Master lists for the Napoleonic French and Austrians!

[Guilz]

Thancks Leon, i'll be patient 

[George Krashos]

Well, it's been a while, and while I understand the recent Napoleonic focus has been on the Waterloo British, the battlefield at Wagram remains incomplete. It would be great to see the core French completed, and by that I mean the Old and Young Guard Infantry, Guard cavalry, Generals and Personalities and 12lb guns and Guard Foot Artillery. Any rough timeframe that can be given for these last pieces in the French puzzle?

-- George Krashos

[WeeWars]

... and all the Germans and proper 1809 French light infantry and a French hussar officer ... and Austrian cuirassiers without a backplate and Insurrection cavalry and ...

[WeeWars]

... and proper 1809 French cuirassiers ...

[Westmarcher]

 .... and did I mention drum cords on the drums?

[Leon]

It would be great to see the core French completed, and by that I mean the Old and Young Guard Infantry, Guard cavalry, Generals and Personalities and 12lb guns and Guard Foot Artillery. Any rough timeframe that can be given for these last pieces in the French puzzle?

Guard infantry are done and are here at Pendraken HQ for moulding.  The Guard cavalry are arriving over the next 2 months or so.  I'll check on the Guard artillery as well, as I think they've been done.

The Generals/Personalities and 12lb guns have already been sculpted and moulded and are awaiting release.

... and all the Germans and proper 1809 French light infantry...

... and Austrian cuirassiers without a backplate...

Nope.  

... and Insurrection cavalry ...

Somewhere down the line.

... and proper 1809 French cuirassiers ...

Nope.  

.... and did I mention drum cords on the drums?

Probably not at this point!

[WeeWars]

The Generals/Personalities ... have already been sculpted and moulded and are awaiting release.

I guess that's two marshals and an emperor. We also require at least one French general.

www.michaelscott.name/1809/1809blogpost179.htm

(There was even at least one non-Pendraken French general in the Pendraken Painting Competition hiding at the back as a result of no Pendraken French high command         )

I'll check on the Guard artillery as well, as I think they've been done.

Both foot and horse artillery crews need to be done to bring the uniforms into line with 1809.

[Rob]

Guard infantry are done and are here at Pendraken HQ for moulding.  The Guard cavalry are arriving over the next 2 months or so.  I'll check on the Guard artillery as well, as I think they've been done.

Does this include the Young Guard Leon?

Its a real shame the Austrian cuirassiers wont be fixed.

[Leon]

Does this include the Young Guard Leon?

There should be Young, Middle and Old, but I'll wait and see what arrives.  There have been many phone calls and discussions, as the differences between the three types, and then between the Chasseurs and Grenadiers within each variety, are sometimes getting so small that it's not worth the sculpting time when an existing figure would suit.  Of course some people will only buy them if they're coded and labelled as each type, others are happy to cut down a plume, file off an epaulette or paint on a braid/tassle.

[WeeWars]

What would be really nice for a change, would be to have cords on the shakos of the Young Guard to distinguish them from the Pendraken line and light that don't have them.

[fsn]

So no Swedes yet then?



I've just read through this thread and I have come to the conclusion that no matter what Leon and the good people, dwarves and other supernatural creatures at Pendraken do (not forgetting Milady. Hello Milady.  ) they will never, ever, ever be right.  I want my late war Napoleonic in parade dress, Ithoriel wants them in greatcoats and shako covers, Fenton wants the 1812 dress, Westmarcher wants a party dress.

Poor old Techno and others of that ilk ("You know what an ilk is?" "A large deer?") can work their scabby fingers to the bone but will never, ever, ever satisfy demand - and I think it would almost be a shame if they did.

So a hearty thank you to everyone at Pendraken for your efforts, and I'm sorry if some of us (yes, me included) may come over as a little impatient. I think you provide a great service and sometimes we (the ants at the Pendraken picnic) possibly take you for granted.

[getagrip]

Hear hear

Now where are the bloody dark ekves and undead? 

[Ithoriel]

Westmarcher wants a party dress.

I heartily agree with the sentiments in your post fsn, however that snippet reminded me of a diorama I saw many, many years ago at the Model Engineering Exhibition (I think).

It was a 54mm scale diorama of the ball on the eve of Waterloo.

In the mid-ground were British officers and fashionably dressed ladies, waltzing.

In the foreground stood Wellington, a couple of aides and the hostess with Wellington presumably saying the line that formed the title of the piece.

In the background two Grenadiers of the Old guard held open the french windows while a French general waltzed with one of the ladies.

The title of the piece was something like."The speed of Napoleon's advance has been greatly exaggerated, m'dear"

[getagrip]

two Grenadiers of the Old guard held open the french windows

Appropriate

[George Krashos]

Well, it's been a year and those Young Guard, Guard artillery and Guard cavalry masters must be awfully dusty on Leon's shelf, as they've not made an appearance.

No incentive to buy more figures for my Aspern/Wagram French army if there is no prospect of ever completing it due to figure unavailability.

-- George Krashos