Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log

[CapnJim]

Ok then.  That'll be one impressive gun line! 

[Helge]

Col. Halkett - sibling of his more senior brother - leads the 3rd Hannover Brigade. Only the Osnabrueck Landwehr actually engaged the enemy so I am skipping the other three Landwehr battalions. Thus - sans artillery - this completes the full 2nd British Division.

[Helge]

Basing the foot artillery turned out to be a bit of a nightmare. Even 3mm MDF starts to warp - apparently - at the 20x10cm size of the base. So I have to use an elaborate system of clamping and coatings during the basing process. That annoyance took some of the wind out of my sails so for the last few days I only have a few offerings. First, the two foot artillery batteries accompanying 3rd British Division.

Lloyd's Company:


1st KGL Foot Artillery:


I added the limbers behind the unit on 10x5cm bases for additional decoration.

Then we have the leadership of I Corps in the form of the Prince of Orange, with ADC, and his Chief of Staff Baron de Constant-Rebecque on a separate base with his staff.




Finally, the grand man himself - the Duke of Wellington with ADC.



Now that I have a few completed divisions - soon with full complement of artillery - I also started on a page for the army on my blog. This shows all the painted units with a bit of description. Have a look . I will add to the blog as each new full division is completed while continuing to post unit-by-unit here.

Next on the list are the two divisions of the Reserves with their kilted highlanders (and basing of the remaining artillery...).

[CapnJim]

Wow!  More great figures/units.  Your progress is commendable!

[Helge]

Thanks Captn.

And here is Alm's Company of 3rd RFA, attached to the 2nd British Division. A couple more batteries to (tortuously) base and the Foot Artillery will be done.

[David H]

Those artillery batteries look really impressive on the big bases.
Wonderful project and at an amazing pace.

[CapnJim]

Those artillery batteries look really impressive on the big bases.

I agree.  Those 3 gun bases must look pretty damn cool set up together...

[Helge]

Thanks. I do indeed quite like the larger bases. Looks a bit more like an active battery. Of course I promptly messed up the gun allocation for Alm's company. There should of course be a howitzer which is now rectified in the new photo (replacing the old one).

With two more batteries drying in the clamps and two more in prep, it's time for some more infantry. Let's tackle the 5th British Division led by pottymouth LG Sir Thomas Picton. He is joined by a couple of Scots Majors, one as ADC counter as usual for division commanders.



Then we have MG Kempt commanding the 8th Brigade in the division with its highlander and rifle battalion (which will follow ... just some basing to do).

[DivisMal]

Wow!  You churn out high quality units at an amazing rate!

[Helge]

And here we have Sandham's Company of III/RFA. I am now "caught up" on foot artillery for the completed divisions. Still missing the two batteries of KGL horse artillery for 1st and 2nd Division but for those I need crew models that are stuck in the UK mail system (which has eaten 9 parcels so far from orders stretching back to November...).

[CapnJim]

Yep - those look really good, too! 

[DivisMal]

Boy, you do have an impressive painting speed!

[MaleGriffin]

I absolutely love your collection! Masterful brushwork and some of the best looking bases in the hobby! Well done!

[Gunner who?]

Your pace is impressive mate!

[Helge]

Thank you all for the kind work. Back to the good old redcoats. Here we have I/28th Foot which still wore the old stovepipe shako at Waterloo. I take every little bit of variety I can get .



Speaking of variety, I still have quite a lot of British foot regiments to do - 9th Brigade in 5th Division, all of 6th Division, and the much reduced 4th Division. Counting Landwehr, that's another dozen battalions once 8th Brigade is done. For the sake of the aforementioned variety, I am tempted to make a little excursion into either the cavalry or the Dutch-Belgian infantry. Some of the Nassau and Brunswick are sadly still in transit from the UK so that will have to wait. Any preferences between cavalry or the 2nd Dutch-Belgian Division?