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.