smudger1960
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The 200th anniversary of the battle of waterloo is less than 2 months away now and for my latest project I have continued with the waterloo theme by completing this excellent bust from CGS Military figures,it depicts a trooper of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons who made up 1/3 of the Union Brigade at waterloo on that fateful day in june 1815.
The union brigade was made up of 3x regiments of cavalry from Ireland / Scotland / England and consisted of the 1st Royal Dragoons / 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys) / 6th Inniskilling Dragoons,overall strength at the start of battle being 1,332 men,losses were quite heavy with nearly half the brigades strength killed including General Officer Commanding - Maj Gen Sir William Ponsonby.
The brigade was involved from the early afternoon in breaking up the main frontal attacks by the French 1st Corps under the command of Comte d'Erlon,the brigade successfully combined with the Household Cavalry Brigade succeeded in causing heavy French casualties and the capture of 2x imperial eagles 45th and 105th,this brought wellington crucial time in securing his centre just when it seemed the French would break through,attacks were continued on into the valley and up onto the French grand battery were the Household brigade took heavy casualties along with elements of the Union Brigade,although looses were heavy this was the first major setback for napoleon and one the French would never recover from.
The bust is beautifully sculpted by Carl reid with excellent movement throughout the piece,casting and production by Graham Scollick at CGS also has to be mentioned,clean up was very straight forward and assembly very good with minimum filling required.
Anyone who knows me by now knows I cant leave anything as it is meant to be and this bust was no exception,i discovered in reading the osprey MAA Wellingtons Heavy Cavalry that the helmets of the inniskillings were always badly damaged after battle especially at waterloo,many helmets were found with sword and sabre cuts and some were even found with no mane hair at all,for mine I decided to add the sword cuts to the helmet to try and give it something extra (Sorry Graham).
Priming was completed with Halfords grey auto primer and basecoats were done in Games Workshop acrylics as required.
All final paintwork was completed using oils and Games Workshop Metalics.
The bust is available from Graham at CGS Military Figures / www.cgsmilitaryfigures.co.uk or graham can be reached at [email protected]
The product Catalogue number for anyone interested is : CR06
Referance reading for this project was as follows ;
Osprey MAA 130 - Wellingtons Heavy Cavalry
British Napoleonic Uniforms - C.E.Franklin
Waterloo Companion - Mark Adkin
Brian
The union brigade was made up of 3x regiments of cavalry from Ireland / Scotland / England and consisted of the 1st Royal Dragoons / 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys) / 6th Inniskilling Dragoons,overall strength at the start of battle being 1,332 men,losses were quite heavy with nearly half the brigades strength killed including General Officer Commanding - Maj Gen Sir William Ponsonby.
The brigade was involved from the early afternoon in breaking up the main frontal attacks by the French 1st Corps under the command of Comte d'Erlon,the brigade successfully combined with the Household Cavalry Brigade succeeded in causing heavy French casualties and the capture of 2x imperial eagles 45th and 105th,this brought wellington crucial time in securing his centre just when it seemed the French would break through,attacks were continued on into the valley and up onto the French grand battery were the Household brigade took heavy casualties along with elements of the Union Brigade,although looses were heavy this was the first major setback for napoleon and one the French would never recover from.
The bust is beautifully sculpted by Carl reid with excellent movement throughout the piece,casting and production by Graham Scollick at CGS also has to be mentioned,clean up was very straight forward and assembly very good with minimum filling required.
Anyone who knows me by now knows I cant leave anything as it is meant to be and this bust was no exception,i discovered in reading the osprey MAA Wellingtons Heavy Cavalry that the helmets of the inniskillings were always badly damaged after battle especially at waterloo,many helmets were found with sword and sabre cuts and some were even found with no mane hair at all,for mine I decided to add the sword cuts to the helmet to try and give it something extra (Sorry Graham).
Priming was completed with Halfords grey auto primer and basecoats were done in Games Workshop acrylics as required.
All final paintwork was completed using oils and Games Workshop Metalics.
The bust is available from Graham at CGS Military Figures / www.cgsmilitaryfigures.co.uk or graham can be reached at [email protected]
The product Catalogue number for anyone interested is : CR06
Referance reading for this project was as follows ;
Osprey MAA 130 - Wellingtons Heavy Cavalry
British Napoleonic Uniforms - C.E.Franklin
Waterloo Companion - Mark Adkin
Brian
