More Napoleonics

More pictures form my recent Napoleonic commission. Two units of Prussians; one of reservists in grey jackets, one of Landwehr in blue coats. Nearly all ABs, nice figures, a bit simpler than the French, but their caps require careful attention when free handing the coloured bands around them. Landwehr have some nice touches, like bare feet and clogs on some figures.

It's not all good though; recurring problem with these figures is the weakness of the bayonets. Most figures without them had them snap off in the post on their way to me. Some were barely hanging on and had to be removed, some were repairable with greenstuff. Repairing figures is an unwanted distraction, and doesn't bode well for their actual use.

I suppose its a fault of the sculpting being too accurate for once, the thin attachment of a bayonet does not scale down properly and its a part than needs proper reinforcing. Its a particular problem for these Prussians as they had their bayonet permanently fixed; they can't be passed off as being in their scabbards.



It is worth thickening up the attachments as the minor cosmetic blemish this involves is much better than the loss of the bayonet, or, even worse, it becoming bent.