonic lead than I can count, and I have no end goal in sight (with regards to how many units of various types I want/need to have), but I'm gonna keep charging ahead.  Initially I'm looking at, per side: 6 infantry battalions, two cavalry squadrons, two artillery batteries with limbers, and a CinC and a couple brigade commanders.  I'll also figure out some skirmish bases/units somewhere along the way.  My next step will be to double all that.  So far, I've got the initial batch of infantry done (12 battalions total), and I'm working on the four cavalry squadrons.  Previously I posted my first two infantry battalions (one French, one Austrian); I've now finished up the other ten infantry battalions (five per side).  Let's take a look.

The whole mess, so far: twelve line infantry battalions, six per side, with Austrians on the left and French on the right.

French on top, Austrians on bottom.

Austrians on left, French on right.

French on top, Austrians on bottom.

French on top.

Austrians on top, French on bottom.

Austrians on top.

Closeups of Austrians, you can see some facing colors.

Some French behinds ;)

Austrians.

Again.

Austrian rears.

Again.

French closeups.  You can see the different colored pom-poms.

Again.

More.

One more.

A super closeup of a French command stand.

And an Austrian one.

Now, just for fun I guess, a few shots of my cavalry as work in progress.

Four squadrons, two French at top and two Austrian at bottom.

The first French squadron is a squadron of Hussars.  So far I've only done the horse colors for the French.

Reverse.

The second French squadron is a squadron of Lancers.

Reverse.

On to the Austrians, where their first squadron is a unit of Cuirassiers.  They are almost completed.

Reverse.

And the second Austrian unit is a squadron of Hussars.

Reverse.

Well, that's all for now.  Pretty happy with how everything is turning out, pretty proud of my productivity.  I'm getting there, slowly but surely.  The infantry is really a pain in the butt (just so many), but the cavalry, which I plan on doing only twelve figures per unit, three per base, four bases per squadron, is going pretty damn quick, actually.  We'll see how the artillery, limbers, and command stands go.  I hate painting limbers...

V/R,
Jack