As the occasional readers of this blog may be aware my interest in wargaming was initially influenced by Brig Peter Young's book The Wargame bought for my birthday by my parents at about the age of 14, 64 now so a while ago! the figures particularly in the Napoleonic bits were fantastic and truthfully I have fancied having something similar ever since.
I have therefore gone down the duel route of buying the odd figure from the manufacturers and eBay for the majority. The ones from eBay generally required a degree of either tarting up or even stripping down and re-painting. Brown vinegar is by far the best and smelliest! Never mind the fancy stuff on line.
So this is , or will be a collection. I don't particularly intend to wargame with these figures and will increase the collection only as and when suitable figures come up on line. If 1815 British figures come up then I would be interested.
Anyhow here they are:
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| These were bought pretty much as you see them, there are a couple of Minifig figs in here but they look ok. |
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| grenadiers a cheval, half of these figures are the officer type but I just removed the epaulettes. |
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| Dutch lancers, these needed quite a bit of work. |
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| Two squadrons of Dragoons, half bought from the manufacturer while the others need stripping right down and repainted. |
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| A battery of foot artillery. |
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| Guard Grenadiers. |
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| Guard Chasseurs. |
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| Napoleon and Ney. |
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| Various Marshals. |
I left the bases plain to keep the 'old school' look, I haven't decided if I should do more with the bases yet.
