"1st Batalion 1st Chasseurs of the Old Guard" Topic

I've been working on the 1st Battalion, 1st Chasseurs of the Old Guard. The Battalion is generally thought to have stayed out of the fight at Le Caillou where it had the somewhat inglorious task of guarding the Imperial baggage. But evidence suggests that about half the battalion was fed into the fight in Plancenoit plugging the gap left by the collapse of the Young Guard.

I am yet to fix that many of the Lutzow Freikorps on to the model, but even positioning 1/1st Chasseurs has its challenges – just where did massed Napoleonic infantry go in the close quarters environment of a village?

Some Prussians have been added – not from the black coated musketeer battalions, but from the conventionally clad fusiliers in skirmish order. That said, one company is in greatcoats. The fusiliers are exploiting either side of the road, leaving the main thoroughfare to the musketeer battalions.

These musketeers are coming in two forms. First, a battalion specially commissioned from Speira:

The second being conversions from Strelets:

Here are the 1/1 Chasseurs on the model:

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merveilleux, well done

Fantastic work – thanks for sharing

Nice looking work, thanks for sharing!!!

Truly incredible work

I have a bunch of Prussian Hussars sitting here, next to my PC, just itching to get into your Battalion of Old Guard.

It must be seriously murder to pack the numbers required into such a confined space. FIBU Area did then involve wave after wave of assailants, leaving their dead as obstacles to the next assault. Add to that your burning buildings special effects, it sounds as though Plancenoit will be quite an unpleasant spot to meet one's maker. But brilliantly modelled.

Thanks Liam, the bases all still need concealing, but I'm getting there.

Your cavalry will look lovely when deployed in depth. The model currently lacks the battle space to give room for guns, cavalry and indeed out of contact infantry, but it will have that soon.

That is spectacular, thank you so much for sharing, well done, love that you did this in 20mm.

Captain Siborne

Wow! Great stuff. Your post on the 14th (3.22pm) suggests that there is more to come? I might have missed something but I was wondering what the end product is? And is the finished project going to be displayed for the public to view?