Wednesday, June 24, 2020

France: 95e Ligne in Bicorne and Campaign Dress


The last of the new Bicorned French Lignea, the ntecedent for the 95e Ligne was the Salis-Grisons regiment, formed in 1734.


It formed part of the Grande Armee from 1805 - 1807, seeing combat at  Austerltz, Lubeck, and  Friedland.


Part of the regiment served with the Armee de Allemegne, fighting at the battles of  Essling and Wagram.


The remainder of the regiment was stationed in Portugal and Spain from 1808 - 1814. 


During 1813 - 1814, the remainder of the regiment formed part of the garrison of Danzig. 


In 1815, it was part of the Armee du Nord, and fought at both Ligny and Waterloo. 


This unit has  replaced their worn out  regulation white pants with grey ones. Once again, painting these Old Glory "Campaign Dress" figures  (in "receiving" positions) was fun, with all the assorted non regulation bits hanging off them! Flags by Adolfo Ramos again.


Side note:  With this unit there are now 37 units of Line infantry in my French Army. I actually have 4 more to paint, which will bring the total to 41 units. My original Scruby 25 mm French army had 33 units in it. By the time I am done, quite possibly the end of this year, I will have painted 74 units of French line of 18 figures each, or 1,332 such figures. I think that might be it for French line after that!  :-)

18 comments:

  1. Another fine unit Peter. I knew you had a serious collection of French, but 74 units is very impressive. Great stuff.

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    1. The original 30+ Scruby units were given away 20+ years ago, so no longer count on the roster. That means it took me 20 years to paint 30 some odd ubnits,. which isn't too far from hopw long it took to do the first set! :-)
      There will be 41 when the last 4 are completed.

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  2. I enjoy seeing your work continue on the French in bicorne although you may have enough. These lads look great!

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    1. Thanks. Who knows, I might be persuaded to do another 4 in Bicorne some day!

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  3. I really think you'll need at least 42. There is always Egypt!

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    1. Multiples of 4, so at least 44. Could still happen, but not in 2020! :-)

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  4. Cracking job Peter, lovely unit!

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  5. Lovely varied looking line troops!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks, Iain. I think these Old Glory sculpts are among their best Napoleonic figures.

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  6. "1,332 such figures"....... what? 1,332 painted figures, wait.... I have probably 1,332 unpainted figures in boxes and drawers and probably a hundred plus painted. That sir is impressive.

    Cheers
    Kevin

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    1. Then current total of Napoleonic figures is just under 8,000 total (see the pages above), ECW 796, Ancients 2200+, Renaissance/Late Medieval probably at least 1,000, so easily over 12,000. Don't forget I painted my first figure in about 1970, and I still have pretty much all of them except the original Scrubys.

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    2. I probably started middle 70’s, but that you kept them is amazing. Over the years I’ve lost interest in periods, sold off or traded figures, and then could kick myself when I get back into it later and have to start over. I very much practice wash, rinse, repeat with minis.

      The benefits are sculpting has gotten better, my painting has gotten better, and better quality rule systems.

      The negatives are I’ve spent a butt load of money, have to paint everything again, my eyesight and patience has gotten worse.

      But in the end it’s better than a crack addiction or gambling addiction.

      :D

      Cheers
      Kevin

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    3. Hi Kevin,

      Yes some of the guys in the greater Hartford area seemed to make a second hobby out of buying and selling armies.. mostly painted ones, especially for Ancients. I can't complain; that was the source of my (unpainted) Macedonian windfall!

      I wholeheartedly agree that Lead Addiction is far far healthier (as long as you don't ingest them, of course) and cheaper than the other two! :-)

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  7. Another lovely unit Peter.
    I was assuming that the grey pants were a bit of Anderson humour regarding the Salis-Grisons until I read the caption of the last photo!

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    1. Thanks, James. It was merely a ? happy coincidence that the number I assigned to the "greypants" unit happened to have been the Salis-Grisons regiment originally! :-)

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