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After painting some Napoleonic British line infantry i decided it was time to make their French counterparts. This time I bought the miniatures from Victrix and while I loved all the assembly options they were in my opinion harder to paint then the Perry ones.
I struggled with painting large areas white since using washes on them looks less good then on other colors. The next time i will take a different approach to painting white, you live you learn right?
That being said i enjoyed painting my second box of miniatures even if i’m not completely satisfied with the results.
Historically the regiment was raised in 1663 as Le Regiment Du Roi and because of the French Revolution became the 105th Regiment d’Infanterie de Ligne in 1791.
During the Napoleonic wars this regiment would see action in a whole list of battles including Lodi,Jena, Eylau,Eckmuhl,Essling & Wagram. Even the famous Marshal Jean Lannes would serve in the 105th as a Chef-de-Brigade. It would however be during the battle of Waterloo that this regiment would have its most memorable event.
On the 18th of June 1815 the 105th was part of the Drouet D’Erlon’s I Corps which was deployed on the right flank of the French army. At about 13:00h I Corps advanced on the Allied left flank. The 105th, being part of the 1st Division under Quiot moved towards the farmhouse “La Haye Sainte”. The farmhouse was being fiercely defended by the 2nd and part of the 1st light battalion of the Kings German legion under command of Major Baring.
The Kings German Legion defending La Haye Sainte
When The Prince of Orange tried to reinforce the farmhouse by sending a Luneberg Battelion to Baring’s aid, it was cut down and routed by a regiment of Cuirrasiers.
While Quiot was attempting to take La Haye Sainte the three other Divisions of I Corps advanced on the Allied left wings essentially isolating Baring from any further reinforcements.
After some early success these battalions were eventually repelled by a charge of both Brigades of the British Heavy Cavalry who routed Quiot’s Division. During this charge the Imperial Eagle’s from the 45th & 105th Infanterie de Ligne were captured.
The Imperial Eagle of the 105th being captured by the 1st Royal Dragoons
Both Eagle’s were taken back to Britain were they are still on display in the London’s National Army Museum(105th) & Edinburgh Castle(45th).
The 105th Infanterie de Ligne was disbanded after the restoration of the Bourbon King Louis XVIII.
I recently bought Sarissa’s “La Belle Alliance” MDF kit, it seemed like a nice & easy kit for a first time kit builder like myself. I must say it is a terrific building and it looks quite like the original one.
In any case, me and the misses had a lot of fun assembling & painting the kit, but for god sake i had no idea MDF sucked up so much paint. Here are the results:
Historically La Belle Alliance was a tavern which is said to have gotten his name when the proprietress, who apparently had somewhat loose moral standards wanted to marry a villager who also had loose morals . When the local pastor heard about this union he suggested, somewhat ironically to name their tavern “La Belle Alliance”.
Napoleon used La Belle Alliance as his headquarters during the battle of Waterloo.Since the building was located in the center of the french deployment it was ideal for this purpose.
La Belle Alliance 21.06.1815
It was at this building that The Duke of Wellington and Field Marshal Blücher met after the battle.
Blücher wanted to victory to be remembered as “The Battle of La Belle Alliance”, but Wellington preferred calling it “The Battle of Waterloo”.
Now the hard part, what building shall i get next? Maybe step it up a notch with a more complex building:)
Special thanks to https://abrushwithbattles.wordpress.com who’s Belle Alliance helped me a lot doing mine.
So at last i finished painting my first ever miniatures, they are Perry’s 28mm British Napoleonic Line Infantry 1808-1815. They are very well made figures and don’t require too much assembly. Anyway i painted them as the 69th South Lincolnshire regiment during the 100 days campaign. So here are the results:
Worth mentioning is that the 69th fought at Quatre-Bras were they took heavy losses because two companies didn’t form a square against Kellerman’s charging cuirassiers. These two companies were almost annihilated, the two other companies who managed to form a square defended well but were eventually forced to take refuge in the squares of other regiments.
During this attack the french cuirassiers seized the 69th Kings Colors. The loss was attributed to the Prince of Orange who had overruled the order to form square, leaving the 69th exposed to the french heavy cavalry.
I’m fairly happy with the results but i would like to improve so any tips/suggestions are most welcome:)
Ps: Next time i’ll take the pictures on a white background:)
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