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quinta-feira, 6 de junho de 2013

More Guards for Hougoumont

Well, these are the last two companies of Guards that were at Hougoumont farm just before the inicial shots.  These aren't the usual poses of firing or marching, but I think they fit well for that close combat that the Guards had to fight when the French made through. The uniform of that officer seems to represent an ADC... Close enough to Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell? Hope so! This group may be "requested" to close the gate!




sexta-feira, 31 de maio de 2013

More Foot Guards and some crazy blogger's giveaway




2 light companies (10 figures) from the 2nd Batt. 2nd Regiment Foot Guards and 2nd Batt. 3rd Reg. Foot Guards.
The first figure is from HaT's British Peninsular Infantry, and there are a few from A Call to Arms and the others from ESCI.
Back to that officer, I painted him as a surgeon, but the jacket is not exactly the same... I don't know which rank is supposed to represent, but he will be the surgeon present at Hougoumont during the firts moments of Waterloo.
Now, I am doing the bases.
...

No, I am not! I've been jumping from blog to blog... And found Exiles Wargames Painter.
Not that I paint the same things Mr. James Brewerton does, but I love to see others' works, no matter scale or era!
Now, he's running another giveway (I wonder why so many people get into this madness!) and I would be a fool not to try, right? If anyone thinks the same and hasn't applied already,

quarta-feira, 13 de março de 2013

1/2nd Regiment Light of Nassau-Usingen

Hoje apresento a primeira companhia (são 4) de Chasseurs (por ser infantaria ligeira).

Today I present the first (of 4) Chasseurs (talking about light infantry) company.






quinta-feira, 31 de janeiro de 2013

The peasants are restless!! 
Maybe because of the strange creatures with whom they share the workbench... ;)

Os camponeses estão inquietos! Talvez por causa das estranhas criaturas com que partilham a mesa de trabalho... 



Two captains of the 2nd Nassau Light Infantry regiment (1st Battalion).
Right: Captain of the Carabiniers company; Left: Captain of the first Chasseurs company. 

Dois capitães do 2º Regimento de Infantaria Ligeira de Nassau (1º Batalhão). 
À direita: Carabiniers; À esquerda: 1ª companhia de Chasseurs.



sábado, 24 de novembro de 2012

Waterloo 2015 - Nassau Chasseurs Company

Final pictures of these 5. I Changed the base and now it is a 6x4cm. Takes less space and doesn't look so... empty.
I just need to say that these figures from HaT really disappointed me (and I don't think of myself as a picky guy). But 25 more will be painted to complete the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment Nassau-Usingen. 

As últimas fotos destes 5. A base tem agora 6x4cm, o que permite ocupar menos espaço e não parecer tão... vazia.

As figuras deste set da HaT desapontaram-me bastante. Gosto da marca, tem figuras excelentes, mas o plástico macio e, neste caso então, a quantidade de flash faz lembrar as cópias de Hong Kong com que brincava há 25 anos!






Ainda assim, tenho mais 25 para pintar para completar o 1.º Batalhão do 2.º Regimento de infantaria de Nassau.

quarta-feira, 21 de novembro de 2012

Figures and a small, small, tiny ship

Just a peek on the ongoing works.

Apenas uma espreitadela nos trabalhos do momento.

HaT Nassau Infantry
Nassau - "Chasseurs" do 1.º batalhão do 2.º Regimento de Infantaria Ligeira numa base 6x6cm
"Chasseurs" of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Regiment Nassau-Usingen (Light Infantry) on a 6x6cm base




Airfx Cutty Sark, around 1/755 scale



terça-feira, 13 de novembro de 2012

Waterloo 2015 - Light Companies 1st Reg. Foot Guards

The figures from the last post but based.
I forgot to mention, the figures are from Italeri box British & Scots Infantry, which is an original from ESCI.
These bases are made of k-line (foam board, it's material used by architects to do scale models) which is easy "dig" so I could hide the bases of the figures, as I want them to look like they were on wood. They are 2x6cm.
They didn't come out with the same effects, and that kind of bothers me, but I'll leave it as it is, at least for now. What I did on purpose was having different "poses" (only one of the "companies", the second to be assembled). The are shooting over the wall (there will be a wall in the end) and it comes a time when the more rigid formation we see in the other base is no longer possible.

