Scrap Box - British Artillery Prince August

The scrap box contained two British horse artillery figures, an officer and a gunner with trail spike. I was able to acquire a mould with two different figures; gunner with ball and another with rammer. I cast two new figures then painted all four. This is the result:

There were no guns in the box of any use, so I employed a Del Prado offering.

The British infantry are almost finished and with luck I will be able to post some pictures soon, That will complete my scrapbox challenge!

Scrap Box - British 1st Foot Guards

I am not sure our glorious guards would appreciate being associated with my scrap box; however, here is the latest unit - some British 1st Foot Guards. I have given them white trousers, although I expect they should be wearing grey along with the line regiments, but I wanted them to stand out a little.

These are the first of four infantry Battalions that will make up two British brigades when added to two highland regiments, giving 6 in all. With the Dutch Belgians, this will give an Allied strength of 13 Battalions - and an almost empty scrap box!

Here are the guards:

Prince August Conversion - Brunswick Line Infantry

Although the same figure as those from my scrap box, I actually cast these myself using the second hand moulds bought off ebay.  I used broken figures from my collection as a source of metal. I did a bit of cutting and filing and another unit for my 1815 allied army takes the field.  Thes only took a couple of hours to paint as the uniform is very simple.

More from the Scrap Box - Belgian Infantry 1815

Over the last few days I have completed two more Belgian units from the pile of dusty, poorly painted Prince August figures. This is what they looked like before I started:

With some cleaning up and a repaint, I finished up with a unit of Belgian Chasseurs:

And another Belgian line regiment:

I need to square off the flag, which is a little misaligned.

I now have a Belgian Brigade:

This will form a Dutch/Belgian Division in my new 1815 allied army.  I have also been experimenting with a Brunswick line infantry conversion:

This has potential too!

From the Scrap Box - British Infantry

I have started painting some of the British castings, starting with some highlanders. Having now been through the whole contents of the box I had enough figures for 10 Westphalian battalions, two French, three Belgian, three Dutch, two highland and four British.  I currently have 11 units on the painting table at various levels of completion, plus an artillery battery.

Here are the latest - highlanders painted up as the Black Watch:

I am very pleased as to how these figures turned out.  Some of the British line are equally promising and they should be finished soon. Using the casting kits that I acquired I am experimenting with converting some French to Brunswickers.

Spanish Lancers - Any Ideas?

I received these rather splendid fellows from John Holt at Warrior Miniatures and I am not sure how to paint them. They have rather curious looking headwear:

The only reference that looks anything like these figures is from a painting by Denis Dighton. The two fellows in the background:

Although the hats a slightly different, I will use these as the basis for painting, but would welcome any information that might help me with the uniforms.

From the scrap box - Dutch Infantry

The box of scrap figures produced 41 Dutch figures, giving me enough to produce 3 units with a handful left over. I was short of a standard bearer, but one of the spare infantrymen was easily converted. He carries the standard for the Jagers.  The units make up a Brigade of one light and two line regiments. 

I am working on a further Belgian unit, although I have run out of officers, drummers and standard bearers, so ebay provided  some second hand moulds and I have been casting figures to plug the gaps. In addition I have been working on some highlanders and painting some British as British!