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Sunday, 19 May 2019

French Voltigeurs

I have had a some Douglas Miniatures French Voltigeurs for a while now. I kept looking them and thinking 'I am not sure about these' as the figure pose looks like a bass guitarist.

Anyway as I don't have any other Douglas figures in my collection, and I as my aim of the collection is a homage to these  classic figures, I decided to see how they would look with some paint slapped on.


The officer is Hinton Hunt figure and he looks at home.  As I use half scale Charge units these 12 figures represent a Light unit of 2 companies. They can be used as a single unit or 2 independent 6 figure companies.


Closer view shows the detail.



And how they would have looked back in the day of black an white photos.


And how they did look back in the day


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8 comments:

  1. Jim Duncan Wargamer19 May 2019 at 11:50

    Spot on.

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  2. Wellington Man19 May 2019 at 11:53

    I love them!

    Best regards
    WM

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  3. WSTKS-FM Worldwide19 May 2019 at 13:05

    Dashing! And not at all like, for example, Roger Glover or Chris Squire.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  4. Carlo20 May 2019 at 00:40

    I love this pose. It reminds me of a photo in some golden wargamers guide to the Napoleonic Wars that I saw. It had me hooked as soon as I saw a stack of these figures, resplendent in black and white, at the ready. Wonderful to see these on your excellent blog.

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  5. Stryker20 May 2019 at 04:46

    Nicely done Mark!

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  6. lewisgunner20 May 2019 at 08:32

    Yes, Lovely Does John C make a French LI hornist you could use?

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  7. Rob20 May 2019 at 09:02

    Lovely - the epitome of a vintage figure, full of character, colour and shininess - with anatomical sculpting relegated to second place.

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  8. mojoworking21 May 2019 at 09:01

    I remember the original black and white pic, was it in Military Modelling or some classic wargames book? The naive sculpting is what attracts me to these vintage figures, if I wanted accurate scale models I'd go with Perry 28mm.

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