Re-Based 40mm Napoleonics

You might remember I picked up some painted 40mm French Infantry from Ebay a while back. With some help from Steve Shann I have rebased them after a bit of a refresh to bring them more in line with my own figures (Not much bit of highlights on flesh and a brighter blue highlight mainly).

I also took the opportunity to re-base my cavalry from single bases which were a pain to store and move and always got damaged. So having just finished these off I thought why not get a few snaps for you.

British Light Dragoons, all Perry's but with some simple conversions to arms and a head swap.

These two mounted officers are both Ebay purchases rebased and touched up. The left is Sash and Sabre the right is a 3d printed Piano Wargames.

Two lots of Sash and Sabres Voltiguers.

This lot with a Perry Officer and a Perry Voltiguer on the far right.

I also put the Light Dragoon commander on a larger base, again makes him less prone to damage and looks nicer I think. An NCO rather than an Officer, as I paint more I am looking at 3d printed officers for these figures.

He's a Perry trooper with hands swapped mounted on a AWI Front Rank horse which came out quite nice.

Then there are the 40mm French I bought, these had a fabulous paint job, I did though add my own touches to these guys, a highlight to the blue to make them brighter and extra layer of pale flesh highlighting the face. Other than that its mainly just a rebase. Battalion one.

Battalion two essentially the same process and outcome.

Battalion three in white. A slightly smaller unit, the white had yellowed with age somewhat so required a layer of highlight to bring it back out, again though the starting point was excellent so not a huge ammount of work.

Lastly a re-base for my French Hussars very much the same as the British Light Dragoons.

Much happier with these on larger bases, As you may have guessed this is now a little out of hand for Skirmish gaming and I am actively reviewing how we step it up to battalion level. Lots more to paint so a couple of brigades a side with artillery and cavalry support eventually.

Megalomania at its finest.

No more to base or re-base now so it will be on with painting fresh units, I really need to focus on British and Spanish, the French have essentially 7 battalions ready, with only 1 British and 2 Spanish to face them.

Watch this space I guess.