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Saturday, March 21, 2020

Napoléon Bonaparte - Empereur des Français

My French army has gotten big enough that it seemed only fitting that the Emperor himself should show up for a review.  Before Wellington Man provided a Hinton Hunt original, I had purchased this Art Miniaturen version of Napoleon, and so it was that this one made it to the painting desk first.  His escort, is a painted Elite Chasseur a Cheval from the Tenant Collection.


 The Art Miniaturen figures pair very well in size, and in some respects stylistically, with the Marcus Hinton sculpts.


 I particularly like the animation in the horse.


 Given Napoleon's rather simple uniform and overcoat, I decided to lavish extra attention on his horse.  The dappled spots were painted on a basic white horse, but then a dilute white coat was added to blend in the gray dappling, followed by a dilute black ink wash.


The gold fringe of the saddle cloth was not deeply sculpted, so in order to help make the fringe read well, I detailed it with a brown micron ink pen.


 And here is the Empereur des Francais ready for publication in a 1960s black and white wargaming treatise.

On the Painting Table



 The 2nd Battalion of the 58th Rutlandshire Regiment of Foot is nearing completion.  It will take all of Napoleon's guile to hold back these eager fellows.


Behind them is however a worrisome threat for the British.  The next 12 soldiers of the Fusilier Chasseurs are coming along nicely.  Also pictured are some elements of the 28mm DBN army for Waterloo.  On the left is the seventh French Hussars underway, and a camp scene complete with a flying ambulance.  In the very back is a 54mm Highlander sculpted by Tom Meier in the style of a caricature, that will be used as a ZOC marker.

12 comments:

  1. Your Napoleon figure is very nicely done. Bravo!

    Jim

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    1. Thanks Jim. I appreciated the simplicity of his attire, as opposed to the rest of his army!

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  2. Marengo appears to be misbehaving abominably. I hope that chasseur has his carbine ready!

    Fabulous work, David

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    1. You can tell by the relaxed pose of the chasseur, that all is proceeding according to plan and with a wave of old Boney's hand, the Austrians and Russians will be swept from the field!

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  3. Lovely work - I shall have to look into Art Miniaturen for those personalities I still need. Very impressed by the lace on the 58th, lace is eth bane of the British infantry and I'm not looking forward to have to paint it.

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  4. That is a very nicely done Napoleon and you're right that he fits in well with the HH figures!

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    1. Thanks Stryker. Of course now that Napoleon has joined the army, he needs some Old Guard to command!

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  5. Your Art Miniaturen Napoleon is nicely painted and the figure is certainly more animated than the look Messioner inspired Hinton Hunt Napoleon.

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    1. Thanks Mark. I was excited about trying this one the moment I received it and was pleased he turned out so well.

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  6. Rob, I have been very pleased with the Art Miniaturen figures I have purchased. I have some Polish command figures as well that I hope to incorporate into a battalion of DoW Infantry.

    As for the lace of the 58th, I couldn't agree more. Thank goodness for Richard Tennant, as I don't think I could have come close to his amazing work on the British!

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  7. Those are lovely additions to your collection...
    I also agree that Art Miniaturen are beautiful little figures...

    Oh! And I also love Tom Meier’s Napoleonic caricatures... The one of Napoleon himself is splendid.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Thanks Aly. I couldnt agree more about both the Art Miniaturen and Meier figures. I have actually painted up Napoleon with one of his Grenadiers that can be seen here: https://miniatureminions.blogspot.com/2014/04/54mm-dbn-barker-marker.html

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