David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Saturday 7 September 2024

Le 19me d'Infanterie de Ligne

The first of my small French contingent for the Crimean War project, the 19th d'Infanterie de Ligne, are completed! I found some useful references on the net including this nifty chart of uniforms in 1855 ~

These are the first regiment to muster in to GHQ out of the planned and purchased six regiments. These figures are from Great War Miniatures of course, with their Eagle from Front Rank/Gripping Beast, flag from the North Star range for the Crimean War and bases by Warbases as usual! 
The Great War Miniatures French range is sadly rather limited, having no Higher Command nor Artillery. The former I have sorted to my satisfaction, the latter not so as only Foundry seems to have suitable figures and canon in their range. 
I'm not planning to add any cavalry though  Perry Miniatures  have some decent Chasseur d'Afrique packs in their Franco-Prussian range and Foundry of course have the earlier Perry efforts in their ranges. So, never say never... 
In the meantime I've started on my second regiment for the Line Brigade, the 3me Chasseurs à Pied, also by Great War Miniatures but this time in skirmishing poses. The first two are finished now, but progress may slow as I'm also working on texturing the rebased Late Roman collection ready for colour washing and then grass 'n tufting.












20 comments:

  1. You’ve done a lovely job on these David…
    I will get around to adding to this range…but at this moment I am not sure where the masters, sub masters and armatures are for the French…
    I’m surrounded buy storage boxes and my builder broke his foot and the decorator caught pneumonia on holiday 😱
    One day the cellar/workroom will be finished…

    All the best. Aly

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    1. That's very kind Aly and very welcome. Some French artillery and High Command would be nice I think. If you made any cavalry I'd think the Chasseurs d'Afrique would be most popular.

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  2. Very smartly turned out there Monsewer.

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  3. C'est Magnifique, excellent painting and basing on some great figures

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  4. They look great, handy little chart as well.

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    1. Thank you Donnie! I found similar for my Imperial Guard regiments when it's their turn under the brush.

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    1. As ever, thanks for your generous encouragement and support SteveJ.

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  6. This is a nice start. I like seeing all the uniform variations with the elite companies and the sapper. The chart is a goood find too - I wouldn't have guessed that the Legion officer wore green. I understand the idea that this will be a contingent of allies not a whole army but some cavalry would be nice sometime.
    As you know, I am also looking forward to seeing what you do with your Late Romans.
    I should get back to being more productive with the brush myself.
    Stephen

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    1. Thank you Stephen! I have some Chasseurs à Pied under the brush presently, so look out for them. As to cavalry, as I said no plans as yet. I have Late Roman additions, Matt's Footsore Vikings and a Pyrrhic army to contend with over the winter and Spring next year at least.

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  7. A nice colourful addition, any Turks turning up?

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    1. Thank you George! No Turks are planned, only Foundry have them as far as I can see. Now, if Aly & Dave made some it may be another matter.

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    1. Thank you Christopher, much appreciated!

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  9. A beautiful looking regiment David 👍

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  10. Superb work there once again Dave... they really look the part!

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