French 2nd Cavalry Corp - Leipzig

I couldn't resist laying out the French 2nd Cavalry Corp that I'll be using at our upcoming Leipzig refight! Even with each regiment effectively representing two regiments this will still be an enormous battle - I can't wait!  I still have a battery of two horse artillery guns to add, and hopefully some limbers if I can get them done in time. Apart from that it is complete. See everyone in Upper Hutt on the 5th October!

II Cavalry Corps: GdD Francois-Horace-Bastien Sebastiani de la Porta

2nd Light Cavalry Division: GdD Nicolas-Francois Roussel d'Hurbal

1x Lancer, 1x Chasseur, 1x Hussar

4th Light Cavalry Division: GdD Remy-Joseph-Isidore Exelmann

2x Chasseur, 1x Hussar

2nd Heavy Cavalry Division: GdD St. Germaine

1x Carabinier, 2x Cuirassier

French Generals 28mm Perry

French Generals, including Heavy Cavalry Generals in Cuirasses.  These are more metal Perry figures.  I may go back and add further layers and detail to the paintjobs at a later date, but they'll do for now. Typically I only use 1-2 layers for most colours, combined with extensive black-lining. It saves significant time and still looks ok on table. The technique is fine for rank and file, but a bit more work on generals is probably worthwhile! 

French Cuirassiers 28mm Perry

And now the Cuirassiers. More plastic Perry figures. One of the most iconic and recognisable troops of the Napoleonic period. Large men, on large horses, wearing heavy armour. The successors of the medieval knight and used in the same way. As with my Carabiniers I've left off their carbines for now, for the same reason.

I painted these last year, but thought I'd some pictures of them while I'm photographing the rest of the cavalry. I did one unit with yellow and the other with red facings. 

Yellow unit (so 7th or 9th regiment).

Red unit (so 1st or 3rd regiment).

Both regiments.