Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log

[Bloggard]

my goodness, they look particularly hussar-tastic. 

[Harry Faversham]

It'd be easy to come to hate Heige, he seems to do effortlessly, wot we all aspire to!

 

[Helge]

Harry, don't hate me

And here we have 15th Hussars.

[armchairgeneral]

They look superb.

Just reading Bernard Cornwell’s book on Waterloo at the moment (which is an excellent) as a friend is persuading me to do the 100 days campaign in 28mm. Trying to resist but your thread really isn’t helping 

[Helge]

They look superb.

Just reading Bernard Cornwell’s book on Waterloo at the moment (which is an excellent) as a friend is persuading me to do the 100 days campaign in 28mm. Trying to resist but your thread really isn’t helping 

I finished my third reading of the book last weekend. Rotating through it every year . Indeed, I  have to admit that the whole collection does look glorious all laid out. It now fills a full 9x5' table even tightly packaged just for the allied forces. I might do a video walkthrough once the last units are done. Still 10 to go for my anniversary deadline and then 15 more after to wrap it all up. And then glorious Prussia!

[Helge]

And here we have 13th Light Dragoon which was attached to 5th Brigade from 7th.



This completes 5th Brigade so here is the customary attached Horse Artillery battery. This is Ramsay's H Troop with their 9pdr cannons.

[MaleGriffin]

Fantastic figures as usual! Masterful brushwork!

[Bloggard]

... Indeed, I  have to admit that the whole collection does look glorious all laid out. It now fills a full 9x5' table even tightly packaged just for the allied forces. ...

 
look forward to seeing the whole shebang. Just amazing productivity and quality.

[Harry Faversham]

When I see the full collection in all it's glory. I'll probably have a large Napoleon brandy, walk out on to the veranda, put my service revolver to the temple and pull the trigger!

 

[Helge]

Deal, I will figure out how to make a video of the army once it is done. A few more units to go. Here we have the two 8 gun batteries supporting the Brunswick Division. One Horse, one Foot.

[Harry Faversham]

Lovely work there. Tempted now, to add some Brunswickers to my 1815 collection.

[CapnJim]

I'm running out of superlatives here...so, I'll just go with "Yeah, they look OK..."

[Helge]

Thank you kindly. It is evident that I will *not* get everything done for the one year anniversary. But I will go down fighting!

Here we have Sir Vivian commanding 6th Cavalry Brigade and the 10th Hussars thereof.

[Gunner who?]

"The Waterloo Companion" by Mark Adkin is my read at the time (great book btw), so I follow your troops en passant in the book. Your output is most impressive - best wishes from my side.

Cheers

[Baron von Wreckedoften]

Here we have the two 8 gun batteries supporting the Brunswick Division. One Horse, one Foot.

Spendidly done!  However, judging by the axle boxes, it looks like you've used British guns with the block trails, yes?  If so, you're going to hate me (again).....

Several manufacturers have, quite wrongly, used British guns for their Brunswick figures, but in fact the Duke sent his artillery commander, Major Mahn, to purchase two full batteries of captured French/Dutch 6-pdrs at an auction after Leipzig.  There is no record of the vehicles ever being repainted, although one would have thought this would have happened at some point, given that the Brunswickers had had them for almost 18 months by the time of Waterloo.  So either British grey (most likely colour if they were repainted) or French Gribeauval Green (if they weren't).  Mahn rode a chestnut gelding at Waterloo, in case you want to represent him.

You can always re-deploy the British guns as a British or Hanoverian battery!