Tuesday 27 December 2016

French Young Guard - 28mm Perry

More of the Guard done. Tirailleurs and Voltigeurs of the Young Guard. These are Perry figures again, which have some nice animation in this march attack pose. Two of the officers were also swapped for ones from the officer pack to add more variety. Flags are GMB Young Guard fanions.

Tirailleurs.





Voltigeurs.





I actually need twice this number for the Leipzig order of battle, and aim to make the rest up with more Voltigeurs and the two units of Flanquers.

First French Guard Cavalry are also almost done and will be posted in next day or two, and also Guard Horse Artillery.
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22 comments:

  1. Phil27 December 2016 at 20:37

    Well done, impressive and superb unit!

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  2. Дмитрий Фомин27 December 2016 at 21:22

    Wow how much! And it's very beautiful!

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  3. Rodger27 December 2016 at 22:06

    Great work Mark. Beautiful looking troops!

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  4. Unknown27 December 2016 at 22:57

    I love Young Guard and Perry Waterloo are great although they could do with some in greatcoats and skirmishing.

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    1. Chasseur28 December 2016 at 18:18

      Cheers and yes I agree, some greatcoats and skirmishing would be good!

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  5. Unknown28 December 2016 at 04:17

    Great work. Look really good en masse like that.Inspires me to get my own young guard finished too.

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    1. Chasseur28 December 2016 at 18:19

      Thanks Chris, yes nice to have this lot ready for a mass attack!

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  6. Carlo28 December 2016 at 13:35

    Wonderful looking troops Mark. Great to see these units ready for action.

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  7. Gonsalvo28 December 2016 at 17:19

    Great looking Young Guard units; while not as flashy or tough as the more senior Guard units, they saw a heck of a lot more combat!
    It is said that one of the things that spurred trhe massive expansion of the Young Guard was Napoleon's discovering that itr actually cost him less to raise and support a Young Guard unit than a line one!

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    1. Chasseur28 December 2016 at 18:20

      Cheers Peter, and that's an interesting point you raise about logistics of these fellows!

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  8. Paulalba28 December 2016 at 20:24

    Very nice units chasseur!

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  9. Chris29 December 2016 at 09:10

    Those units look fantastic Mark.
    I have long wanted to do the OOB for the from GdB 2nd edition for the Young Guard division at Dresden.
    BTW did you know the author of GdB is playtesting a new set of Napoleonic rules which I believe will sit somewhere between GdB and Black Powder in terms of detail?

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    1. Chasseur30 December 2016 at 06:56

      Thanks Chris, and yes 'General de Armee', saw a playtest on someone's blog. Will be interesting to see how it turns out, I think it is due relatively soon!

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  10. DHC Wargames5 January 2017 at 20:36

    Very impressive and the speed is amazing... this would have taken me a year!

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  11. Colbourne12 February 2017 at 00:52

    great looking unit. i have an old guard grenadier battalion waiting on the lead pile.

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