Hussars of the French Revolutionary Wars

The muse has been pretty powerful these first few weeks of the year, and so I've made more progress with my Wars of the French Revolution project than I had feared I might after December's debacle! I finished another French Infantry Battalion; I've already previewed some pictures of them too in an earlier post, but now I've finished some French Hussars. At present there are six, as Duncan had sold out at Derby Worlds, so the remaining couple I'll pick up at Partizan in May, my first show of 2015! {As an aside, that will be also my 65th birthday, so any there who want to say hello and buy me a drink will be more than welcome!} Here are the figures I've finished so far ~

They will represent the 2nd Regiment of Hussars in our games. Ideally I'd like some Chasseurs too to comprise a small Light Cavalry Brigade, but Trent don't do any. The Eureka ones are nice, but rather small and very expensive I think. I saw some by Foundry on a visit last year, in the non-Perry Napoleonic collections, so I'll take another look later in the year at them again. Some close ups now, which should disabuse any of you of the notion that I can paint a bit!

Officer and Trumpeter of the 2nd Hussars

Standard Bearer and Trooper

Two Troopers

The figure on the left in the picture immediately above is my favourite pose of the six, he really does look like he's about the strike down an opponent. A shame it will be me rolling his dice though... Finally a close up of one of the faces. I realy do like the characterisation Matt bought to this range.

Figures are by Trent Miniatures and the MDF bases and movement trays by Warbases. I've also made a start on the first four figures of the last French Infantry Battalion: the Colonel, a drummer and two fusileers. I hope to finish these 24 figures before the holiday hoves into view later next month. We'll have to see how it goes. A Bientot mes amis!