French 7th Light Infantry Regiment

Brig Gerard's 7th Light Infantry Regiment were in the 3rd Division of Marshal Davout's First Army Corps.

These miniatures are 3D printed from Lucus' Piano Wargame Miniatures. I reduced them to 60%. Which got them to the 18mm height. 

They are painted with Speed Paint and other Contrast style paints. Plus highlights with acrylic paint.
 

Basing, part 4

For the basing I like square 1.5 inch bases from www.litko.net GMB109H. After the miniatures dry from glueing them with pva. I use School Elmers to attach grout sand to the whole base. I think I paid $5 for a one pound bag 10 years ago. The beauty of the grout sand is how fine it is right out of the bag. There's no sifting required.

When that drys I make a wash of brown craft paint. The paint gets absorbed into the sand and wood.  

Then after that drys I get the school glue out again to fasten the static grass from Woodland Scenics and Gail Force 9. My recipe is to first put a dark green grass down and then a spring mix on top. The dark green gives a little shadow and the spring mix pops. The next step is to add the coconut grit.

The final step is to paint the rim of the base Wedgewood green. And I'm done.
 

Varnished and ready for mounting, part 3

 I used some Scale 75 Instant Colors for the back pack, bed roll and water bottle. And I did some highlights with some acrylics. Then finished with a matte varnish. Next I'll mount them to their stands and finish them.

Speed Paint base coats part 2

 

So far I've only used my new Speed Paints.

Arakcheyev Grenadiers

 These miniatures are from Wargames Atlantic digital. I 3D printed them at 60%. So they fit in with my mainly 18mm miniatures. The only problem is that at this size the bayonets are very fragile. I see over time they will probably lose them all. I am using an abs resin but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

These Russians were painted to represent the Arakcheyev Grenadiers of the First Army, 3rd Army Corps, 1st Grenadier Division. This unit completes the 1st Grenadier Division.

1st East Prussian No. 1

 These figures were 3d printed. I backed a Kickstarter from Napoleonic STL Files, David Vazquez Fernandez, " Prussian Infantry".

I painted them as the 1st East Prussian No 1. From 1808 to 1815. I followed the information I got from the book "The Prussian Army During the Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815) Volume 1" by George Nafziger.

French 9th Chasseurs Cheval

 These are more miniatures I printed from the Kickstarter I backed. I adjusted them to be 18mm.

The 9th Chasseurs were part of the Fourth Army Corps under Eugene during the invasion of Russia. There were a lot of Italian regiment.