Tuesday, 26 January 2021

10e Companie 6e d'Artillerie a Pied


After the slight Orc diversion it's back onto the Napoleonics with a battery of French six pounder cannons representing the 10th Company of the 6th Foot Artillery that was attached to Donzelots 2nd Division of d'Erlons I Corps at the Battle of Waterloo.


I already have 10 Perry Miniatures guns painted for the French, so this battery is really more a case of me wanting to try out the Victrix offerings, this battery was made using the Napoleonic French Artillery 1812 to 1815 set. 


Although all things considered, as I now play representing a battery with four guns another set of these will bring me up to a strength of four batteries.






 Like all the Victrix kits they are really nicely done, but this one was rather fiddly to put together and there was quite a bit of mold line to clean up, but I think that the final effect is worth the effort and they come out rather nice.



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25 comments:

  1. Neil Scott26 January 2021 at 12:06

    They look superb

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  2. Aly Morrison26 January 2021 at 12:55

    Very nice Paul...
    Not something you would want to get on the wrong side of...

    All the best. Aly

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  3. Michal DwarfCrypt26 January 2021 at 13:09

    Excellent work!

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  4. Jonathan Freitag26 January 2021 at 13:24

    Beautiful work on your French artillery, Paul!

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  5. Phil Robinson26 January 2021 at 13:50

    You are amassing a wonderous Napoleonic collection there Paul.

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    1. Paul Scrivens-Smith26 January 2021 at 18:10

      Thanks Phil, I think I need to get concentrating on the Anglo-allies now though.

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  6. pancerni26 January 2021 at 15:19

    Nice addition to your French.

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  7. Bluewillow26 January 2021 at 19:45

    Great stuff and a nice addition to your army

    Cheers
    Matt

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  8. Jim27 January 2021 at 04:11

    Great looking artillery. As always I like how you give variety and a campaign feel to your figures, these guys are not on parade.

    Jim

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    1. Paul Scrivens-Smith27 January 2021 at 15:30

      Thank you Jim, I do prefer that to the 'on parade' look.

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  9. DeanM27 January 2021 at 16:00

    Very nice artillery, Scrivs. I picked up a set of the Victrix too - nice that it came with 3 cannon and so many crewmen with variations.

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    1. Paul Scrivens-Smith28 January 2021 at 15:34

      Thank you Dean, they are a bit fiddly to assemble, but do come out well

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  10. Moiterei_198427 January 2021 at 18:52

    Great work Paul! By doing the trousers in different colours you've really managed to add some variety without making them look like a rag tag bunch of peasants

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    1. Paul Scrivens-Smith28 January 2021 at 15:40

      Thank you Nick.
      I do like to have a more campaign look.
      Of the 12 gunners only two of them have regulation uniform and one of those is wearing a shako cover.

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  11. Neil28 January 2021 at 17:46

    Paul,
    Now that's a battery of guns. Super job.
    Neil

    http://toysoldiersanddiningroombattles.blogspot.com/

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  12. rross31 January 2021 at 01:13

    Very nice indeed Paul. I have done the Victrix British artillery and also found them somewhat fiddly but creating a great end result...mind you, I think all the Victrix plastic figures suffer from the same drawback compared with Warlord and Perry....but then no one else dies guns in plastic!

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    1. Paul Scrivens-Smith2 February 2021 at 13:42

      Thank you.
      Agreed, they do come out nicely when done. I did some of their Republican Romans a few years ago and don't think there were as much of a fuss.

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  13. warpaintjj31 January 2021 at 10:20

    Good effort on the smaller details, sabre (NMM), water bottles & the splendid hound :)
    Stay safe mate, best wishes,
    Jeremy

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