Don´t know why but the 5th British Cavalry Brigade was not part of my original OB in the chart I´ve made for my 28mm Waterloo allies. In fact that is a big mistake as the brigade was heavily involved in the fighting at Waterloo, with Colquhoun Grant, Its commander, having five horses shot under him and
a total of 31% casualties. Well, the mistake is corrected and another brigade of French infantry was also added.
The 5th Cavalry Brigade is represented by the the 7th Hussars which is made of Esci figures and horses with plastic reigns.
Only the horse of Lt-Col.Kerrison is Airfix due to the need of a pointy shabraque.
Sir Colquhoun Grant uniform was based on AI information. I think we are dealing with the same guy that was a kind of spy during the Peninsula period (and also of Sharpe fame). The period portraits of the man show him in the typical scarlet coat but AI gave me the uniform of the 15th Hussars. Is it correct? The figure is Italeri fom the French HQ set.
This French brigade is Jamin´s represented here by the 4eme Légère. The figures are converted 1806 French Light infantry by Hat from the exchange made with TC. The surgery consisted in cutting the side plume on the shako, drilling a hole at the front and inserting half of the plume there changing the plume to a company pompom. These figures are particularly nice for 1815 French light infantry as they are on the small size (as French lights should be) and they have the short back tails, Bardin style. I think these units were in fact the first ones to have short tails in the French Napoleonic infantry. I was lazy in carving out most of the sabres and thus this unit is mostly composed of corporals :) Regarding the front, a simple paint job solves the issue. There are also a few Kozak 3d prints, namely the oficer next to the drummer and the cornet in the voltigeur stand and a some coated Hat figures.
Next: a video on the allies at Waterloo
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