lieutenant Egyptian battalion available now/28mm Maximillian range

[gringo]

Arthur.......what a superb cover , how inspirational...............

talking of getting in the mood i have just received back from a mate part of

the Hacienda at Camerone....its amazing, straw roof et all...to place my

FFL when they are done.

Joras ,,yep its all good stuff

best regards   Ged  www.gringo40s.com

[Kingscarbine]

Post more stuff. We've got to keep Ged in the mood... Sort of feeding the beast to get it going

[argsilverson]

speaking about cantinieres:

http://ilikethethingsilike.blogspot.com/2010/01/belgian-expeditionary-corps-cantinieres.html

some images of the cantieres of the belgian expedition force

[gringo]

superb link, top site...just joined!!

many thanks Argsilverson .........

regards
ged

www.gringo40s.blogspot.com
 

[Arthur]

Sort of feeding the beast to get it going

And so it shall be 

Contra Guerilla this time around : the subject is quite adequately covered by Eugene Leliepvre in his Long Endure plate, but here are a few more pictures anyway. The mounted Zouave company is something I would love to see done in miniatures (the company was not technically part of the Contra Guerrilla unit, by the way : the men were seconded from the regular Zouve battalions and mounted on horses or - more commonly - on mules).

[gringo]

Kingscarbine is SOOOOO right the cage door is open and all information is

being devoured!!

Arthur

Charles Dupin was on the list .....what a potrait of him....just love the detail on his Sombero......a face full of character..im looking forward to doing this unit in 28mm

best regards
Ged

ps now if i could get more information on the Mexican Imperial Army ...i have lots
of scraps and Hefters CD on them .....then i could retire back into my cage
digest and re-appear...................!!

[gringo]

ps and thanks Arthur of course......i tip my Sombrrro to you!!

[joroas]

Moving all of these lovely pictures into my archives for later use.  Excellent work people.

[Arthur]

Re the Imperial army, many units continued to use the pre-1865 issue uniforms right up to the fall of the régime. The question regarding the psychedelic 1865 uniforms is how widely used they actually were : in his Osprey book, René Chartrand states that only a few units actually wore them, such as the 1st (Emperor's) battalion of the 2nd line battalion. Most of the Imperial forces appear to have continued to make do with a mixture of French and Mexican issue uniforms, especially since the new red jackets were particularly hated.

[joroas]

The question regarding the psychedelic 1865 uniforms is how widely used they actually were : in his Osprey book, René Chartrand states that only a few units actually wore them, such as the 1st (Emperor's) battalion of the 2nd line battalion. Most of the Imperial forces appear to have continued to make do with a mixture of French and Mexican issue uniforms, especially since the new red jackets were particularly hated.

But how many of us paint up Napoleonic units in full dress, I doubt they were really worn in the field.

[gringo]

thanks Arthur ( as usual!) its a good point, with Maximillian hankering after

imperial prestige i know he attempted to re-fit many of these "new" units with

varying success ..........and talking of Napoleonics as Joras quite rightly i have

come across an imperial cavalry unit dressed for all intents and purposes as

polish lancers of the french imperial guard...........with a few adjustments... i may

well do these for the sheer variety as well as the imperial lancers in braided carmine

with grey sombreros as these IMHO are a must do unit.


regards
Ged...www.gringo40s.com

[Malamute]

This is surely going to be THE Maximillian Adventure range and Ged is THE man for the job

[fitterpete]

I paint my Napoleonics in full dress 75% of my 40 or so units for the French are full dress.

[joroas]

Exactly my point.  Armies of men in patched greatcoats, cap covers and furled colours would like so dire................

[gringo]

thanks Gents.......although i will strive to be as autheintic as possible i agree

the full dress scenario works for me as the Republican Mexicans arent all that

colourfull,,but wheres theres colourfull units i will find them!! .Anyway

even the...........

FFL appear tp have all the cimberbands..epaulettes ..and must have looked

amazing.........the French knew how to dress for war....even up to ww1!

regards Ged   www.gringo40s.com