Recently I have been purchasing more second hand Napoleonic figures to refurbish and use for Volley and Bayonet. These figures have been a mix of 20mm plastic with some 25mm metals as well.
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A vast horde of very nicely painted Airfix and Esci figures. |
The plastic refurbishment I hope to cover in another post, but the metal figures have been quite fun. While most are true chunky size 25mm Minifigs, some are possibly either part of the older S rnage of Minifigs that were a smaller 25mm figure, or even possibly from other manufacturer like Hinchcliff (or is it Hinchliffe?)
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Back to Front: Minifig French Dragoons, Some Chasseurs?, and French Cuirassiers. |
The Dragoons required little in the way of refurbishment, just touching up some paint, basing and and then given a brown wash. The Chasseurs (please feel free to provide a better identification) required a little more work, but not much more. The Cuirassiers will need some reinforcements before I can base them up.
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Bare metal: Minifig French Lancers, Red circled figures discussed in the text below, and three Minifig French Dragoons. |
I've circled a number of the figures above as I hope to use them as command stands for V&B. The rest should find an eventual home in the legions of the
Archduke Piccolo. The encircled figures are I believe (from left to right), A French General, a Minifigs Murat, a Grenadier Officer, and a Dragoon Officer. Please let me know if I have misidentified anything.
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Minifigs Murat. I had fun with painting the tiger skin. |
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Chasseurs? or not Chasseurs? |
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Nice big chunky Dragoons! |
I'm quite looking forward to using these figures on the tabletop, as they have a nice heft to them. I suspect the Dragoons will eventually become a display piece as they dwarf my 1/72 plastic Dragoons, but they do have a great deal of charm about them.