Some new Nap French sculpts!

[howayman]

Is Napoleon not too tall ?   

[mollinary]

Is Napoleon not too tall ?   

I think you'll find he is on a horse!   

Mollinary

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Also he wasn't that short.....

IanS

[Bernie]

The joke of Le Tondu being that he was too short to get in the Guard.
I think it was 5" 10 requirement to get in - he was 5" 6-7 not short for the period - averaging 5" 4 for average Frenchman

[Hertsblue]

I always understood that in the French guard anyone over 5' 4" went into the grenadiers; anyone below that height became a chasseur.

[nikharwood]

Does Ney come with several spare horses (he's my favourite psychotic Marshall)

No doubt Mr Harwood's as well given his liking for Gingers

ianS 

This is true enough...Ney is my favourite nutter, although I prefer my gingers to be of the 'la' variety rather than the 'le'. And, no, Ian, I'm not speaking your accent 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I does na 'ave a aceent......

IanS

P.S. - Proper Joooob Nik   

[WeeWars]

Napoleon the Average


People who persist in believing that Napoleon was a small feller might be surprised to hear that Archduke Charles (see Pendraken pack NPA26) was 1.58m tall, 12cm smaller than Napoleon who at 1.70m was, in fact, of average height.

Meanwhile, height requirements for Napoleon's Consular Guard was 1.77m for grenadiers and 1.70m for chasseurs. By the end of the Empire, though, a foot grenadier of the Imperial Guard only had to have a height of at least 1.65m and foot chasseurs 1.6m.

[Guilz]

Very nice figures!

It would be awsome to see the french range completed by some "Chevaux léger" (lancers)

That's the cavalery unit missing 

Cheers

Guilz

[Hertsblue]

Yes indeed. I would have thought that the Polish lancers of the guard would have been high on most people's lists of favourite figures. The line lancers weren't formed until after 1809, of course.

[Leman]

As Waterloo British are now on the cards would the French line lancers be needed as opposition? I'm not up on Waterloo so would be interested to know.

[Hertsblue]

Absolutely.

[Rob]

As Waterloo British are now on the cards would the French line lancers be needed as opposition? I'm not up on Waterloo so would be interested to know.

All 6 "French" regiments were in the campaign, and I believe 4 of those were at Waterloo. There were no "Polish" regiments in the campaign other than one squadron of Guard attached to the Dutch Guard lancers.

I do believe Leon has shown an 1812-1815 French lancer so it should be available at some time.

Cheers, Rob 

[Rob]

I will certainly need a brigade of these, so a request please for rear rank lancer figures. 

Thanks, Rob 

[Subedai]

According to Lachouque, The Anatomy of Glory, p. 7 Murat wrote that:

'They must be not less than twenty-five, between 1.78 (5' 10") and 1.84m (6') in height...' There is more about eligibility.