1er régiment de grenadiers à pied de la Garde impériale, 1815

 1er régiment de grenadiers à pied de la Garde impériale, 1815

Hello,

Today I would like to introduce you to my new project of self-painted soldiers. I plan to make 25 figures and have now finished the first batch of them. The figures show the French 1st Guard Grenadiers in the uniform from the 1815 campaign. I used the color plates by Bernard Coppens and Alexis Cabaret as a template. I also drew some details myself. If you are bothered by my gray-haired sergent, you are of course right. I am of course familiar with Paul Dawson's scientific analysis of the conscription documents, and I know that the sergents were all very young because all the older ones were promoted to officers. But I wanted to convey a little bit of the myth that Maudiut and other veterans of the time created. It will take me a while until all the figures are finished, but then of course I will show the whole troop here.

Best wishes,

Andreas