This Life in Lead

After painting so many units of French Napoleonic line, I was looking for something a little different. I have always had a soft spot for ...

I accumulated twenty-two colonels that came with the Foundry French line command packs, so decided I may as well use them and base them with...

After having completed all my Foundry French line regiments for Albuera, I found that I was left with forty or so spare grenadiers. To my su...

Finally there with the last of the Foundry French line and the completion of the 103rd: The 103rd were present in Gazan...

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 n...

After a few weeks away I have managed to get stuck back into the last three regiments of French ligne, with the first being two battalions o...

Following Mark's recent posts on his trip to Vietnam, which can be viewed on his blog '1866 and All That' at  http://stracmark.b...