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)

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)

Rejects give away

Giving stuff on blog seams a new trend - and I am not complaining! - and this time I even saw this offer in time.
Very nice give away from Ray (Don't throw a 1) and Fran (The Angry Lurker), offering a few dices they have made specially for them!
Just go there and say you want it. On both blogs, twice the chances! You may not win but then again, you may...

Oferecer qualquer coisa nos blogues parece ser uma nova moda - e eu não me queixo! - e desta vez até vi a oferta a tempo.
Uma oferta muito interessante (para wargamers) do Ray e do Fran (ver os links acima), que estão a oferecer dados personalizados que mandaram fazer para o seu grupo (Rejects).
Apenas é necessário ir aos blogues e dizer que se está interessado nos dados. Se forem aos dois blogues, duplicam as hipóteses. A concorrência já é muita, mas não se perde nada...

Medieval figures II

Finally I could push this work forward!

Some figures are not even on my best but I felt a little dismayed with the figures themselves and again with my inability to paint some details in a right way! grrrr!
Found out how it was to work with balsa wood... and I love it! The wagon isn't that good, but it's just the first!
The horses are from Miniart Hussites box.
Not over yet, I still have to get a base for them!
This is just a preview...

Medieval figures

Strelets Roman Transport (8), Strelets Medieval Levy 2 (2), HaT El Cid Spanish Light Cavalry (1) and Nexus Ancient Life (1) make this group, and there's another cavalryman missing, from Italeri Templar Knights.
I'm not the first to convert the Roman Transport figures into medieval ones. After looking at the photos, there are a few that are not "as finished" as I wanted...

Os conjuntos de figuras indicados acima são os que estão presentes na imagem. Não sou o primeiro a converter as figuras romanas em medievais, veremos se o conjunto funciona... Ia dar as figuras por completas mas depois de ver as fotos ainda tenho de dar uns retoques em algumas.

Roliça e Vimeiro

204 anos de história para as localidades da Roliça (17 de Agosto) e do Vimeiro (21 de Agosto). Fosse outro país e haveria fanfarra durante uma semana...

Aquiles e Heitor / Achilles and Hector

Para um Group Build no fórum Modelismo na Net cujo tema era Figuras, aqui fica a minha modesta participação.
As figuras são da Caesar (Troianos e Micénicos) e fiz apenas duas pequenas conversões.
Entre tentar conjugar a lenda com a correcção histórica com as figuras em causa... deu isto.

This was for a GB at Modelismo na Net. Figures was the theme and this is my humble work.
Figures from Caesar with just two small conversions.
Between legend, historical accuracy and figures... this was the result.