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    Grognard's New Painting Project!

    Thanks Victor for the nice comments! Actually this one is a resin kit so it's pretty light. Others I did are indeed metal but the problem with the wooden base is space in my curio cabinet both in height and footprint. I have a few on wooden base though but again I start to be limited with space...
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    Grognard's New Painting Project!

    Happy New Year everyone! This is my latest production: Russian Chevalier- Garde Trumpet Major - full dress (1805) – 90mm - Sculpt by Alan Ball. I really like the posture. The Chevalier-Garde regiment was the elite of the Russian heavy cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars. They were composed of...
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    Forum Members Age

    Turned big 60 last month (which made my wife happy since she is 3 months older than me :wink2:)
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    Le Cimier LaSalle and an ADC

    The "ADC" is Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcellin Marbot. I have 2 versions of this one and the Lasalle too (below pics). I had the chance to acquire all the Le Cimier Nap staff and marshals sets at Le Drapeaux de France in Paris nearly 20 years ago when they were still cheap to buy :cool: I actually...
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    Some very sad news re John Staniforth AKA Johnnybach -

    This is sad news indeed. I have always appreciated John's comments on my painting work. Rest in peace.
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    Retreat From Russia diorama finally done!

    Very realistic! Well done!
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    Grognard's New Painting Project!

    Thanks! I agree on the 90mm scale point. This is why I only paint that scale :smile2: Nice Wagram vignette!
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    Grognard's New Painting Project!

    Hi all, I am back after a long hiatus due to lots of work & travels, buying and remodeling a second house, kids in college stuff, etc. :rolleyes2: Anyway, I was finally able to go back to my brushes and produce a new addition to my 90mm Nap collection with this beautiful figure of Général de...
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    Pictures from my July 2018 visit at the Musée de L'Emperi in France

    Forgot to mention: the right hand side book is availabe in French only. The center one is bilingual: French/English...
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    Pictures from my July 2018 visit at the Musée de L'Emperi in France

    Was finally able to get to our beach house last weekend before the big snow here in Seattle (1 foot so far). Here is a pic of the book I bought at the museum (on the right hand side). This one is more about the entire collection of the museum and about the passion/life of the Brunon's brothers...
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    Pictures from my July 2018 visit at the Musée de L'Emperi in France

    Thanks John! They had a new anniversary book on the museum itself that I bought - got the last one they had on the shelf :) (I left it at my beach house but will post a pic of it soon). I had already the excellent book "Les Trésors de l'Emperi" by Vincent Bourgeot he had published on the museum...
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    Pictures from my July 2018 visit at the Musée de L'Emperi in France

    Hi all, I finally found time over the holidays to put together 2 albums capturing the pictures I took during my visit last July to the Musée de l'Emperi in Salon de Provence (France). My wife and daughter went shopping so I had 2 full hours to enjoy which is to me (besides the one of the Musée...
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