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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: carojon on July 12, 2015, 03:04:08 PM
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Hi all,
I have just finished the first battalion of my second French regiment, the 96e Ligne as part of a Talavera project requiring eight such regiments.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5QYwoL9P7Ww/VaJvAuEGlxI/AAAAAAAAN0U/iG9ycrQQUGk/s1600/DSCF0375a.jpg)
The 96e Ligne have an interesting pedigree starting out as one of the many foreign raised units to grace the Bourbon army. The regiment was a very experienced veteran one by the time it marched into Spain.
If you would like to know more then just follow the link to JJ's
http://jjwargames.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/196e-regiment-de-ligne.html
Jonathan
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Great work Jonathon :-* :-* :-*
Darrell.
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Thanks Darrell, glad you like them.
Cheers
JJ
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Interesting unit and nicely done as always.
Personally I would have been tempted to go for the yellow tipped red plume for the voltiguers as well.
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Thank's Gustav.
Yes the red/yellow plumes were probably perculiarities to the musicians rather than the officers and soldiers as the Otto Manuscript shows a carrot shaped plume of green, with the officer having the yellow tip. Two years on and into Spain I reckon they may have been re-uniformed and decided to stick with the more standard appearance all be it maintaining the yellow cuff flaps.
Anyway after 200 plus years, there is a lot of guess work and I await an 18mm figure with the fancy shako chords
Cheers
JJ
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Nice!