New Napoleonic units 9/2023

[Bessiere]

Stopped work on casualty figures to finish up some projects I'd started long ago and after a complete vacation from painting for several months here's the latest batch of units to show.

1803 French Coastal Artillery unit w/ 24lber. Figures by Spiera.


HaT Russian line infantry (2 battalions)



Redbox Pavlovsk grenadiers


HaT Saxon Infantry


Waterloo 1815 French Foot Dragoons


HaT and Strelets Bavarian Fusiliers. You may recognize these from a diorama that was repurposed for gaming figures.


HaT Bavarian Artillery


HaT with Zvezda Command Group Russian Dragoons


Chintoys Austrian High Command/ Schwarzenberg/ Archduke Charles/Leichtenstein/Emperor Francis II


Italeri Napoleon with staff, Strelets Marshal Ney on R


Gen. LaSalle (Strelets)


Franznap Gens D'Hautpol and Nansouty

[Beano Boy]

Highly excited approval Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! BB

[Captain Sibourne]

Those are really impressive, I especially like that Austrian general. Beautifully painted and photographed.

[MABO]

Great stuff! I really like these colourfull units and their commanders.

[Konrad]

Great painted figs!
And great pics.

[Minuteman]

A varied and splendid array of Napoleonics. You have managed to bring to life even some of the less graceful HaT sculpts (I'm thinking here of their Russian pre-1812 infantry and the Saxons) with your wonderful brushwork. The Spiera French coastal defence gun and crew and Waterloo 1815 dismounted dragoons look very fine and are stand-outs for me as they are a little more unusual as subject matter. And the individual commanders and personality figures are very fine.

Across the board, some great work here. Well done!

[Bessiere]

Thank you Mark. I found the HaT Russian and Saxon infantry a pleasure to paint . The sculpts may look ugly but they have well defined edges and mercifully little flash. I recall discussing the Redbox Pavlovoski grenadier options (I think it was with you?) available and while I like the sculpts the flash was murder. Certain units are on everyone's "must have" list like the Spiera gun and crew. The foot dragoons I started 5 years ago and ended up repainting them from scratch. I love the realism of the figures but unlike the HaT figs these don't have solid edges making them very challenging, for me anyway. I also finished up 3 -12 man squadrons of French Cuirassiers along with a dozen or so other officer figures but I thought this was enough pics for one thread.

Thanks for taking a gander and thank you everyone who's taken the time to comment.
Cheers,
Bessiere

[C M Dodson]

Hello Mr B.

You have worked wonders with these figures.

Your painting is exceptional and they are a credit to your endeavours .

Best wishes,

Chris

[k.b.]

Yep.....now i know why you had been away from Bennos for a while Mr B....... you've had your hands full. In particular I loved your Austrian generals as well as your Generals Nansouty and D'Hartpoul. I am working on a few of Franznap's French Hussars - to tell you the truth i started on them a long time ago - but i find the horse heads to be a bit offputting, esp the eyes. Nonetheless the overall poses of those horses are absolutely splendid. Your dismounted dragoons are also terrific, and i find myself strangely drawn to your Bavarian Artillery from Hat.
Love seeing your work Bessiere...... thanks for posting.

[Santi Pérez]

Impressive collection of units, Bessiere. I love them all, they are fantastically painted.

Santi.

[Peter]

Hey David, those figures are all very good painted! I like them all.

But I have a question about the Chintoy figures. Never seen them in scale 1/72, only in scale 1/32 (54 mm). Can you give me some more information please?

[Bessiere]

You have the correct information. They are bigger. 1/32 scale I think. I like the scale difference for important officers since these are all for a war game of my own any way. I wish I could paint 1/72 figures that well!
Cheers,
Bessiere

[Peter]

You have the correct information. They are bigger. 1/32 scale I think. I like the scale difference for important officers since these are all for a war game of my own any way. I wish I could paint 1/72 figures that well!
Cheers,
Bessiere

Thank you for taking away my confusion! I was afraid I missed something! And yes these figures are lovely. They are on my wishlist!

PS: your 1/72 figures are very good painted!

[Santi Pérez]

...PS: your 1/72 figures are very good painted!

I agree completely with Peter, Bessiere.

Santi.