Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)

[Old Collingwood]

8 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Ditto!!

Are you going to put a soundtrack to it? Popping muskets, rifle cracks, drums, bugles and such😊😉😇

That would be an interesting  video  log of it when its  done,   don't know how it could be done  though?

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

14 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

That would be an interesting  video  log of it when its  done,   don't know how it could be done  though?

 

OC.

A quick search of YouTube has lots of 18th century battle sounds, drums ,guns and bugles.

Wether you could have one on a repeat loop, but I have no idea as how to do that. One of the many followers may be of more help.

 

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   I have  been through all my  moulds  and made up the last Five French figures and another  wondead one  - they will receive the same as the other bunch.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

It's coming together really nicely. The French soldiers look superb

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

20 minutes ago, king derelict said:

It's coming together really nicely. The French soldiers look superb

Alan

Thank you so much Alan.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Two other additions  I will add  that I have in my stash  is  - a  Mounted French 54th ligne  Colonel  overseeing the attack on the Farm,  and a  54th Grenadier   Sapper  who will be placed  dead  with his Axe   close to the main  gates.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

The history behind my latest post is  -  during the attacks  by  the 54th and 55th  the  Battlion's  had  different ranks of officers  upto a Colonel  who was with the regiment  leading them, he was on his horse  during the attacks,   also  the regiments  had a few  Grenadier  Sappers   who  tried to attack  the  gates at the front of the farm  but  were  shot at  by the 2nd KGL  hiding over the wall.

 

OC.

[Javlin]

On 6/15/2022 at 3:50 PM, Old Collingwood said:

Evening all,   this  small group is done  minus  flat coating.

 

OC.

Me likey they have some Nice colors!

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,    I have started  Three more  little fellows  -  a  10th Hussar,  a 54th Ligne  Sapper  and a 54th  Colonel.

 

OC.

Edited June 24, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[mtaylor]

Ah... headless horseman.   The stuff of nightmares.   LOL

[Old Collingwood]

35 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Ah... headless horseman.   The stuff of nightmares.   LOL

That would be quite the scene,    yep they  are awaiting their heads  -  I broke off  for the night  and will add them tomorrow.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

This is my total count  in my stash  so far   minus  a  couple of a throw aways  - 

 

KGL 2nd  -  71
KGL 5th  -  71
KGL  Major Barring  1
French  -  58
French  Colonel  1
British  Hussar  2

 

But not all the 5th  are made   as  they where not  in  overwhelming  numbers  compared to the 2nd  KGL.

 

OC.

Edited June 24, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[Canute]

Your dio will be chock full of soldiers, I guess in several mini-scenes. It'll be pretty busy. Nice, since every time you look at it, you'll focus on a different scene. 👍

[Old Collingwood]

3 hours ago, Canute said:

Your dio will be chock full of soldiers, I guess in several mini-scenes. It'll be pretty busy. Nice, since every time you look at it, you'll focus on a different scene. 👍

Thanks  Ken,  I hope to make it  really busy.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all, Two 10th  Regiment  Hussars  and  the French  54th  Ligne  Colonel.

 

OC.

Edited June 24, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[Old Collingwood]

I will be doing a bit of alterations  to the French Colonel's  horse  (with heat)  to bend some of the legs  into more of a standing postures,  as  at the moment  its in a racing stance.

 

OC.

Edited June 24, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   right  -  primer brushed over all the "newbies"    then I decided to start with  one of the Hussars  chargers,   this one was painted  a dark Redish Brown, then I picked out a few of his details  then a few rough washes  ot bring out the shadows, he will have some dry bruhed  dust around his lower limbs  before I  paint the saddle.

 

OC.

[Canute]

OC, your second horse looks like it's trying to lay down. 😁 At least, that's what mine looked like as they laid down. And yes, horses do lay down. If I had mine in their stalls overnight, they'd be walking out with light colored wood spots in the morning. The models are looking good.

