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6mm Baccus Napoleonic Commission starting with the French, and finishing with 1806 Saxons!

 Soon to fly off to Australia, this is the first of many batches of 6mm Napoleonics from a certain Sheffield based company (oh all right, it's Baccus and they're lovely).

Another batch of Dru's figures, which the keen-eyed amoungst you will recognise as Prussians doubling up as Saxons for 1806-7 to fight the French I have painted preiously. He will base up and I added the appropriate flags where needed. If Covid had not turned my brain to mush as I was trying to match flags to units, and I was so bored in isolation that thankfully, I could happily get on with it.

Infantry units Dygerri, Cerrini, Low, Niesermeuschel, Oebschelwitz, Prinz Anton, and Prinz Fredrich August


Attack in line?


From an observation kite?


Konig Infantry and Prinz Maximillian Infantry




Rear view of them


From a decent vantage point


Garde de Corps and Lieb Garde Kuirassiers


Clip clop


They blend in quite well


Prinz Clements Chevelegers, Prinz Albert Chevelegers, Prinz Johann Chevelegers




Top down


Hussars (I know there was only one regt, but what the buyer wants...)




Artillery

Yes - they came with a spare wheel!

Back of the crews


Top view
 After quite a few months, the Guard for the French, the French are done including...
The Guards


French artillery, with howitzers at the top.


Top view


Now with howitzers at the front


Limbers and riders


Top view


Even more top view, the saddle cloth has come out a lot more blue than I thought...


The riders


Grenadiers a Chevel (3 strips) and Gendarmes de Elite (2 strips)


More heavy horse flesh than ever.


Going the other way...


Chasseurs a Pied


Back view


Fusilier Grenadiers


Back view


Grenadiers of the Guard


Fusilier Chasseurs


Rear view


Guard artillery


'tother side

 
Next starter set done.
Seven units of Legere Infantry


Some facing the other way.


Artillery




Three units of Ligne Infantry






Chasseurs a Chevel




Hussars




Generals




Cuirassiers




Dragoons



The starting French starter set. 
A unit of French line infantry


Rear view


And this is...
10 units of infantry and three sets of generals


That looks like a huge attack!


Top view


Line Artillery batteries




Rear view


Four units of Cuirassiers




Top view so you can see which unit is which!


Going the other way!




Four units of Dragoons




Top view


Back the other way!


Two units of Hussars




Got the command bases mixed up, so they are on both sticks!


Two units of Chasseurs a Chevel




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