Some Napoleonics

Latest shipment from Old Guard Painting, as usual they have been excellently painted and packaged. It does take time to get your figures but I still can highly recommend them.

5e Lanciers

3e Lanciers

8e Curaisieurs

French Heavy Artillery Battery

Nassau Light Company Skirmishers

Nassau Grenadier Company Skirmishers

Orange-Nassau Skirmishers

I believe that will be it for Napoleonics for a while aside from a few figures I have prepped for the AHPCX. 

Perponcher's Division

2nd Netherland's Division

von Goedeck's Brigade

van Bylandt's Brigade

Silly Billy

Dutch Foot and Horse Artillery

van Merlen's Light Cavalry Brigade: Dutch 6th Hussars.....

........Belgian 5th Light Dragoons

 

Got around to photographing Perponcher's Division today. I picked this division as it had units from 3 different countries, so a variety of uniforms. I recently received the 3 Nassau battalions I had been waiting for, I had not liked how they were painted on the first go around. Without any question, they were re-painted in a slightly duller green. I really like how they came out.

So that is it for the Allied forces, I do have an order in for 2 battalions of French Lancers as well as a unit of French Heavy Artillery. Hopefully that will finally put out my Napoleonic flame, I must have close to 3000 AB figures now!

The Black Brunswickers in a Smaller Scale!

Brunswick Corps at Waterloo

Avantgarde

Black-uniformed Avantgarde

Light Brigade

Lieb and 1st Light

2nd and 3rd Light

Line Brigade: 1st, 2nd and 3rd with their glorious colours

Cavalry Brigade

Uhlans

The Black Duke

I finally recieved the final units required to complete the Brunswick Corps at Waterloo. All AB Figures of course. Unfortunately with Napoleonics, one is never finished and I just have noticed that the Brunswick Artillery figures and guns are now available and I think there is also some ADC's. So 2 units of artillery yet to be added and I will need 4 ADC's. One of my favourite armies to be sure. They just look terrific!

I will photograph Perponcher's Division in the Netherland's Order of Battle in the next day or two as they are complete as well.All painted by Old Guard Painters in the Ukraine.

Shout Out to Old Guard Painters

About 6 months ago, I placed an order with Old Guard Painting Service in the Ukraine. Time to start expanding my Hundred Days force for the planned Waterloo scenario book for Général d'Armée. I have always wanted to game Quatre-Bras and for this I needed some Dutch-Belgians and of course Brunswickers.

The Spanish painter I was using seems to be planning to retire as he only paints the occasional 28mm figure now and the painter I was using in Thailand was just too fussy, driving me crazy with non-sensical questions!

I saw an advert on the TMP marketplace that had some 15mm Nassau for sale for a good price but when I checked they were not AB but Old Glory. The owner Vladimir, though did offer a pretty good price to paint what I wanted. I already had decided that I wanted Perponcher's 2nd Division in the Allied Order of Battle, First Corps. This gave me a nice mix of Belgian, Dutch and Nassau. I also added the 3rd light cavalry brigade under Merlen from the Netherlands Cavalry Division. And of course I wanted the full Brunswick Corp under the Black Duke.

I decided to order half of the 2 divisions to test the waters. I believe the order approached around 300 figures. I was asked to pick out what figures I wanted from the AB catalogue, and directed Vladimir to use the centjours website to use as an uniform reference. And that was it. I recieved the figures a couple of days ago and I have to say I was enormously pleased. First up are some photos.

Impressively packed with every unit identified as well as a packing list...

....identified down to the figure.

Overview, I did not want the skirmishers, artillery or command figures based, just the formed infantry and cavalry.

Brunswickers

Belgian Light Dragoons

Silly Billy, who I may let command Perponcher's Division.

Dutch Hussars

Belgian Line and Dutch Militia

Brunswick Hussars

The Black Duke

Well I have to base up the artillery, command figures as well as the skirmishers. But most, importantly I have to attach those Flagdude standards that I have most patiently kept on hand for the last 3 years!

Once this is done I will post up some more detailed photos of the units recieved. But maybe I should say a bit more about the service.

Old Guard Painters Review

Price 10/10

Ease of Ordering 10/10

Ease of Contact 10/10 all emails responded to within 24 hours if not sooner

Accuracy of Painting 10/10

Quality of Packing 10/10

Speed of Painting 9/10 Vladimir was a bit optimistic here quoting 3 months it was 5 (additional month for shipping)!

So I can recommend this painting service without reservation and I have already almost got together my next order.

Overall 10/10