These two were not that much close at Waterloo. The 2ème Légère fought around Hougoumont mostly (part of the 6ème Division of Jerôme Bonaparte) while the several batteries Guard Horse went along the Guard Infantry in its final attack late in the afternoon.
The artillery is made of Esci and Zvezda guns (some with Airfix barrels); Zvezda caisson and Italeri artillerymen. The driver of the caisson was later exchanged by the Zvezda one as no colpack equipped driver was used in this unit, even if it would look damn good!
In fact these figures are good enough up to the 1812 Russian campaign as after this campaign the uniform changed and left the Hussar type only keeping the colpack. The Hat uniformed officer with colpack came from the voltigeur box and enters here as a "transitional" figure. Maybe in the future I´ll make this unit again using Esci artillery bodies with Hat colpacks for a proper 1813-15 unit.
The 2ème Légère was the biggest French regiment at Waterloo with four battalions. Like this I broke the unit into two battalions, the first (with Eagle) made of Airfix and Hat figures and the other ( 3rd battalion, red fanion) with Italeri and Hat figures.
Next: Vietnam or more French Guard cavalry
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