Thursday, June 7, 2018

Giant Napoleonic Commission -- Finis (image heavy)

I got the last of Glenn's figures into the mail this morning.  The giant commission is done.  

Back in May of 2015, Glenn called and told me he was selling off his 28mm armies and making the switch to 18mm.  He asked if I would be interested in painting ALL the combatants of the Napoleonic Wars using only AB Miniatures and GMB flags.  We agreed on terms, and Glenn placed the first of many orders with Eureka USA.

I started in early June of 2015 and ended in early June of 2018.  It took me almost exactly three years to paint all of Glenn's armies.  The final count of painted miniatures in this collection is 4,077 foot, 899 mounted, and 111 guns.

The result of those three years' work is, I believe, the finest collection of Napoleonic miniatures on the planet.  I carefully researched all the uniform details so that not a button is the wrong color.  Everything got at least two tone shading.  On the GAJO scale, these figures are all tens.

So what do 6,000 castings painted to a 10 look like all together?  I'll leave it to Glenn to take some proper group photos, but here is a set of images that includes everything in Glenn's collection.







Napoleon surveys his wars.


Austria-Hungary

Austrian Line Infantry

Austrian Line Infantry

Austrian Line Infantry

Hungarian Line Infantry

Austrian and Hungarian Grenadiers

Grenz and Jager

Austrian Landwehr

Austrian Artillery

Hussars

Chevaux-Leger and Uhlans

Cuirassiers and Dragoons

Infantry Casualties

Cavalry Casualties





Anglo-Allied Army

Brunswickers

Netherlanders

Hanoverians

British and KGL Cavalry

British Infantry

Guards and Rifles

The following are extras that I added to the army after the group pictures.

Hanoverian Landwehr

2nd Nassau Fusiliers

Dutch Militia

Dragoons

Light Dragoons

Artillery Casualties

Infantry Casualties

Infantry Casualties

Cavalry Casualties





France

Line Infantry

Line Infantry

Line Infantry

Line Infantry

Light Infantry

Chasseur a Cheval

Hussars

Lancers

Wurrtemburg Chevaux-leger

Dragoons

Carabiniers

Cuirassiers

Foot Artillery

Horse Artillery

Guard Infantry

Guard Cavalry

Guard Artillery

I added the following figures at various times.
Voltiguers

Infantry and Artillery Casualties

Grenadiers

Guard Chasseurs and Grenadiers

Line Infantry

Line Infantry

Line Infantry

Line Infantry

Voltiguers Skirmishing

Guard Voltiguers

Guard Fusilier-Grenadiers

Guard Skirmishers

Guard Cavalry

Cuirassiers

Cuirassiers

Cuirassiers

Carabiniers

Lancers

Light Infantry

Grenadiers and Voltiguers

1st Hussars

Chasseurs a Cheval

Skirmishers

Light Infantry and Guard Cavalry

Artillery Casualties






Prussia

Line Infantry

Landwehr

Cavalry





Russia
Line Infantry

Line Infantry

Line Infantry

Grenadiers

Grenadiers

Militia

Hussars

Lancers

Cossacks

Dragoons

Cuirassiers and Horse Artillery

Foot Artillery

Guard

Austerlitz Commanders

Leipzig Commanders

Cavalry Casualties