"FPW Naval Infantry 15mm Old Glory pics" Topic
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| vtsaogames | 27 Jun 2015 4:02 p.m. PST |
These are the sailors pressed into service as infantry by the desperate French Republic. Since they fought in the winter, I based them on snow. I'm planning on doing a campaign of most of the battles of the Franco Prussian War, using Bloody Big Battles. I figure if I can win more than the French actually did (a low bar) I'll have bragging rights.
And here are the brave squids.
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| JonFreitag | 27 Jun 2015 4:33 p.m. PST |
I like 'em! I recently finished an Old Glory French Line regiment of 36 figures. link The link above also includes comparison of French from other manufacturers too. |
| rorymac | 27 Jun 2015 4:34 p.m. PST |
Those look great! I have four of these Old Glory regiments (10 bases each with three figs per base). I plan to paint samples of each pose and send them to Fernando sometime in the next few months. As I get older I realize that I do not have time to paint them all myself! Russ |
| vtsaogames | 27 Jun 2015 4:57 p.m. PST |
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 ColCampbell  | 27 Jun 2015 5:55 p.m. PST |
Those look very nice. I did mine using 25mm Old Glory Boxer Rebellion French sailors. They don't look exactly right but they will work for me. Jim |
| Perris0707 | 27 Jun 2015 9:39 p.m. PST |
Excellent work! Vive la France! |
| ChrisBBB | 28 Jun 2015 2:08 a.m. PST |
The mixed poses work really well. And the snowy bases. Chris |
 DWilliams | 28 Jun 2015 2:07 p.m. PST |
Nice painting on all of these figures! Jon, I was wondering why you have painted the epaulets in different colors (green, red, yellow). Except for the Foreign Legion, I have not seen them depicted in these colors in any sources that I have.
Don |
| vanier | 28 Jun 2015 2:12 p.m. PST |
and the red "ponpon" in french "les gars de la marine" good job |
| JonFreitag | 28 Jun 2015 3:18 p.m. PST |
Don, I saw your question on the blog and addressed it there. |
| rorymac | 28 Jun 2015 9:12 p.m. PST |
Don, I think maybe in 1859 the French line infantry regiments still had grenadiers with red epaulletes, fusiliers with red/green and voltigeurs with yellow. I thought the same thing when I saw the pics. Russ |
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