The Dutch militia is an important part of Wellington´s infantry (13%) on the 100 days campaign not only due to its numbers abut also because they didn´t behave that bad, at least as expected from militia, sometimes retreating but also placed in exposed positions against the Grand Batterie, as it was the case of Bylandt´s brigade.
William, Prince of Orange, and its ADC are Waterloo1815 figures. He was wering this flamboyant uniform of Hussar influence at the 100 days.
Obviously Waterloo1815 got the inspiration for the figure from this famous painting, were his horse, Wexy, is white. The white horse was usual in wartime paintings were it stood out in the middle of the black smoke of a battlefield. In fact this was not true in this, and many other cases.
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Wexy can still be see at the Royal Stables at Hague, were he was preserved after being taxidermied. Chestnut was his obvious colour.
General Perponcher (2nd Dutch division) was in its 40s, so just a bit of white hair was painted. The figure is an Italeri Prussian. with its left side medal cut out.
General Chassé (3rd Dutch division) is another Italeri figure, this time British in its birth. Chassé was in its 50s and a bit more white hair was added. I like these kind of details even if they are not significant in wargame terms but gives you the feel that you are doing the right things.
The Dutch Militia here is Hat from the mixed box with Belgians. Only the officer and drummer are Italeri as the Hat box carries none of these. I was about to use the officer and drummer from Hat´s Napoleonic British Command but Italeri places a lot of these figures in a box and you end up with too many of them which can be used here. Besides the officer of the Militia used the French influenced shako while the Hat British command only have the Belgian/Portuguese and the stovepipe shako.
Next: British cavalry for Waterloo
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