The Battle of Quatre Bras, June 16th, 1815 (1 Viewer)

[Warrior]

Anglo Allied and French forces square off at Quatre Bras, the prelude to Waterloo............

 

[Warrior]

The French forces led by Ney attacked the Anglo Allied forces commanded by Wellington and The Duke of Brunswick....

 

[thebritfarmer]

Great pictures George. I like the top one in particular, it's a cracker !!!

 

[Warrior]

French cavalry attack British squares trying to break the allied line........

 

[Warrior]

The French infantry emerge from the woods to attack the left of the allied line...........

 

[Warrior]

British artillery and members of the 95th rifles tear into the French ranks.........

 

[Warrior]

The French, led by Napoleons brother Jerome, made initial gains vs the less experienced allied troops...........

 

[Warrior]

The Duke of Brunswick threw his "Death's Head" Hussars into the fray to try and halt the oncoming French Cavalry, but they were routed and the Duke himself fell mortally wounded...........

 

[Warrior]

The French cavalry swarmed around the British squares, trying to smash the Allied center, but were unable to break the line.........

 

[Warrior]

Allied reinforcements arrived in the nick of time and the exhausted French troops were forced to retire from the field. French losses were about 4,300 while the Allies suffered around 3,400 casualties.

Ligny was next.....................

 

[sceic2]

Holy crap George, I am soooo jealous of all the toys you have. What a life. Play, paint, sell, travel and all for a hobby you love. You sir are blessed. And you are a pretty decent fellow too. To bad a certain RC does not realize what a mistake he has made.

 

[Warrior]

Holy crap George, I am soooo jealous of all the toys you have. What a life. Play, paint, sell, travel and all for a hobby you love. You sir are blessed. And you are a pretty decent fellow too. To bad a certain RC does not realize what a mistake he has made.

Thanks for the kind words Michael and you are correct, I do have a great life when it comes right down to it. I get to sell toy soldiers for a living, have my health, a great girlfriend, two terrific parents and the time to enjoy my hobby to and share it with the rest of my fellow collectors.

I know in the past I did raftloads of WWII dioramas, but Napoleonics are actually my first era of choice, been fascinated with the period ever since my father took me to see Waterloo at the theater as a kid, I've got raftloads of figures that need to get painted, so watch this space. Actually, Jeff from the Uk is the one who finally got me off of my rear end regarding the Napoleonics.

Thanks as well for the vote of confidence; RC made a decision that he thinks is best for his company, so I've got to live with it and move forward...............

 

[aujj65]

Thanks for the kind words Michael and you are correct, I do have a great life when it comes right down to it. I get to sell toy soldiers for a living, have my health, a great girlfriend, two terrific parents and the time to enjoy my hobby to and share it with the rest of my fellow collectors.

I know in the past I did raftloads of WWII dioramas, but Napoleonics are actually my first era of choice, been fascinated with the period ever since my father took me to see Waterloo at the theater as a kid, I've got raftloads of figures that need to get painted, so watch this space. Actually, Jeff from the Uk is the one who finally got me off of my rear end regarding the Napoleonics.
Thanks as well for the vote of confidence; RC made a decision that he thinks is best for his company, so I've got to live with it and move forward...............

George,

Well I'm glad I did everyone a favour then - these are just excellent! It's nice to see the Nassau and Brunswick units out in force as well as the British and French and you say Ligny is going to be next

I used to collect this size of figure; big enough to paint loads of detail and small enough to display whole battles - happy memories

So a big thumbs up and I know it takes a lot of time to set these up let alone the painting but keep them coming please.......

Jeff

 

[Evzone]

Very well done, my compliments. I could spend hours casting my eyes over the pics.

To me there is nothing like napoleonics en-masse to convey the colour, splendour and drama of the period. Excellent display.

Reminds me of my earliest days colecting and gaming with Airfix plastics, then moving on to Minifigs 25mm before being able to afford the excellent ranges we have on offer now.

Particuarly like the Brunswickers, any more of them to be seen?

 

[Warrior]

George,

Well I'm glad I did everyone a favour then - these are just excellent! It's nice to see the Nassau and Brunswick units out in force as well as the British and French and you say Ligny is going to be next

I used to collect this size of figure; big enough to paint loads of detail and small enough to display whole battles - happy memories

So a big thumbs up and I know it takes a lot of time to set these up let alone the painting but keep them coming please.......

Jeff

Thanks for the feedback Jeff, it's on to Ligny, Waterloo, the campaign of 1814 in France, etc, etc; so many battles, so little time........

 

[Warrior]

Very well done, my compliments. I could spend hours casting my eyes over the pics.

To me there is nothing like napoleonics en-masse to convey the colour, splendour and drama of the period. Excellent display.

Reminds me of my earliest days colecting and gaming with Airfix plastics, then moving on to Minifigs 25mm before being able to afford the excellent ranges we have on offer now.

Particuarly like the Brunswickers, any more of them to be seen?

Thanks for the compliments; I too love Napoleonics en masse for the color, splendour and drama, very well put, it is my favorite period for all of those reasons.

I too started out with the ho/oo Airfix figures and moved on to metal. I do have more Brunswickers, will be featuring them soon.........

 

[Russell]

Very nice. Are these Napoleonics bought or painted from castings?

 

[Warrior]

Thanks Russell. These figures are 1/72nd scale, ie, 20mm and are made of metal. They are available from two major manufacturers, Newline Design and SHQ Miniatures, both in the Uk. They come unpainted; I painted quite a few of them myself, the rest are from private collections I've purchased over the years or from figure painters I've found in the Uk, many of the best wargaming figure painters in the world hail from the Uk.......

 

[Ragnar]

Top notch as allways one of the things i like about miniatures are the buildings.
they are a good price and don't take up much space.
looking forward Warrior to your next batch of pics

 

[Warrior]

Thanks Ragnar, love doing those 2,000 to 3,000 figure Napoleonic battles, just getting warmed up here.........