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I wargame in 20mm, primarily using Command Decision 3, but have been tempted into other systems. I have a tendency to adapt CD to suit other periods with varied results! I take awful pictures and am at best an average modeller and painter, but hopefully quantity will have a quality all of its own.

Saturday, 2 October 2021

Airfix French Heavy Cavalry (12ème Régiment de Cuirassiers)

 I have recently completed painting another V&B stand for the 100 Days Campaign. I have not added the unit label to the stand yet, but it is the 2nd Brigade of the 13th Cavalry Division which was part of the French IV Cavalry Corps.

Finally finished after a decade!! 

The brigade is represented using figures from the Airfix French Heavy Cavalry (Cuirassiers) set (PSR review here) painted as the 12th Cuirassiers(click here for the uniform plate from the "Les Uniformes pedant la campagne des Cent Jours Belgiue 1815" website).

Spot the additional figure

The Airfix set only contains 9 mounted figures so an additional figure was added to the stand from the stockpile of figures I have been hoarding have acquired for this project. 


Ten mounted figures on a brigade stand is currently my record for cavalry stands

While the paint job on these figures was recently completed, the paint job was begun in 2011 (click here for a view of them from 2011), while the figures were purchased in in mid to late 1990s when Airfix re-released the set. 

Note the lack of a ID label

So now I only have four more Cuirassier stands left to paint.
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8 comments:

  1. Doug2 October 2021 at 01:46

    Very nice! Love those long sabres.

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    1. Uncle Brian4 October 2021 at 22:45

      Thanks Doug!! The sword length on the Airfix figures does look good!

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  2. Archduke Piccolo2 October 2021 at 21:29

    Whatever one might say about the Airfix Cavalry figures, when painted up they actually look pretty damned good!

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    1. Uncle Brian4 October 2021 at 22:49

      Thanks Archduke!!
      Painted Airfix figures do look good!! I am aiming to have my 100 Days project have an example of each set of Airfix Napoleonics represented in each army. Sadly, due to the awesomeness of the Revell Imperial Guard set, the Airfix one is unlikely to be used.

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  3. Philotep5 October 2021 at 06:08

    Excellent job on these venerable cuirassiers ! I still have mine somewhere, only one is painted, but I chose pink facings as you did :)

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    1. Uncle Brian2 November 2021 at 00:24

      Thanks Phil!
      I do think the pink looks good against the blue:)
      Cheers,
      Brian

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  4. James Fisher9 October 2021 at 18:54

    Agreed (with the others); they (still) look a treat when painted and you have done them so well. I really like your ten to a base arrangement, really makes them look like boot to boot heavies.
    Regards, James

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    1. Uncle Brian2 November 2021 at 00:27

      Thanks James!
      I was quite happy that I could fit ten on the base as opposed to the normal eight that I seem to fit with Esci figures. I agree that the stand seems to pack a bit more heft with the extra figures.
      Cheers,
      Brian

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