As figuras do último post agora nas bases.
Não referi antes, as figuras são da caixa da Italeri, British & Scots Infantry, que por sua vez é um orginal na ESCI.
Estas bases são feitas em k-line (ou cartão pluma - ver o link acima) que é muito fácil de cortar/escavar, de forma a esconder (quase) as bases das figuras, de forma a parecer estarem em cima de tábuas ou partes de mobilia. Estas bases têm 2x6 cm.
Os efeitos de sujidade não sairam como eu queria, sairam com tons diferentes (é o que dá fazer as coisas com alguns dias de diferença, em vez de ter tudo pronto para a pintura ao mesmo tempo!) mas embora me aborreça, já não vou mexer mais. O que fiz intencionalmente foi a variedade de poses (apenas para a segunda "companhia"), onde um atira de cima para baixo (estarão a atirar por cima de um muro), outro tem em mira algum inimigo numa posição mais "diagonal", enfim, retratam aquela altura em que já não há lugar ao "formalismo" do carregar e disparar ao mesmo tempo e para o mesmo lado.






sexta-feira, 9 de novembro de 2012

Waterloo 2015 - first figures / primeiras figuras


The Light companies from the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards
100 men each = 5 figures each 

They are not finished yet, as a base is still needed. And some dirt on those uniforms, as they endured a lot!

A companhias ligeiras dos 2º e 3º Batalhões do 1º Regimento de Guardas. 
100 homens cada = 5 figuras cada

Ainda falta a base e talvez alguma sujidade, uma vez que passaram por muito - principalmente uma noite bem chuvosa em que tiveram de reforçar as defesas da sua posição!









terça-feira, 23 de outubro de 2012

Waterloo 2015 - the Allies defending Hougoumont


I Corps

1st Division


1st Brigade

2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards - Light company - 100 men

3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards - Light company - 100 men

2nd Brigade (1)

2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards - 1120 men (Light company - 100)

2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards - 1170 men (Light company - 100)

Sandham's Battery RFA Brigade Royal Artillery(R.A.)  104 men, 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer

3rd Division

1st Hanoverian Brigade

Line Battalion Lüneburg (detachment) - 100 men

Jaeger Battalion (two companies present) (detachment) - 330 men

Cleeves' Battery KGLFA King's German Legion 138 men, 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer


2nd Netherlands Division (2e Divisie)

2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment -1st Battalion (1e Bataljon) - 600-900 men


II Corps

2nd Division
 

3rd Brigade

71st (Glasgow Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) (1st Battalion) - 800 men (took part on it later in the day)

Du Plat's 1st Brigade, King's German Legion (2120 men)

1st Line Battalion 

2nd Line Battalion

3rd Line Battalion 

4th Line Battalion

3rd Hanoverian Brigade (2500 men)

Landwehr Battalion Bremervörde 

Landwehr Battalion 2nd Duke of York's (Osnabrück) 

Landwehr Battalion 3rd Duke of York's (Quackenbrück) 

Landwehr Battalion Salzgitter

Bolton's Battery R.F.A. - 100 men 

1st Troop Sympher's Battery KGLHA, King's German Legion - 200 men


Attached Artillery

I (Bull's) Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (R.H.A.) - 135 men, 6x5½" how 

F (Webber-Smith's) Troop, R. H. A. - 170 men, 5x6 pdr gun 1x5½" how

H (Ramsay's) Troop, R. H. A. - 175 men, 5x9 pdr gun 1x5½" how




Notes:
1 - In the beginning of the battle, (as far as I could understand) only the light companies were in Hougoumont.

sábado, 20 de outubro de 2012

Waterloo 2015 - French for Hougoumont

Well then, Waterloo project, the Hougoumont section.
The French (The II Corps except the 7th Division):

Projecto Waterloo, secção Hougoumont.
Os Franceses (O II Corpo excepto a 7ª Divisão):

5th Division Général de Division Baron Gilbert Desiree Joseph Bachelu
1st Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Pierre-Antoine Husson
1er, 2e, 3e, and 4e Bataillons, 2e Régiment de Légère Colonel Pierre-Francois Maigrot 2,294 soldiers
1er and 2e Bataillons, 61e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Charles Bouge 830
2nd Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Toussaint Campi
1er and 2e Bataillons, 72e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Frederic-Armand Thibault 970
1er, 2e and 3e Bataillons,108e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Philippe Higonet 1,073
Division d'Artillerie
18e Companie 6e d'Artillerie a Pied Capitaine Deshaulles 90 soldiers,   6x6lb guns & 2x5.5in howitzers
3/1er Train Squadron
6th Division Général de Division Prince Jérôme Bonaparte
1st Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Pierre-Francois Bauduin
1er, 2e, and 3e Bataillons, 1ére Régiment de Légère Colonel Amedee-Louis Despans-Cubieres 1,853 
1er and 2e Bataillons, 3e Régiment de Ligne (1) Colonel Hubert Vautrin 1,114

