Oberstleutenant Fritsch takes command of the Frankfurt Battalion in 1811 while on duty in the Iberian Peninsula. Along the way they drill to reinforce their company organization along French lines. This is the last battalion of the German Division painted by Dick Tennant. I will be adding the Guard de Paris Battalion which was initially brigaded with the Frankfurters, as well as a Battalion from Hesse-Darmstadt. Once those are complete the German division will be finished!
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| Oberstleutenant Fritsch doesn't have his nameplate yet, but it's coming soon. He is a modern Franznap figure, whereas the rank and file are all Hinton Hunt figures. |
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| As usual with Dick Tennant's brushwork, just a little touchup and some shading and highlighting was all that was required to bring them into top notch shape. |
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| Showing off their nimble formation changes given their smaller 24 figure battalion. |
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| Squares never look quite right with the smaller battalions, but it gets the point across. |
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| Here they have wisely decided to return to Germany... |
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| Oberstleutenant Fritsch |
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| All of the silver bullion sets off the deep blue and red of his uniform quite well. |
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Addressing the troops.Up next: The Guard de Paris in their 1811 white uniforms faced green. |
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| You'll have to trust me that the facing color is Green. I stole this image from the interwebs and they look awfully blue! |
Great work with the restoration David. I’m really looking forward to seeing the Garde de Paris!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ian. I'm pretty excited about starting in on the Guard de Paris as well. The Rank and file and officer figures are all Hinton Hunts, thanks to the generosity of some of our fellow collectors! The Colonel will be another Franznap figure which I will paint as shown by Knotel.
DeleteI do like them, DT's brushwork looks really free and easy - great job making them look brand new again. Is there a reason you put your colonels on company-sized bases? It looks fine with your larger 36-man units but not sure about the smaller 24-man units.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rob. As for the command stand size, it's for consistency across the collection and It's just a base size that fits a mounted figure comfortably, any smaller and the horse would spill over the base.
DeleteYou need to put some of those horse on a diet ;o)
DeleteDon't blame the horses, that's Marcus Hinton's fault. The Franznap horses are quite tall and thin in comparison!
DeleteLovely work once more, they look great, very colourful unit and should grace the table very nicely indeed.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie. I just hope my own work on the Guard de Paris will look as smart!
DeleteThese are excellent, David. I'm particularly intrigued by the yellow pom-pom chaps. Why are they the only centre company with red cords?
ReplyDeleteMy but you do have sharp eyes! I noticed that as well but could fine nothing in my research on the battalion that would substantiate using red shako cords. I opted to leave them out of respect for DT's work and honestly, he may have known something I missed. He has several articles on the German Division in the Napoleon Series, so he clearly spent some time on them. I did change one thing for consistency. He had painted the officer with gold epaulets and buttons and shako trim. Everything I could find indicated silver was used, so I opted to change that aspect as I did not want it to clash with the Oberstleutenant.
DeleteExcellent looking unit and well done on completing the German division! I look frward to the Guard de Paris!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain. The Guard de Paris got the first experimental coat of paint yesterday. White uniforms are a challenge, especially since I had intended to paint them in their earlier red and green uniform, for which I had undercoated with a thin brown wash. Oops!
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