These delightful figures are produced by Old John in what he describes as the Hinton Hunt style, as were the French guards painted further back in this blog. They are very well detailed and are a joy to paint with crisp well defined detail.
According to my sources the Sardinian contingent consisted of 15,000 men, of two divisions of four regiments each. There were reportedly five battalions of Bersagleri, all dressed in the distinctive broad brimmed hat, and were armed with rifles. Numerous contemporary pictures show the Bersagleri marching at double time with rifles at the trail - as depicted by these figures:
Bob, those are great!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking figures and the rules are simple as can be. I noticed that your basing makes a simple conversion to my own set of rules For Queen and Planet. Slightly more complex, but perhaps of interest/
ReplyDeleteBeautiful figures!
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
You're reminding me of some Waterloo1815 bersaglieri that I have squirrelsd away.
ReplyDeleteLovely work. Are you building a full Sardinian army?
I don't know about a full army, but certainly a couple of line battalions and maybe some cavalry. I know Old John is working on spreading the evil influence, beavering away in his workshop. I am working on some S Range Russians at the moment.
DeleteBeautifully painted figures, glad you finally found them:-)) and Yes!!! i'm "beavering away" with some more Crimean figures inc SARDINIANS, the cavalry & line infantry should be available very shortly YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!!!
ReplyDeletecheers Old John aka The Evil Influence