Funny but I now quite enjoy the infantry! I may start mixing between the German Division and the First....I enjoy the great coat French...but I fear the Federation of the Rhine and Germanic units, simply Because of 1) Lots of detail and 2) some of them are white!
I have the lancers and Cuirassiers models, Perry metals, already and waiting....as you say, saving these until I have at least two divisions of infantry painted me thinks.
I also have enough Chasseurs a Cheval for three regiments. I’d like to tackle one of those, maybe after the next foot regiment.
I have enough plastic great coats, along with a good handful of characterful metal ones to mix in for another three, maybe four units, plus I have three boxes of the new French Perry infantry without coats. They look a pain to me to put together as there is very fine flash on many of the spruces, but I am determined to build at least two regiments, one probably to be painted as the Swiss.
Of course I need to explain away WHY the French are wearing great coats whilst their foreign allies are without!
It was suggested to me that “The rain in Spain falls mostly on the French”! But I fear that’s really not a credible reason. I suppose I shall have to start every battle with the German Division approaching from whatever direction their soaked French allies haven’t!
I am tempted to paint a regiment of maybe Portuguese or one of my other opponents, for no other reason than I would like to learn the rules, and it would be good for my visualisation if nothing else to have opponents for my chaps. Or I may just paint the Nassau and practice on them as if they had already turned coat!
However, it looks like my first proper British opponents have been given their colours (painted
) so with luck, and a fair wind, we may see action after this enforced lockdown. Perhaps I may even have time to build and fortify the town.....
16 May 2011, 10:04:22 AM