Sunday 12 June 2016

Napoleonic Russian Brigade Generals 1805 - 07



"What do you see Tavarich?" Nice Elite Miniatures rearing horse with an Essex General and a
lovely telescope wielding Cavalry officer of the Cuirassiers, also from Essex, and possibly
from the Napoleonic Austrian range if my memory serves me correctly  
\A quick post to show a few nice General command stands for my 1805-07 Russians that are on the go at present.  Always important to represent in any good set of Napoleonic rules and the wonderful General De Brigade is certainly no different.


Nice stone marker from Eureka Miniatures

Lovely Elite Miniatures horse, one of my favourites from their range, rearing perfectly


Another two excellent Elite Russian figures

To finish another command stand that I use to represent a cavalry Brigade or Divisional General.  This one is a wonderful Elite Miniatures General accompanied by a Hussar trooper painted to represent an ADC from one of the colourful Hussar Regiments.

I think I will add some orange and black "under" feathers to his hat to help put the final touches on this figure ala Von Peters at his best when painting Russian generals.

18 comments:

  1. Nicely done Carlo, sweet additions to your army!!!

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    1. Thank you very much Paul. They hopefully are made of a tougher mettle than some of their historical counterparts!

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  2. Nice! Few figures have as much character as Elite.

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    1. Cheers Jonathon. The Elites are very nice and I am busily building them up again for the collection.

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  3. lovely painting and figures! :o)

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    1. Thankyou Phil. Funnily enough this is 100% my handiwork which these days is an absolute rarity let me assure you!

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    1. Thank you Mark - the Elites are just looking right at the moment and the plus side is that they are very sturdy with bayonets tougher than some modern figures heads and shakos!! They certainly handle clumsy fingers better than most.

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  5. A oair of nice command bases, Carlo. I do love the rearing horse!

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    1. It is a cracker of a pose isn't it Peter? Real look of command.

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  6. Good to see the Pagano sweat shop can still churn them out!
    Plenty of animation in those fine fellows!

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    1. Ah yes ...churning them out like a artist in a coma! Thanks buddy.

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  7. Very nice job, love the first vignette...

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  8. Superb painting Carlo. I am sure their troops will follow them to the ends of the earth looking this good.

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    1. Very nice of you to say Pat - much appreciated. I am sure the severe bearings his NCO's dish out have just as much, if not more, motivational value!! How's that book coming along?

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  9. Very nice Carlo, can't quite get the detail in 10mm (but not far off). I note the Chevalier Guard (I presume Cuirassier) scouting the area, somewhere in Russia?

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    1. Looking for the next frozen French Column one suspects! Thanks Gerry.

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