Latest French additions

First up is my very colourful completed 4th Cavalry brigade, 3 x regiments of Hussars, figures are pendraken  

Here is the start of the old guard (pendraken) with a 12pdr Artillery gun (Magister Militum)

The Great man himself Napoleon with a General and lady companion (magister militum) 

My artillery now with limbers, we have decided to base them with only the two horses to save space on the table and to keep them in proportion as they are only there as a representation (pendraken)

And finally a supply/ammo limber (magister militum) which has been tweaked from the original design by my dad to suit the scale of our games.

French army ready for action....

My French army although not complete managed to get its first run out at the weekend although it was not to be a glorious debut. I will post a AAR on the game a little later on, in the mean time I have taken a few pictures of how the army is looking.

Up First is my 1st division of infantry. This consists of 2 brigades each made up of 4 Battalions line and 1 Battalion Light. Each Battlion also has a stand of skirmishes if you wish to use them. There is a command stand for each Brigade and also a Divisional commander.

A light battalion with the optional skirmish formation.

Foot Artillery Batteries consists of 3 8pdr guns. Currently there is one 8pdr Horse artillery gun.

The Cavarly corps currently consists of 3 Brigades each with there own commander, two my horse artillery guns have yet to be painted.

1st Brigade of cavalry (light) consists of 3 regiments of Chasseur cavalry

2nd brigade (heavy) consists of 3 regiments of Dragoons.

And finally the 3rd brigade (heavy) is 3 regiments of Cuirassiers, with the Horse artillery.

These pictures are the start of a 4th cavalry Brigade (light) which will be made up of 3 regiments of Hussairs

All the figures are Pendraken 10mm and are based for Blackpowder. This week end will see me hit  Donnington Park for the Derby wargames show, here I will be picking up my old guard battallions for use as the 3rd infantry Brigade and another 3 regiments of Cuirassiers aswell as limbers which i have pre ordered from Pendraken. Also while at the show ill be looking to add some more infantry, possibly in the form of some Italian infantry to add something different to the look of the army and also some characters in the form of be great man himself Napolian etc. 

Some light reading...

Finding myself dipping my toes into the world of Napolionic wargaming I thought it best to order myself a couple of books to read on the period.

The Great generals of the Napolionic war and Waterloo Napoleons last gamble I picked up on eBay for less than a fiver with postage and today I picked up Bernard Cornwells  Waterloo on my dads recommendation from Sainsbury's for a tenner.  These should keep me busy for a few weeks, or longer if I keep falling asleep on the bus on the way home from work which I have a habit of doing when reading!

Also I have ordered my next batch for my French army, this will see the old guard added to my army along with 3 more units of cuirassiers and all the limbers I need for my artillery. I still intend to add some more bits and bods but i will wait for a couple of weeks for the Derby show to attain these.

In the mean time I shall get cracking with some reading.....