"Ensigns (Fanions) and Marching French 1808" Topic
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08 Aug 2020 10:01 a.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Changed title from "Ensigns (Fanions) and Marching French1808" to "Ensigns (Fanions) and Marching French 1808"
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| Bill Slavin | 08 Aug 2020 6:45 a.m. PST |
I was inspired to create some French line infantry command stands carrying ensigns as a break from the 1804 pattern flag with its eagle tipped standard. You don't see too many examples of these, with a search on the Internet only turning up a few ensigns still surviving. The ensigns (ensignes, often confusingly referred to as fanions which were the pennant carried by companies as rallying points), created in 1811 were in response to the directive of 1808, that had limited the eagle to one per regiment. Here are a few pictures of the results, along with a pic of the HaT set of early to mid war marching French I painted up at the same time. There is lots more information on the fanions, my build, and a sheet of generic ensigns I created on my blog.
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| Legionarius | 08 Aug 2020 7:12 a.m. PST |
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jwebster  | 08 Aug 2020 11:20 a.m. PST |
Amazing. I had no idea the Hat figures could look so good John |
| Bill Slavin | 08 Aug 2020 2:14 p.m. PST |
Thank you. I would say these HaT figures were not their best, especially the Command set, but I think they work when seen from a bit of distance. |
| C M DODSON | 09 Aug 2020 4:28 a.m. PST |
Excellent work as always Bill. A joy to see your visual representations. The buildings do seem to ooze Peninsula Spain. Best wishes, Chris |
| The Tyn Man | 09 Aug 2020 6:59 a.m. PST |
Bill, were ever a member of MIGS back in the 80's? |
| Bill Slavin | 09 Aug 2020 9:27 a.m. PST |
No, I wasn't. What was the MIGS, out of curiosity? |
| The Tyn Man | 11 Aug 2020 4:10 p.m. PST |
Military Interest and Games Society. I was a war gaming club in Hamilton for a good number of years. Cheers
Dean |
| Bill Slavin | 12 Aug 2020 5:57 a.m. PST |
Pity. I could have used a wargaming club in my vicinity of Ontario in the 80's! |
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