Hanover gave a considerable contribution for Wellington´s army at Waterloo at around 17% of all Allied force. And, with the famous exception of Cumberland´s Hussars, all remained pretty steady in their positions, most in big rectangles, under French artillery fire, suffering many casualties.
The majority of the infantry was made of Landwehr battalions. Like their Prussian cousins and Russian Opolchenie, they had a soft hat that many discarded in favour of the British stovepipe. Even so I prefered to use the soft hat on them as they are more distinguishable both on the table and shelves. For that I squashed the Stovepipe of the Hat and Italeri figures after burning them with a lighter. I got used to this with the same figures but in 28mm and it was not difficult. If you use a blade to squash the soft hat its top becomes too flat so the finger is better. Just be careful and let the hot soft plastic become cooler for some 10 seconds.
The battalions here are the Osnabruck and Verden, representing two Brigades of Hanoverians.
This field battalion is Italeri and was easier to make as its made of British plain uniforms from the Peninsula period. The battalion is Bremen with its blue characteristic trousers. Some figures could still use the old green uniforms but I´m not a fan of that approach as it cuts the consistency of just a few figures representing hundreds of men.
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Joan, lovely work on your Napoleonics. I must say that you have a knack of presenting 20mm soft plastic figures in a way that is unique. Whether it is the basing technique or the placement of the troops on their bases, but your forces look comparable to 28mm ones. Kudos to you.
ReplyDeleteSorry Joao, but autocorrect changed your name to Joan in my original post.
ReplyDeleteThanks Greg. I agree, the basing helps a lot and the variety of different figures (or even the different angle using the same figure) also helps. The problem of many great painters of 20mm Napoleonics is the careless bases and the same position repeated across a line which, even if its old school, makes a dull image to the eye.
ReplyDeleteThese look marvellous. I especially like your use of the Texan infantry for the Hanoverians in caps!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, James
Thanks James. In fact the Hanoverian landwehr are British infantry with squashed shakos by using a lighter.
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