From RayR - Almansa French, Horse Brigade's Pelleport and Sandricourt - 34 Points

I'm battling on through trying to get as much 2mm figures as I possible can.

In this post we have two brigades of French Horse. First up we have Pelleport's Brigade

Which consisted of the following regts, 2 Squadrons of  Parabere, 2 squadrons of Germinon and 2 squadrons of Pelleport's.

They fought on the Left of the battle in the second rank under Lt Gen Abre.

I'm afraid the flags are generic 18th century flags, as finding any info on the flags proved extremely difficult. But If I hadn't have said anything you'd have never known, would you?

The second French Horse brigade is that of Sandricourts.

Sandricourt's brigade also fought on the left wing of the battle, but they fought in the 1st line under the 

Marquès d'Avaray.

The regiments in this brigade were, 3 squadrons of Berry, 2 squadrons of  Vignau and 2 squadrons of Villers.

The Berry regt is the only French Horse regt with the correct flags, even though they're a later 7YW flag, but's its 2mm, and I can hardly see it.......

So to the points

Pelleport's 2.5 point per base = 15

1/2 point for the brigader total to 15.5 point

Sandricourt's 2.5 points per base = 17.5 points

1/2 point for the brigader total to 18 point

At this scale, I don't think you need to overly worry about the flags being 100% accurate. The next thing you know you'll be worrying about facing colours on the uniform collars and the correct type of lacing on the cuffs. I'll still round your score up for the flags even if they may be 'generic'.

Fine work on these cavalry brigades. 

-StuartL

From Clint: A Pack Yak! (10 Points)

Just to get a couple of Pre Christmas points. A single pack Yak. For those that do not know a Yak is the traditional beast of Burden in Tibet! And they are used to carry loads in the

Himalayas as my regular blog readers will know I am working on a 28mm colonial Northwest Frontier project. So to round it out here is a Yak.

The figure is old but we all have things in the unpainted pile we should have started years ago. It is 25/28mm Irregular Miniatures which is a company that is still going but they no longer attend shows or advertise. So if you want anything you have to contact them directly and wait! (I have more Irregular miniatures coming in this challenge).

Neither the best paint job now the best figure I have ever sculpted but it is done and need never be done again.

Yaks do come in a variety of colours. There are many Black and white but equally as many brown or Ginger. It all depends on the herd it is born into. They have been used to carry loads for centuries. The Mongols used them and they are still used today. So if you are wargaming in the

Himalayas you just might need some of these. As I have said I will use this one for colonial and Victorian Science Fiction but they could equally well be used for Modern all the way back to biblical.

But most importantly It gets a few points before Crimbo and I just want to get off the mark as I carry on with 3 other projects. So it was a distraction but a welcome distraction.

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Never met a Yak I did't like and this one's no exception. Nice one Clint. If you ever need to find this one a Yak girlfriend (or boyfriend for that matter) check out Mark Copplestone's 'Back of Beyond' range. Some lovely Yaks to be found there.

You're officially on the scoreboard Clint! Welcome back.