Thursday, August 23, 2018

18mm Napoleonic French Aides de Camp

Aides de camp are always a challenge to paint correctly.  Was there a standard uniform?  Yes, but it was so often tinkered with that a French aide de camp in regulation dress must have been an unusual sight.  I had to really dig into my sources to find information on actual dress of these colorful fellows.

These 16 figures come from a few different AB codes, but most are from the new "ADCs in Action" pack.











10 comments:

  1. Lovely work. Brig Peter Young's "napoleon marshals" has a number of color plates of aides to the Marshals, in all the colors of the rainbow. There are quite a few at the beginning of the Funken 1st volume on the Napoleonic Wars, too.

    Just need an aide to Murat in amaranth and white! :-)

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    1. I used the Funken for many of these!

      I don't want to both with Murat. :-)

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  2. Beautiful work, Scott. Bring some of your latest works along on Saturday for Show &Tell.

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    1. I will try to remember! My mind is a sieve the past few days.

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    1. Thanks, Phil. I am pleased with how they turned out.

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    1. Thanks, Christopher! I have about 20 more mounted officers to finish before I move on to the next project.

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    1. Thanks, Andy! I'll be tackling some Blue Moon Napoleonics soon.

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