New Alan Ball Figure from Bonapartes

[Ratty]

Please see the latest Alan Ball release from Bonapartes. This is a 90mm Eagle Bearer 105th Regiment. For more pictures please visit www.bonapartes.uk.com

 

[megroot]

great sculpt. And that flag, awesome.

marc

 

[Martin Antonenko]

I Am disappointed a little bit what concerns this novelty...

First I have stopped short, because from 1812 the French infantry uniform was substantially simplified, under others the rock laps became considerably shorter....:

http://befreiungskriege.files.wordpress....=640&h=539

But the boy here who is illustrated in a Waterloo book probably shows the model for the figure, and he has unambiguously the old long rock laps...:

But unfortunately, the Bandelier is absent together with flag shoe, but this is no thing to build something like that after...

And there is one more little thing...:

The figure shows a standard-bearer, who carrries the eagle (late flag design) of the 105th line regiment...:

However, the "eagle" of the 105th line regiment is quite exactly documented, because this was captured during the Waterloo battle by 1st Royal Dragoons.

Therefore, thus the flag looked. The following picture is based on a drawing which was made after the battle in England...:

The label is clearly different, than with the flag which carries the figure.

This refers not only to the given battle places, but also to the used type face as well as the size and tracking of the writing (cf. the word "Wagram").

Unfortunately, this is also valid for the back of the flag with the dedication. There the subdivision, size, word wrap (6 lines instead of 8 at the figures flag!) and tracking of the writing, actually, so look...:

Today, unfortunately, the flag cloth of the 105th regiment is not received any more; however, the "eagle" of 105. is to be seen at the National Army Museum, Chelsea.

Just my two cents...