Camerone Day - fete de la Legion - Invitation to a Foreign Legion gallery

[former user]

"Le 30 avril, à 1 heure du matin, la 3e compagnie, forte de trois officiers et soixante deux hommes, se met en route. Elle avait parcouru environ vingt kilomètres, quand, à 7 heures du matin, elle s’arrête à Palo Verde pour faire le café. À ce moment, l’ennemi se dévoile et le combat s’engage aussitôt. Le capitaine Danjou fait former le carré et, tout en battant en retraite, repousse victorieusement plusieurs charges de cavalerie, en infligeant à l’ennemi des premières pertes sévères."
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" Il était 10 heures. Jusqu’à 6 heures du soir, ces soixante hommes, qui n’avaient pas mangé ni bu depuis la veille, malgré l’extrême chaleur, la faim, la soif, résistent à 2 000 Mexicains : huit cents cavaliers, mille deux cents fantassins."

http://foreignlegion.info/battle-of-camerone/

[former user]

I am a day late, sorry.
So here's the idea:

with all those wargamers who have the hots for the infamous unit, let us celebrate this by posting pictures of our legion collections here, so that we can all exchange and discuss, reinfuse interest, catch up etc.
what do You think?

OK, I shall start

[former user]

[joroas]

Mine are not as well painted but I will post this evening.

[joroas]

[gimzod]

Jumping into the future I bring you fire team belette part of the international task force in Ukuechana.

[Rob_bresnen]

who makes the legion guys on horseback?

[former user]

Welcome to the gathering everybody - I hope it will give us all a new spin  
btw, @Joroas, I think Your Legion looks great (where's the rest ?) and I am not ino competitions anyway)

the two mounted officers are a Renegade cavalry officer and a Artizan mounted Legion officer, both on Artizan horses
Any other cavalry I know have either havelocks, shakos or mellons (discount Askari)

@Gimzod I hope all the talented jumps into the past will join too 

[joroas]

[former user]

oh WOW! 
did anyone say "a moi la Legion!" ? 

cooool...

[joroas]

Thanks for that. Sorry, I got two kepis for Christmas and the HMG is the Hotchkiss from Gripping Beast's WWI range. I added some flock to give them a bit of colour......

[Hu Rhu]

Apologies for joining in a little late but have been abroad.  Here is the start of my collection of classic FFL.


And another group in shirt sleeves.

[whisperin_al]

Another one late to the party!  Here are a couple of pictures of my "Beau Geste" and Dahomey figures:

[former user]

YaY!!
the more the merrier

awesomesauce!!
THX for sharing guys

btw, I realised I should reduce my pictures, I had them large for scrutiny from the Workbench board

what size/resolution would you recommend?