Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

FINALLY! The missing Horse Artillery battery, and a massive thank you to Leon at Pendraken for whipping the casting dwarves raw until they agreed to produce a spare Cuirassier command figure to be General Bonnemains . This completes 1st Corps in its entirity and also 7th Corps Cavalry division Ready for action Obligatory top view     Almost completed French 1st Corps (a general and a battery to add) and the other half of Bonnemains's Cuirassier Division from 7th Corps done. All in my V&B basing system for use in Black Powder. 1st Corps Cavalry, 2nd & 6th Lancers, 3rd Hussars and 11th Chasseurs a Chevel, 7th Dragoons and Gen Duhesme The dragoons did not see action in the first battles of the war, but I just had to do them They're a pretty batch Off they trot One day, they might even get to be used Mac Mahon and corps artillery assets (that need one more base of horse artillery) Top down It's almost Prussian in...

Started this project in 2013 , 10 years later the infantry for 1st Corps are finished. The cavalry and Corps artillery have been despatched, thanks Leon at Pendraken . Will move onto 2nd Division 3rd Corps by about 2034 at this rate! Anyway... 1st Division, done! My basing and labelling, originally for Volley and Bayonet, now Corps/divisional scale Black Powder (insert 'if I could do it again I would change...' comments) Advance! My view The details are what takes the time ion a batch this size. Hand painted flags and the backpacks took about a day each! Support assests from 8th & 9th Cuirassiers from the cavalry division and 99th Infantry from 7th Corps Allows me to think about running Worth as a battle One day I will field all the corps I own (French I  now have the Guard, 1st, 2nd, 4th & parts of 5th and 7th) But I still love FPW!