28mm Napoleonic Connoisseur Baden 1st to 4th infantry

Connoisseur miniatures was started by the late, great, Peter Guilder who also brought us the Wargames Holiday Centre. The figures have aged well - at least to my eyes - because their proportions are more in line with humanity than many of the well fed offerings of today.

These figures are not as easy to paint as more recent designs. A lot of things have to be painted on. They sometimes need modification. This is particularly true of the cavalry where musicians, and some other figures, may not be available in the range. Getting these figures onto the table gives an "old school" pleasure.

Bicorne miniatures now sell the Connoisseur range. They go to a lot of UK shows. So you should be able to check out their extensive range in person.

Here I present you with the Baden 1st to 4th line infantry regiments.

Connoisseur battalions 1st to 4th line infantry regiments

Napoleonic French General and Vivandiere and Russian casualties

Odds and ends which I have hanging about.

Bicorne miniatures Napoleonic French Cuirassier General standing

Warlord Games Vivandiere and donkey

A pack of Napoleonic Russian casualties from Warlord Games. I remembered them after I finished my Warlord Russians. Doh!

 

Warlord Games Napoleonic Russian casualties

Bicorne miniatures Napoleonic French Cuirassier General on foot

Warlord Games Vivandiere and donkey

28mm French Napoleonic General Staff

I like to tie up loose ends, painting any odd figures I have lying around. I stumbled on these figures recently while trekking across my lead pile.

I think they are from Foundry (in Nottingham). They are probably part of a larger set of Napoleon's retinue. I may yet come upon the rest or they could be painted and tucked away for a rainy day.

Foundry have some nice figures. But they are bloody expensive. They are also a bit shorter than Elite, Front Rank and others I generally use.

RBP

28mm King's Troop Toy Town Royal Horse artillery

I bought a big box of "toy town" type figures from Eureka miniatures which I have slowly been painting up.

General: "Dem Frenchies is coming on in the same old style. Bring up your battery, Ramsay!"

Captain Ramsay: "Sah!"

"King's troop, move out!"

"Open fah!"

"Well done, lads, back home for tea and medals"

28mm Napoleonic Front Rank cavalry: Dutchy of Warsaw, French, Russian

Here are some of the Front Rank Napoleonic cavalry which I recently finished. I painted these to sell. Often I do this and then decide that I can't part with the figures. This time I deliberately bought them in unit sizes I don't use. I will have to see if this helps me part with them!

Dutchy of Warsaw 1st Chasseurs a Cheval

 French 20th Dragoons 

 

 French Carabinier

 

 Russian Guard Cossacks

 

 Russian Military Order Cuirassier

 

 Russian Ekaterinoslav Cuirassier

 

 Russian Novogorod Cuirassier

 

 Russian Pskov Dragoons

 

 Russian St Petersberg Dragoons

 

Dave Allsop figures French line infantry painted as 94th, 95th and 112th line

I have some figures from the late, great, Dave Allsop. Dave worked on a range of French, Austrian and Russian figures before his untimely death in the United States. These are some of the French figures. The figures have separate heads and many different heads to use. In addition to Dave's heads, I used quite a few from my "swap box" to add variety.

I don't think you can get these figures any more. The fit in quite nicely with the likes of Bicorne and Firing line.

Reinforcements by post

10mm Napoleonic Russian line cavalry and infantry

I am painting these for Gerry of "The situation room". The snaps were taken with my phone. Sorry the second is a bit out of focus. Gerry does gaming on a grand scale using his "In the Grandest manner."

Gerry's blog is here. If you are a maniac for Napoleonics, and can get to the UK, send Gerry a message via his blog to see if you can get an invite to play at his place in Scarborough.