Cabinette Wars

Suchet and Friends on the Catwalk

Finally, delayed by a nasty bug, Christmas, and the New Year, the first completed figures of the year - these were among those posted as a work in progress (WiP) back in November!

First on the catwalk is Suchet, nonchalantly showing off his shiny brand-new Marshal's baton and accompanied by an ADC...

...and again, this time hogging the camera, from the other side.

Then, somewhat miffed by having to cede first place, to a mere Marshal, it's Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain.  

Joseph was a bit of a pain as for some reason I didn't check how well he fitted onto his horse before painting him - mistake!  Trying to carve away at him and his horse to make him fit without messing up the paint job was no fun.  In the end I settled for a less than satisfactory fit, but with little re-touching required.

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Joseph, an S-range Minifig and probably feeling looked down on by all the Hinton Hunt figures around him, insisted on a final close-up before he would leave vacate the catwalk.  

Next up, and the paint job I'm most pleased with from this batch, is General Pierre Jacques Étienne, 1st Viscount Cambronne.   He is seen brandishing his sword which was broken but rebuilt with solder - a worrying process wielding a soldering iron in close proximity to the that impressive conk.  

I did originally paint his breeches blue, as he is sometimes depicted at Waterloo, but decided to go with white breeches as in other depictions for more contrast and found I much preferred that look.  Also, I couldn't confirm the colour of his sash, whether it was red or blue with the gold (I used a mix of gold and silver paint to get a shade to match s) so opted for red - anyone know different?

Also, appearing from the Imperial Guard is an officer from the Foot Artillery.

Finally, representing the men who actually do all the fighting, a 6-figure skirmish unit of Young Guard Voltigeurs.  These, were quite fiddly uniforms to paint and took me a long time - every time I painted something on them, I seemed to spoil something else making yet more work.

Whoops!  I spoke too soon; only one photo of the new ADC to a General of Division?  Better rectify that.