| CHRIS DODSON | 17 Jun 2025 11:50 p.m. PST |
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| John Armatys | 18 Jun 2025 12:02 a.m. PST |
Happy Waterloo day to you to! Nice photos. |
| Artilleryman | 18 Jun 2025 1:24 a.m. PST |
Vive L'Empereur! Super photos. Very atmospheric. |
 deadhead  | 18 Jun 2025 2:57 a.m. PST |
Plancenoit church aflame is just amazing. Love the "mini-Hougoumont" also. Beef Wellington for dinner tonight (well that was my plan, but the word was that if I wanted that then I could cook it. As one who can barely do scrambled eggs (and I am serious)……maybe not |
| CHRIS DODSON | 18 Jun 2025 4:39 a.m. PST |
Thank you everyone for the kind comments. The Hougoumont complex including woods etc in reality is massive. I decided to use the area ‘footprint' to scale and then fit everything in. This means the chateaux is over represented but my aim was to get the feel of the place whilst still retaining the look. The model is scratch built from cardboard from Adkin's wonderful Companion. Chicken Marengo sounds a good alternative! Chris |
| 35thOVI | 18 Jun 2025 5:09 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 18 Jun 2025 6:41 a.m. PST |
Ney lad. I would get Grouchy if served a Bonaparte dish today. I would think I am being picked on. (get it? "Picked on"? Boom boom) The Hgmt footprint is a very clever idea indeed. Great work and the right day to show it |
| Michael May | 18 Jun 2025 7:50 a.m. PST |
"Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won." Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Seriously, though, figures, models and photos are museum quality. Just outstanding! |
| 14Bore | 18 Jun 2025 8:07 a.m. PST |
Down with the Emperor!
Fantastic pictures |
| 14Bore | 18 Jun 2025 10:28 a.m. PST |
YouTube link
Live chat on Waterloo from Napoleonic Wars channel |
| Frederick | 18 Jun 2025 12:25 p.m. PST |
Vive L'Empereur Great work – thanks for sharing |
| Shagnasty | 18 Jun 2025 2:19 p.m. PST |
Incredible photos. Long live the Allies. |
 Herkybird | 18 Jun 2025 3:26 p.m. PST |
Gone are the days when the world could deal with its monsters on the battlefield! |
| robert piepenbrink | 18 Jun 2025 4:57 p.m. PST |
Amazing work! Thank you for sharing. I spent today identifying Napoleonic units for a friend. Fun, but only Sweden and the Ottoman Turks to go. Then what will I do? Have patience, Herky. Some monsters still can and will be dealt with by war--and some never could be. It's true we'll never have the spectacle again, though, and the civilian losses these days are tragically greater than in horse & musket warfare. Now it's as though we're doing the Siege of Saragossa over and over. |
marmont1814  | 19 Jun 2025 2:24 p.m. PST |
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| von Winterfeldt | 22 Jun 2025 12:26 p.m. PST |
very impressive, it looks almost for real |
| CHRIS DODSON | 23 Jun 2025 5:19 a.m. PST |
Thank you everyone for your kind comments. As stated this project, was hugely influential in educating myself in the techniques that I now use for my projects. A special thanks to the ever helpful Von W for his support on the Waterloo ‘what if ‘ thread. Best wishes, Chris |
takes a look at flexible roads made from long-lasting flexible resin.
