Friday, 27 October 2017

French 25th Line Regiment

My favourite French grenadier uniforms are those in grenadier caps, so it was good to finish a regiment which includes a few more of these nice Perry-sculpted Foundry figures:


















Unlike all the other French line regiments I have completed thus far, the 25th weren't at Albuera, nor were they at Fuentes de Onoro, so I'm not sure what my thought processes were with this one, other than I like the look of French grenadiers in caps:


















I will have to have a proper look back through my Oman volumes to see whether they did indeed make an appearance in the Peninsular, but I'm sure they will be of use in any event:




































Just one more regiment of line and then a couple of battalions of converged grenadiers to complete this part of the project, which I hope to have done within the next couple of weeks.
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8 comments:

  1. Phil27 October 2017 at 08:51

    What a wonderful job, "Pour l'Empereur!"...

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    1. Lawrence H27 October 2017 at 15:09

      Thanks Phil. Hopefully Napoleon (at least three of him) will be joining them soon.

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  2. Gonsalvo27 October 2017 at 18:02

    Great job; a few grenadiers in the "bonets a poil" make a nice change from the shakos. Looks like the project is very near completion now!

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    1. Lawrence H28 October 2017 at 02:39

      Cheers Peter. Nearly there, then probably a change of pace with some cavalry.

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  3. Mark Strachan28 October 2017 at 11:07

    Great stuff Lawrence. Good to see that you are back to painting - its amazing what a few weeks holiday can do for your painting mojo isn't it?

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    1. Lawrence H28 October 2017 at 15:24

      As with many things in life, I think it is the feeling that when you are unable to do it you miss it even more. It's definitely very nice to be back in the groove.

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  4. Tony Miles3 November 2017 at 08:16

    After a quick glance online at the major battles' OOBs I can't see them. Could easily have missed them elsewhere in the peninsula.
    Good looking unit as usual anyway.

    Tony.

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    1. Lawrence H7 November 2017 at 02:34

      Cheers Tony. I really wish I could recall why I thought they were important, but am sure they will come in useful all the same.

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