Thursday, 9 April 2026

1813-15 battles in 20mm and for AoE and V&F - (part 7) Finishing the British line infantry




This post completes the British line infantry necessary for AoE as this is a Brigade level game. All other infantry will be Brunswickers, Nassauers, Belgian, Dutch and one missing Hanoverian brigade. My original idea when receiving this large batch of exchanged figures was to use the Airfix figures but these had received a cut at the top of the Belgian shako and had an inserted plume at the center, Peninsular style. No problem with the plume that can be taken out but the front curved top of the shako was gone making a second life for them in 1815 very difficult. Instead I used the Revell figures. They had suffered the same kind of surgery to become Peninsular infantry but TC (the previous owner) didn´t cut the top of the Belgian shako but just added some paste and the central plume for them to look like Peninsular infantry. So these ones just had the paste taken out. As the side plume was also gone I covered all shakos with a very dark gray color for it to look like covered Belgian shakos. 

The Revell figures are very elegant but its not easy to mix  with other brands as they have tall and slim bodies and small heads and headdress. In the picture you have the 4th Foot (Lambert´s brigade, 6th Infantry Division); 33rd Foot ( Halkett´s Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and two KGL regiments for two brigades of the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Divisions.

There are also a few Hat figures in bonnets and bearskins as drummers, NCO´s and pioneers as these doesn´t impact the small Revell shakos. 

4 comments:

  1. Now I'm tearing up. I bought loads of those Revell British (I can't remember exactly how many boxes). They all went across the ditch to New Zealand as part of a big trade with Uncle Brian (https://afistfullofplastic.blogspot.com/) involving, among other things, all of my many hundreds of unpainted Naps. Yours look very good...Boo Hoo!

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  2. Thanks mate. All these are also from an exchange I made were I gave away my 28mm for 20mm collection.

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    1. Yes, I saw that. I've always thought it would be difficult to retouch or add to painting already done by somebody else, but you don't seem to be having any problems!

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    2. In fact the figures are already nicely painted. I just changed facings, if necessary, and added some minor details. In the end, varnish unites everything.

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