The 32me Infanterie de Ligne

[Bill Slavin]

While my left eye is out of commission I figured I would tackle some French in greatcoats, a simpler painting proposition as I can avoid any piping on collars and cuffs. I still had a number of French left over from the HaT 1805-1808 French in Greatcoats set, some of which I had previously converted, so scalpel in hand I once again removed their bicorned heads and replaced them with shakoed heads from a box of 1805 Légere, also HaT (and a set full of stiff poses that I don't like!)

There are a few more pictures as well as a brief history of the regiment here on my blog: https://tinywarsplayedindoors.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-32me-infanterie-de-ligne.html

[Ben Bob]

Beautiful figures and farm

[Bessiere]

I have recently painted both sets of French infantry so they are all too familiar. Nice mods with the shako covers and you do better with 1 eye than I do with 2. Good job!

[C M Dodson]

Sorry to hear that the eye is still problematic.

Nevertheless it has not stopped you creating another excellent unit.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Chris

[Bill Slavin]

Thanks, all. Yes, still painting - I really miss it when I don't! The hardest part with having a bad eye is no depth perception, so I never know when the paintbrush makes contact - it leads to some pretty splotchy faces...
Ah well, a few more months and hopefully things will improve!

[Ray.Caruana]

Well done! Very nice work indeed.