[Old Collingwood]

27 minutes ago, Canute said:

OC, your second horse looks like it's trying to lay down. 😁 At least, that's what mine looked like as they laid down. And yes, horses do lay down. If I had mine in their stalls overnight, they'd be walking out with light colored wood spots in the morning. The models are looking good.

Thank you  Ken,    I will  gat some heat on the rear most  front leg  and bend it  forward, possibly  same with the  hidden back leg - bend it  back a wee bit.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

I don't know much about horses  but just  googled  "Galloping Horses"  and  some do show a similar pose  with both front legs  bent at the knee / pointing backwards,  and the one back leg further infront than the other.

Does that sound right  kind of looks it in this  internet pic  - 

 

OC.

[Egilman]

When Horses and most 4 footed creatures are running like that only one foot hits the ground at anyone time, it was a source of serious speculation until photography advanced to the point where they could do stop motion photography and proved it beyond all doubt... Yes that pose is as natural as could be for a galloping horse... (in fact about half the time a galloping horse has no feet touching the ground, proven photographically in 1878)

 

The Horse in Motion

 

 

[Egilman]

2 hours ago, Canute said:

looks like it's trying to lay down. 😁 At least, that's what mine looked like as they laid down

That, or they are coming to a quick stop from a run, the kind of stop that throws a rider over the horse's head if they aren't prepared for it..... (been there done that) {chuckle}

[Old Collingwood]

47 minutes ago, Egilman said:

When Horses and most 4 footed creatures are running like that only one foot hits the ground at anyone time, it was a source of serious speculation until photography advanced to the point where they could do stop motion photography and proved it beyond all doubt... Yes that pose is as natural as could be for a galloping horse... (in fact about half the time a galloping horse has no feet touching the ground, proven photographically in 1878)

 

The Horse in Motion

 

 

Thank you kindly brother,  it  makes  that a lot clearer now.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   right  thats Two  Hussar  horses  painted and weathered  - given them quite dirty legs, they still need their  flat coats.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,  I have started  to paint up  French Colonel  Claude  Charlet and his horse,  who was in charge of the 54th Ligne  and led the action at LHS, he was under instructions  from General  Compte d'Erlon  to take  LHS  no matter what.

 

OC.

Edited June 24, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[Old Collingwood]

Folks  I am scrubbing the Two  10th Hussar  horses  as  they just don't look right,  my admiral pointed out  to me the odd  tails that loook like they have been cut short, I have some others in my stash  so just a case of rebuilding them, in the mean time I will continue  with  the French mob around the front main gates  including  Colonel  Claude  Charlet,   the injured 54th Ligne  Sapper  and the others.

 

OC.

Edited June 24, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[Canute]

OC, they could have "bobbed" tails or something similar. They may have trimmed tails versus letting them grow naturally. Your choice, mate.

[Edwardkenway]

I think it was common practice to dock cavalry mounts tails in this period.

 

This is from www.britishempire.co.uk

The horses were also black but so were the horses of all the cavalry regiments. At this time the tails of the horses were docked. The reasoning behind this unsightly practice was that when a horse's tail became wet and muddy it would flick dirt onto the riders.

[Old Collingwood]

4 hours ago, Canute said:

OC, they could have "bobbed" tails or something similar. They may have trimmed tails versus letting them grow naturally. Your choice, mate.

Thanks  Ken,   I think its  the stance of the Tails  - with them galloping at quite a pace  I would think theit tails should be flowing back  not  down,  its all to get the correct stance  showing the flow of movement   - want it to look right  as I can.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

3 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

I think it was common practice to dock cavalry mounts tails in this period.

 

This is from www.britishempire.co.uk

The horses were also black but so were the horses of all the cavalry regiments. At this time the tails of the horses were docked. The reasoning behind this unsightly practice was that when a horse's tail became wet and muddy it would flick dirt onto the riders.

Thank you for finding that out  Edward  - something I never knew  - mind you  I don't know alot about horses  - not even been close to one.

 

OC.