My Eylau

[FredG]

With the Greys done it's now time for these.



Onwards

[Susofrick]

Oh, yes! Have a box of these painted in a teabagbox in the cellar. Will be great to see them done properly!

[Ben Bob]

I think the horse grenadiers have the classiest Napoleonic uniform - one of my favorite units.
I look forward to what you do with them

[MABO]

Another promissing project. Unfortunately this is not one of HäTs most dashing sets...

[FredG]

Unfortunately this is not one of HäTs most dashing sets...

I'll just have to work with what's supplied

They should be fine in this number if posed properly

[Beano Boy]

Yes i found that these paint up well when i did my regiment.
I`m sure yours will look even better than mine FredG.
i think i did three dozen. BB

[FredG]

I've been cleaning off moulding faults and I have to say the plastic is decent for doing so. It's going to take a while in this preparation period as it's taking about 12 minutes a horse and I've no idea how long a Grenadier will take.

The biggest surprise is that I have been wielding various craft knives all afternoon / evening and no blood has been spilt (yet).

[MABO]

I'll just have to work with what's supplied

They should be fine in this number if posed properly

...of course!

[Beano Boy]

What ? No Blood ? FredG,you are just showing off. BB

[Marc the plasticsfan]

The blood god demands it’s sacrifice....

[Kekso]

Leave it like that... it's perfect

[Santi Pérez]

A very promising project, FredG. I've always loved these Hät Horse Grenadiers, so I will follow their development with great interest. Go for them!

Best regards.

Santi.

[FredG]

I've finally cleaned off the mould lines and extra bits from the horses. Luckily as I stated before this plastic is pretty good for this operation.

So this



Became this



I have to report that after cleaning off 36 horses and 6 troopers the inevitable occured.



I soldiered on and completed the 9 troopers I'd planned for today without the need for a visit to A&E or the use of a splint or bandage.

Only 27 troopers to clean off now. I must say, they do look pretty good when the mould lines are removed.
The disappointment is that they should be wearing surtout for Eylau and not full dress uniform (even if full dress looks better).

.....during campaign they wore surtout. It was fastened with 6-10 buttons and was without white lapels and red cuffs. It was worn during
battles in 1806-1809.

This means that these figures are really made for campaigns from 1809 onwards.

...... in 1809 the surtout was replaced by so-called Second Full Dress (or "undress habit"). It was made of cheaper cloth than the First Full Dress. The Second Uniform had the plain round cuffs of the surtout and white lapels of the First Uniform. This outfit was very popular and was worn at Borodino, Leipzig, etc. The First Full Dress was for parade only and the Second Full Dress for campaign.

However

Onwards!

[Bessiere]

Thanks for uniform info, I have a box ready for priming and paint but have big questions about the particulars. I like keeping 3 or 4 projects on deck so I can choose if I'm not in the mood for any particular job. Is there a website you can recommend for details?

[FredG]

Try this selection of free stuff about Napoleon's Cavalry

http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/IMPERIAL_GUARD_cavalry_1.html

http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/IMPERIAL_GUARD_cavalry_1.html

http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/French_Cavalry.html

http://www.napolun.com/mirror/web2.airmail.net/napoleon/cavalry_Napoleon.html

http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/cavalry_tactics.html

http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_eylau.html

I use Save as PDF and Print Friendly & PDF to add these to my library.



This one has many links to other articles on Napoleon's Army and should keep you in reading material for many a day.

http://napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/index.html

[Bessiere]

Wow! That is massive. Thanks so much FredG.

[C M Dodson]

Looking forward to seeing ‘The Gods’ being given the Fred G treatment.

Best wishes,

Chris

[Susofrick]

With some blood sacrifice this must go well! Also looking forward to see these given your treatment! And that is enough blood!

[FredG]

Wow! That is massive. Thanks so much FredG.

You are very welcome.

Looking forward to seeing ‘The Gods’ being given the Fred G treatment.

Also looking forward to see these given your treatment!

I hope I live up to the billing

And that is enough blood!

Agreed

[CPN]

Hi,
It is a great project and the solution for the surtout is here:
http://www.hat.com/Othr5/Commessori25.html
I also look forward to your solution for the muskets.
I hope this helps.
Stay safe everyone.
CPN