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

Voltigeurs - 5e régiment d'infanterie de ligne

Voltigeurs - 5e régiment d'infanterie de ligne

Hello,

Today I would like to show you two more hand-painted paper soldiers. These are also voltigeurs, only this time from the 5th French Line Infantry Regiment. Since I really like these colorful uniforms, I painted a whole series of voltigeurs from different regiments. One of my soldiers is a caporal.

The basics for the figures were based on graphics by André Jouineau, which I modified to suit my needs.

The historical model for the uniform was a picture by Bucquoy (at least I think it was by him). His voltigeur is dated 1811. The special thing is the completely yellow and red colors. In addition to the yellow collar with red piping, the cuff patches are also yellow. A detail that you really don't find very often. The epaulettes are also yellow with red crescents. The shako bears the special eagle shield of the regiment from 1810, which was apparently used in parallel with the diamond-shaped badges of 1810. There is also a white cord attached to the shako. The pompom is yellow, just like the feather. The tip of the feather is red.

Best regards,

Andreas

Voltigeurs - 111e régiment d'infanterie de ligne

 Voltigeurs - 111e régiment d'infanterie de ligne

Hello,

I would like to show you two hand-painted soldiers. They are voltigeurs of the 111th French Line Infantry.

I have not found a historical description of the uniform of the 111th. However, I have found a representation by Alexis Cabaret, who created it as a graphic. And since other representations of him of other regiments that I was able to compare with historical sketches or descriptions matched very closely, I trust his representation here.

His voltigeur is dated 1809. He wears the standard infantry uniform, the yellow collar of the voltigeur company (with red trim), and yellow epaulettes with green crescents.

His shako has a yellow upper edge, the shako cords are also yellow, and he wears a diamond-shaped shako plate.

I painted the 1810 model shako plate with the large stamped numbers. It would have been better to show the 1806 model. If I come back to this regiment and paint more Voltigeurs, I will do the older model for future figures.

The feather on the shako is green with a yellow tip. The pompom, on the other hand, is yellow.

Best regards,

Andreas