French Generals and Staff - 28mm Perry

Last post of the year from me. French command, including Napoleon finally! 

I still need a few more French generals, plus the French allies, but this is a good start.

Napoleon and staff.

Ney and staff.

A couple more high level command.

More generals. Left figure on the central base is the free Colonel Marbot figure you get when you buy 3 boxes of Perry plastic Chasseurs.

And more generals, the two leftmost are heavy cavalry generals wearing cuirass armour. Left figure on the rightmost base is a Murawski Miniatures ADC.

Thanks for looking and happy new year all! :)

Why we'd be better off if Napoleon never lost at Waterloo

An interesting little article in the Smithsonian today - see "Why we'd be better off if Napoleon never lost at Waterloo"

It's an issue that could be endlessly debated, though I lean towards this position myself... Figuring out the complexities and psychologies of 200 years ago is a challenge of course. Nice to have this counterpoint to all the boring old anglophile accounts at any rate.

I also listened to the Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast last year, which takes a similar positive view. Over 100 hours of listening there! Great to have these things to listen to while painting.