From Curt - Napoleonic French Command Stands (30 Points)

 

Hi Everyone!

Just another small post from me to keep the counter ticking along. First, thanks Dave for allowing me to join in with your Sunday crew, you often do historical-themed stuff, so I thought this entry was apropos under your supervision. 

My 'first love' for historical miniatures was Napoleonics. I often call it 'The Beautiful Game' due to the period's gorgeous uniforms, larger-than-life personalities, and rich history. In addition to collecting it in 2mm, 3mm and 15mm (I know, it's a sickness, really), over the years I've also slowly accrued a reasonable 28mm collection, mainly built around the Peninsular War and Hundred Days Campaign. One gap that has been bothering me (as much as the lack of toy soldiers can bother anyone, but I think I'm safe with this audience) was that I didn't have a French heavy cavalry commander to lead my cuirassiers and carabiniers, and I was also needing another messenger/brigade commander to fill that role. This being the case, I thought this Challenge would be the one where I'd rectify these gross oversights in my collection!

So, here is a two-figure command stand of a French cavalry commander stuffed into a cuirass, along with his gaudy trumpeter to annoy all those near and far. Both models are from Perry Miniatures, with the commander and his mount being metal figures, while the trumpeter and his brave nag are from their plastic range. 

The Imperial orderly is a Perry one-piece metal casting which I quite enjoyed working on, being I didn't have to mess with pinning/gluing him to his mount and he's mostly blue! Several sources state that these fellows, being favourites of Napoleon, often had a bit more latitude for how they uniformed themselves. As such, I've given this chap a pair of brown, leather reinforced trousers with silver detail. Just understated enough not to get called-out for it by the Boss, but enough bling to make other officers roll their eyes. 

These three mounted figures should give me 30 points to add to my tally. They will also provide me with another squirrel for Stuart to pip on my roster.

Thanks for dropping in for a look!

- Curt

From DaveD . Nice to have you pop by on a Sunday . Great to see you deliver a decent bit of history as well. You always need more commanders and it’s nice to have colourful ones as well. Indeed I think a bit of uniform license is allowed , even called for . My personal favourite is the trumpeter here . Good job Snowlord . 30 pts it is .