Giant Commission -- French Cavalry Casualties

This is the last actual painting I did on the French army.  There are four chasseur a cheval, four dragoon, and four cuirassier casualties here.

Because of a mix-up, I ended up painting four early French horse artillery crews instead of the guard horse artillery.  I made a little order with Eureka USA to make a battery.  The guns are Blue Moon.

Now I am flocking all the bases for this enormous army!  I have added and sealed the ballast and am nearly done adding all the static grass.  Then I will Dullcote the whole thing and get it in the mail!

Giant Commission -- French Infantry Casualties

Glenn will be getting 10 infantry casualty markers.  12 cavalry markers are waiting on bases before I can start them.  Once they are done, the army is done.

Here you can see the basing material.  All the army is based, and all the bases have sealed fine brown ballast on top.  I am halfway through adding the static grass.  This is time consuming, which is why I have not made any posts lately.  I'll make one big post of the whole army when basing is complete.

Giant Commission -- French Guard Cavalry, Wurttembergers, Odds and Ends

These are the last units for the French army.  Now I just have casualty markers to make.

Guard Cavalry: Horse Grenadiers and Dragoons

Guard Cavalry: Chasseurs a Cheval and Lancers

1st and 2nd Wurttemberg Chevauxleger

Replacement Guard Horse Artillery and Fusilier-Grenadiers

While I wait on bases for the casualty markers, I will start basing and flocking the army.  There are almost 200 bases to do!

Giant Commission -- French Dragoons and Carabiniers

Well, that went much faster.  After my cuirassier funk, I was able to crank out these 42 cavalry in just six days.  These are 12 regiments of dragoons and the two regiments of carabiniers.

Just four regiments of guard cavalry and 22 bases of casualties left in this army!

Giant Commission -- French Cuirassiers

I will admit it: these figures kicked my butt.  It took me three weeks to finish these 36 cuirassiers.  Still, the end result was worth the extra work.

Next up are the dragoons!

Giant Commission -- French Lancers

Here is the last of the French light cavalry, 24 lancers.  I had never painted a French lancer before, but I like the look of the uniforms.

Next up are the dragoons, cuirassiers, and carabiniers.