Front Rank: Napoleonic Polish Command Bases

[Sascha Herm]

Hi all,

I was finally able to upload some pictures of my latest Command Bases. These are supposed to depict Characters and Men of the High Command and other Officers of the Napoleonic Polish Army. They have been with me a while and were finished as part of the Commission as the French ones. I quite like the various colour combinations of the Polish Uniforms, as they are just a little bit different compared to the French ones.

Please click on the links for more pictures  

Polish Command Base One: http://www.sascha-herm.com/Polish-CB01.htm



The figures were based on a 80mm diameter MDF Base. The figures are supposed to represent Prince Josef Poniatowski, his ADC and General Dabrowski. I added a injured Fusilier of the Vistula Legion to give the impression of being on a Battlefield. I used Foundry's Wine Stain Red for the "Pink-ish" Trouser but started with a 1:1:2 mix of GW Rhinos Hide, Black and Shade A and stopped the highlighting after using only shade B, leaving C completely out. For the Blue Uniform I used Foundry's French Blue with additional shading by adding Black to A and also Foundry's Tomb Blue Shade C to the French Blue C colour.

Polish Command Base Two: http://www.sascha-herm.com/Polish-CB02.htm



The General of Brigade is here accompanied by an ADC on foot, holding his Horse on a 80mm MDF Base. I actually used a French Grenadier Officer with Bicorne, pointing and painted him in colours to represent a Polish ADC. I also converted him slightly to make it look like he is holding the reigns of the Horse. I further added a Broken Austrian Gun and a Grenadier Casualty Figure to the Base.

Polish Command Base Three: http://www.sascha-herm.com/Polish-CB03.htm



I based the next Groups on round 60mm MDF Bases. The base is showing a General of Division with a Grenadier Officer and a fallen Horse.

Polish Command Base Four: http://www.sascha-herm.com/Polish-CB04.htm



This Base is depicting a Infantry General with an ADC on Horseback, accompanied by an Officer of the Vistula Legion on Foot.

Polish Command Base Five: http://www.sascha-herm.com/Polish-CB05.htm



Here we have a Chief of Staff of a Legion, with his Aide de Camp and a Voltigeur of the Vistula Legion.

I hope you like them   All Comments are very welcome.

With kind regards

Sascha

[PAULSPENCE]

Hi Sascha,

Fantastic as usual.

I particularly like the Poniatowski group and the wonderful ADC.

Front Rank do some splendid ADCs in Hussar uniforms!

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Paul

[THE CID]

Very impressive as usual. 

[squeaky]

Great work Sascha, and giving the basic recipes for the colours is very useful for those of us with less talent