Better Late Than Never!

The French regiment Bouillon musters into GHQ after an atypically prolonged residence on the painting desk! Of course this delay was caused as I'm sure you will recall by Phil and I having to process the contents of Battlefront's Red Dawn expansion to their Team Yankee game. Now that exercise being behind us, things can once more progress SYW-wise at a more sedate pace appropriate to my age!

Once more I chose to paint this regiment because I liked the flags. I found these on the splendid blog resource 'Not by Appointment' - a highly recommended source for both flags and uniform information. The regiment is depicted using Casting Rooms Miniatures figures and are based on 40x50mm MDF bases, from Warbases as always. One issue with SYW French uniforms is the multiple variations in coat collars, shoulder straps, cuffs, lace, pockets and such. Using these, my preferred figures, means I have to compromise at times. Here, there are 6 figures with collars, but none with cuff lace. So, the 12 rank and file have no collars but all 19 figures have cuff lace painted on to the bare cuffs. It's obviously a compromise, but one I can live with for wargaming purposes. Along with the flags it will help the distinctive look of the regiment as it takes its place in the line of battle.

I have two other units to paint for the French SYW army, a second Swiss Guard regiment and another Grenadier regiment, but I thought that I'd try a Hanoverian infantry regiment next, the first from Front Rank exclusively for this part of the expansion project. I'd hope to complete these before the festivities begin to intrude on life as December advances! I've also got 4 Warbases German buildings to assemble and paint for the SYW, so I might tackle those along with the Hanoverians.

My next entry will be the 1,000 blog post I've made, so it's apt I should end it by talking about what is to come, rather than focusing on what has passed. With that in mind, a quick check through the Lead Pimple shows my small Hanoverian force and smaller Imagination force for the SYW expansion project in addition to the aforementioned French. There are also three Dixon Miniatures ACW infantry regiments to form the Texas Brigade. Smaller elements, all from Warlord Games, of Roman civilians and a 105mm howitzer and crew for the Burma game, together with a plastic Stuart light tank kit for the same complete the inventory. Enough to be going  on with, at least for now, given a following wind I'd venture.