General De Brigade - Vimeiro Hill Scenario 5

Overview of the French Army. The flash decided to go off randomly despite there being plenty of light. some of the pics are therefore a bit bleached.

 86th Line - 2 battalions of 36 + 18 skirmishers

 32nd and 82nd line - 4 battalions of 24 + 10 skirmishers

 Artillery and Grenadier Reserve. 1 Battery of 4 X 8 pdrs, 1 battery of 3 X 4 pdrs, 4 battalions of 24 grenadiers.

 The hill is made of toy stuffing under the mat. 1 bag (£3.75) made the whole hill. It needs flattening a little bit.

The mat needs a bit of an iron, but this was just to get a pic of the French and see if the hill would work. It's a lot cheaper and more versatile than the polystyrene I was going to use. It's also easier to store.

General De Brigade - Vimeiro Hill Scenario 4

Started work on the largest unit in the British force - 40 figure 50th Foot, "The Dirty Half Hundred". Black facings, white drummers jacket and cased standards.

General De Brigade - Vimeiro Hill Scenario 3

Well 1/2 the order has arrived from Magister Militum this morning so I have 1 vineyard instead of 2. As they reorder from Australia and need a viable minimum quantity, I could be waiting 6+ weeks. I probably won't have the British finished by then so it shouldn't make that much difference, bloody annoying though.

General De Brigade - Vimeiro Hill Scenario 2

French units and movement trays finished. Now to finish the British. Vineyards have been despatched  by Magister Militum so with a bit of luck I'll have all the terrain by the weekend.