Polish Grenadiers

Next up, a battalion of combined Polish grenadiers from the army of the Duchy of Warsaw, 1809.  The 15mm figures are by Essex miniatures.

General Jozef Poniatowski, Commander in Chief of the Duchy of Warsaw

Painting up some units for a refight of the Battle of Raszyn (1809) using Shako rules, the Polish commander of the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw was General Jozef Poniatowski.  Napoleon made him a Marshal in 1813, shortly before his death in October of that year at the Battle of Leipzig.  The figures are by AB Miniatures.

Bavarian Chevaux Legers

A second regiment of Bavarian light cavalry - the 3rd Chevaux Legers.  The figures are Essex Miniatures.

With the 1st Chevaux Legers Regiment as back up...

More Wurttemberg Line Infantry

The second battalion of the 1st Wurttemberg Regiment.  15mm AB figures.

Russian Pavlovsk Grenadiers

For his birthday present this year, Andy requested that I paint him up some 15mm Old Glory miniatures - 2 battalions of the renowned Pavlovsk Grenadiers.  This Russian regiment was famous during the Napoleonic wars for its retention of the old-fashioned 'mitre' caps.  Tsar Alexnader had allowed the Pavlovsk regiment to keep their caps after their bravery at the Battle of Friedland in 1807.  The photo below shows the Grenadiers in action at Kliastitzi during the 1812 campaign (charging from the right and attacking Swiss infantry in Napoleon's army on the left).  In 1813 the regiment was admitted to the Russian Guard.

Although many (though not all of the sources) suggest that only the rank and file wore the mitre caps, with the officers wearing the usual bicornes or shakos, these Old Glory figures show all alike in the mitres, which if nothing else works artistically.

The figures are painted in acrylics and (unusually for me, but to match Andy's large collection) are varnished in matt.  

I particularly like the 'wounded in action' figure

Scale reference

Bavarian Line Infantry

The second battalion of the 5th line infantry regiment.  Essex Miniatures, with Chariot Miniatures officer and drummer.

Wurttemburg Jaegers

Andy recently kindly gave me a number of battalions of Wurttemburg infantry to add to my collection of Napoleon's German allies.  First up is the 1st battalion of Wurttemburg Jaegers.  These are AB Figures, based as ever for Shako rules with an alternate skirmish stand.

Bavarian Line Infantry

Next up is the first battalion of the Bavarian 5th regiment of the line, resplendent in their sky blue uniforms with pink facings.  The figures are Essex with Chariot officer/standard bearer/drummer and the flag is from Warflag.

Bavarian Light Infantry

Another Bavarian Light Infantry battalion - this time the first battalion of the 2nd 'Salern' Light Infantry. The officer and soldiers are Essex miniatures; the drummer and standard bearer from Chariot Miniatures.

With the alternate skirmisher stand

Bavarian Light Infantry

Further building up my Bavarian division for the Battle of Eckmuhl in 1809, this battalion is from the 1st Light Infantry Regiment which was part of Baron Rechberg's Brigade.  The 15mm figures are from Essex, with the officer and drummer from Chariot Miniatures.  The flag is downloaded from warflag.com.

The battalion with its alternate 'skirmish' stand for the Shako ruleset

The battalion deployed in skirmish order