2nd Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Jean-Louis Soye
1er, 2e, and 3e Bataillons, 1ére Régiment de Ligne Colonel Michel Jacquemet 1,766
1er, 2e, and 3e Bataillons, 2e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Jean Trippe 1,765

Division d'Artillerie

2e Companie 2e d'Artillerie a Pied Capitaine Meunier 96 soldiers, 6x6lb guns & 2x5.5in howitzers
1er Equippage Train Squadron

9th Division Général de Division Comte Maximilien Sebastien Foy

1st Brigade Général de Brigade Jean-Joseph Gauthier
1er and 2e Bataillons, 92e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Jean-Marie Tissot 1,018
1er and 2e Bataillons, 93e Régiment de Ligne Chef de Bataillon Massot 943
2nd Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Jean-Baptiste Jamin
1er, 2e, and 3e Bataillons, 4e Régiment de Légère Colonel Vincent Peyrus 1,093
1er, 2e, and 3e Bataillons, 100e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Joseph Braun 1,604
Division d'Artillerie
1er Companie 6e d'Artillerie a Pied Capitaine Tacon 88 soldiers, 6x6lb guns & 2x5.5in howitzers
3/1er Train Squadron

2nd Cavalry Division Général de Division Comte Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen de Piré
1st Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Pierre-Francois-Antoine Hubert
1er Régiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval Colonel Pierre-Joseph-Victor Simonneau 485
6e Régiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval Colonel Paul-Eugene de Faudoas-Barbazan 560
2nd Brigade Général de Brigade Francois-Isidore Wathiez
5e Régiment de Lanciers Légère Colonel Vicomte Jean-Francois de Ham Jacqueminot 412
6e Régiment de Lanciers Légère Colonel Baron Nicolas-Marie-Mathurin de Galbois 381



Notes:
1 - On other sources is referred the "2e Régiment de Légére" but this book (pg 26) has other information. I'll follow it, as a Brigade composed only by light infantry doesn't seem the rule and, by the order of battle I saw on Wikipedia, there's only another Division with only light infantry (the 7th, also from II Corps).
O livro em questão refere em particular a situação e que Napoleão queria que os regimentos de infantaria ligeira fizessem parte do máximo de brigadas possível, por isso apenas num outro caso aparece uma divisão apenas com esses regimentos - e até essa informação carece de confimação.


This means (1:20 scale) about 815 infantry figures, 90 cavalry and whatever feels right for the artillery... just for the french fighting in and around Hougoumont. Right?

Sadly, all I have is artillery sets...


("Green" units, already being done by another modeller)

sábado, 13 de outubro de 2012

Waterloo 1815 - 2015

200 anos de História valem sempre a pena recordar. Perguntem aos Americanos! :D
O Vítor Mestre (Batalhas Napoleónicas) sugeriu um projecto conjunto de vários modelistas portugueses e não sei porquê, meteu-me ao barulho!
Em menos de 3 anos iremos realizar um diorama completo da Batalha de Waterloo à escala 1/72 para apresentar na Modelscala de 2015. Eu, para já, fico com as unidades envolvidas em Hougmount e La Haye Sainte.
Entretanto, vou colocando aqui as minhas fontes. Além disso, toda a ajuda em relação a uniformes (ou outras) é bem-vinda.


200 years of History are well worthy to remember. Ask the Americans! :D
Vítor Mestre suggested a group build with some Portuguese modelers and, - I still don't know why - he is counting on me too!
We have less than 3 years until Modelscala 2015 to build a complete Waterloo Diorama at 1/72 scale. For start (and only contribuition?) I'll be responsible for the units who fought for Hougmount and La Haye Sainte.
Meanwhile, I'll be posting my fonts here (I need to get all the links together). Also, I would appreciate any help with uniforms (or others).


Struggle for Hougmount
History Live's Waterloo Diorama photos
Hougoumont blog
Napoleon, His Armies and Enemies (Waterloo page)