After an enforced break from painting due to a job change, a move to a new country and the festive season, I have once more dug out my Crimean troops. For the moment I am concentrating on French and Turkish forces. Just before Christmas I purchased a fairly large batch of Crimean War and Franco Prussian War (FPW) Minifigs S Range troops, that are well painted and look quite good. In some cases I have had to repaint parts and I have also had to base them to match existing units, but they are mostly good to go.
First up is a unit of French Artillery. These are FPW, but not dissimilar in uniform to later Crimean troops. I re-based them and painted the hats, which were bright red.
Among the other figures in this batch are French Dragoons, Chasseurs d' Afrique, Imperial Guard and line infantry. There are also two British units that I am currently working on.
Nice looking battery , Tony
ReplyDeleteIt is a pleasure to see your figures once again. The FPW figures work well, I put an S range ACW officer with mine which worked OK rather than perfectly.
ReplyDeleteIt is easy to forget that back in the day gun crews of three or even two figures were the norm rather than the four or five standard now.
Great - those guns look impressive!
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you back in action Bob. You're pricking my conscience, I should really get some work done on my French troops.
ReplyDeleteI'll also toss my hat into the ring. Good to see you back. I never tire of seeing your Crimean-era troops.
ReplyDeleteBest REgards,
Stokes
Welcome back, Bob. Wonderful troops, as always.
ReplyDeleteAlso Welcome back, lovely figures you bought, just for info in the original Minifigs S Range Crimea, the French gunners have a plumed shako
ReplyDeletecheers Old John
Hi John. You are quite right that the French artillery wore plumed shakos, however, most of the contemporary photographs and artwork depict the French wearing the kepi. In fact I have found it very hard to find any photographs of the French in the Crimea wearing a shako. I guess they followed the British practice of wearing full uniform for the first few months of the war and began wearing undress headwear as the campaign wore on. That said I might need to acquire some in shakos too!!
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