10e régiment d'infanterie légère & de La Tour d'Auvergne

I used Front Rank figures to represent these two light infantry regiments. You can see how I paint quite clearly on the yellow colpack bags of the skirmishers in the third photo. I use a "feathering" technique to build up highlights where I want them. I paint more of these thin strokes where I want the HL "higher."

10e régiment d'infanterie légère 

Régiment de La Tour d'Auvergne

10e régiment d'infanterie légère &  de La Tour d'Auvergne

6mm Napoleonic British and French

Here are some British and French Napoleonic Baccus miniatures which I've finished. They are in 6mm. For people with limited space the scale can allow them to put on big battles.

6mm Baccus Napoleonics

28mm Napoleonic French Léger battalions

Here are some French Legere battalions; the Neuchatel Battalion and the 9e léger. I have painted a "skirmisher screen" of Neuchatel Grenadiers for a change. I think I originally bought them because I once saw a plate of a French Léger battalion which had skirmishers in bearskins. I couldn't find it again!

28mm Napoleonic French Léger battalions

28mm Napoleonic French Line infantry in Full Dress (Front Rank)

Here are four battalions of Front Rank French Line infantry in Full Dress. I rarely paint the lads in Full Dress, so this makes a change for me.

Front Rank Full Dress French Line Infantry

28mm Napoleonic Saxon Heavy Cavalry (Connoissur miniatures)

For people who have visited the Wargames Holiday Center in the UK (now in Berkshire) some  units are evocative. I will always remember their Saxon Heavy Cavalry, made with Connoisseur miniatures. Connoisseur, now sold by Bicorne miniatures, was started by the late, great, Peter Guilder. The figures have great proportions. They look good today - even alongside contemporary ranges.

These figures present certain difficulties to the modeller. In the rush to introduce ranges manufacturers skipped over musicians and other figures we count on today. You only get an officer and a trooper. Forget about getting figures in a variety of poses. In olden times this was not a problem as people could make their own. You try to tell kids today and they don't believe you...

Here are the Saxon Guard du Corps

Napoleonic Saxon Guard du Corps (Connoisseur miniatures)

These are the Saxon von Zastrow Cuirassier

Saxon von Zastrow Cuirassier (Connoisseur miniatures)

28mm Napoleonic Russian Cossacks (Elite miniatures)

I got two of these regiments painted up. There are 30 men per unit. Finally getting my Russian cavalry into shape.

28mm Napoleonic Russian Don Cossacks

28mm Napoleonic French Imperial Guard Grenadiers and Chasseurs (Front Rank)

28mm Napoleonic French Imperial Guard Grenadiers and Chasseurs (Front Rank). I painted up some FR Old Guard (Chasseurs and Grenadiers) to sell. There are a couple of Elite minis figures in there.

French Imperial Guard Chasseurs and Grenadiers a pied (Front Rank)