The 103rd were present in Gazan's second division at Albuera, giving me all the French line regiments that were there, albeit in two battalion formations as opposed to the three that were present on the day:
This represents twenty battalions of four hundred figures in total finished, alongside twenty Portuguese completing that project back in January, so not a bad effort for 2018 thus far:
I believe I have another nine battalions of Calpe French line stored somewhere, but will save tackling them for a later date (mainly because I have forgotten where I have put them).
I also have forty or so line grenadiers left over as a result of my usual over-ordering, and will be using them for two converged grenadier battalions. As luck would have it (and much to my amazement), there was a converged French grenadier battalion at Albuera. It is almost as though I had planned it!
Another great looking addition, well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil. The last of the line, for now at least.
DeleteThose are jolly nice! Very impressive indeed!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jason. I'm hoping to get stuck into a few ECW over Christmas, so will be back to your blog for inspiration.
DeleteA twenty battalion collection is nothing to be sniffed at Lawerence. Well done. I think you need a parade to show them all off.
ReplyDeleteI do love a parade Mark. I might do that once I have soaked up a few surplus grenadier figures into a converged battalion.
DeleteAnother excellent pair of Battalions, Lawrence! I love their uniform, but it is a pain to paint, so I can usually only do a block of 4 units or so at a time, and then I have to paint something else!
ReplyDeleteAll that piping gets to me after a while, and I have reached the stage where I will need a change. I have some Ottoman Turks awaiting their undercoat, so might switch to them for a change of pace.
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