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Adding Colour To The French
In my opinion, no French army would be complete without the allied forces that accompanied and fought beside it.
They also add colour and spectacle to the army, unlike the boring (yet formidable) 1813-1815 Prussians.
For the first phase of this project I decided to paint up 12 bases of allies – 2 of each. This allowed me to form up 6 colourful battalions – each one from a different nation or region. I also chose them in a way as to make them as different in colour as possible from the French infantry.
Lined up and ready to show the Russians a thing or two.
The Nassau - the biege coloured belts makes them standout.
The Neuchatel Battalion - somethimes called the canaries due to the yellow jackets.
My favourite - The Bavarians and their crazy good looking helmets.
The Legion du Midi or the Piedmontese Legion.
The Irish - anything to annoy the British! You just gotta lov'em.
The Swiss - I can't remember if they are the 2nd or 3rd.The great thing about the allies is that you can use them in a battle (according to the rules of most games) as, and instead of French fusiliers – or militia later on.
I will be expanding on the allies during the third phase of this project when I start to tackle the Imperial Guard. I will add 4 more battalions to the Bavarians, 3 to the Nassau (so I can use them as allies for the British if I ever play the 100day campaign), and I will add several battalions of Italians, Wurtenburgers, and more Swiss.
Well that is all for today. Tomorrow morning I will try to post up the heavy cavalry.
Until then stay safe and game on.
NR
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