Confederation of the Rhine regiment no 1 ( Nassau regiment no 2) and Confederation of the Rhine regiment no 2( Nassau regiment no1) which always irritates me! Anyway command figures are one set of Perry Nassau metal figures stretched with various other figures, an 18th century Austrian grenadier command flag bearer of unknown make and new Perry plastic head and a spare Perry metal Waldeck drummer, the rank and file this time are Wargames Atlantic Prussian reserve infantry , I bought a number of boxes of them so that they work out at 30p each including shipping, it's like the 1970's! None of them will end up Prussian , you have troops in gaiters and trousers, I've used the two trouser models, the heads for the rank and file are Perry plastic Austrian shako heads, the elite are Perry French hussar heads, colpacks for the grenadiers. I've always liked the grenadiers uniform for this unit although I have made a bit of a ricket here, I've differentiated between first and second with one, the 2nd, having epaulets on their elites and one not, however that is for 1815 the hundred days campaign ( when they're on the other side!) not 1809 which is where these chaps are meant to be, converting the epaulet clad elites even in plastic was a right pain in the backside, so maybe I did it subconsciously?!
Great units and very reminiscent of my own twp units of Nassauers (in metal) from the 1970s.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe, it's a good looking uniform, have you still got yours?
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My Napoleonics are long gone, mostly 20mms (or the newer S range ffrom MInifigs which were slightly larger), the Nassauers being onlyever used in our 1971 refight of Waterloo.
DeleteUnfortunately I'm a hoarder so I've got almost everything!
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Excellent looking units Iain, and very resourceful using parts from multiple sets to make the unit you want, and I feel your pain on adding epaulets but it's little details like this that make the difference.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave, it's one of the great things about plastic figures, the range of interchangeable spare parts and the epaulets were a bit of a pain but nothing compared to if they were metal!
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Beautiful work as always sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Michal!
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Looks like a lot of thought and work went into this Iain, but it was well worth it. They look great.
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Thanks a lot Chris, it's all part of the fun!
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A lovely looking unit Iain…
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All the best. Aly
Thanks a lot Aly, I'm inclined to agree with you!
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Very nice (like the effect on the apron), a nice blend of research and result, the project is certainly moving along at a good pace.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Norm, trundling along at a reasonable pace I think!
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One of my favourite regiments and you have done them beautifully Iain. I can't believe you went to the trouble of adding the epaulettes and that would have stretched my patience, but they look terrific.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Lawrence, it's a nice looking unit I've been looking forward to, I've got three regiments of Whestfalians with their elites yet to do, maybe I'll get faster?!
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Lovely stuff mate - you’re a ruddy painting machine!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark, a cranky old wheezing machine? Possibly I'll give you that!
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Excellent infantry!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Cyrus!
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Fab looking troops Iain.
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They look impressive Iain. 30 p a figure is a good price...it always confused me why Wargames Atlantic seem quite pricey compared to other hard plastic manufacturers. WITH THE EXCEPTION of the Prussian infantry, where you get almost twice as many figures for the same price..60 rather than 32....weird! How did you add the epaulettes...are they off something else or dud you sculpt them in Greenstuff or something?
ReplyDeleteYou don't get any command it's just rank and file I believe the plan is to make other army builder boxes further down the line, as far as the epaulets are concerned I carefully cut them off spare Perry plastic heavy cavalry arms and cut the corresponding amount off the figures arms and then glued them all together, it was a bit time consuming to be honest!
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So something like a Frankenstein unit: cobbled together from different parts?
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Having fun with plastic! You can call it a dogs dinner unit if you like?!
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Well done, converting and painting resulted in a fine unit, impressive indeed.
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Looking great Iain. I'm thinking about adding a brigade or two of Nassau to add to my Brunswick troops for Quatre Bras. Maybe one day.
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Jan
Thanks Jan, yours will no doubt look better!
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Wow, reading the first paragraph was a little bit stressful, what a hell of a work! The results indeed paid off, great job.
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Absolutely splendid infantry Iain and a real work using so many different sources. Good use of the Atlantic figures 👍 I am surprised they all fit together so well but they do
ReplyDeleteLuckily they all seem to be a similar size which is a result!
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Looks great, I have a fondness for these units, they (& the Irish legion) look good to my eyes. I like the way you have customised the figures Iain.
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Very smart looking unit! Nicely done mate.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Dai!
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Beautiful Iain! The Nassauers have a distinctive and really attractive uniform. I like their buff belts and the colpacks on the élite company troops add greatly to the overall look.
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Thanks James, I think it was the colours and the colpacks that drew me to the unit in the first place!
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Natty Nassauers, Iain!
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter, got to love relatively simple Confederation of the Rhine uniforms!
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