Elessar2590's Grande Armee Project

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A Quick Update

July 1, 2018

Keep an eye on your paints kids

So with no Black to finish the Curassiers or Second Infantry Battalion I turned to the Artillery.

Here’s the basecoat done. These are both 6 Pounders which shows you just how much of a difference there is between Perry Miniatures and Warlord Games despite them both being essentially interchangeable.

Warlord Left - Perry Right

The smaller cannons were a gift from a friend (as were the Cuirassiers/Carabiners) from an old Prussian Project of his.

No big loss though in fact it makes it slightly easier for me. The Bigger Guns will be the famous 12 Pounders while the smaller guns will be the fr more common 6 Pounders.

There’s a myth out there regarding 12 Pounders during the American Civil War which were commonly known as “Napoleon’s”. Contrary to popular belief this wasn’t because of Napoleon. Well it was but not that Napoleon, aka Napoleon the First.

They were named after Napoleon’s Nephew who was also an Emperor of France and confusingly named Napoleon the Third. When he abdicated after the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon (The First) made his infant Child the Emperor of France and named him “Napoleon the Second”. So out of respect when his Nephew took power he took the name “the Third”.

The French really couldn’t make their mind up about the whole Republic or Monarchy thing.