The 30th Cambridgeshire Regiment

A march of a thousand miles starts ...

Here is my first Napoleonic battalion. The honour goes to 30th Cambridgeshire. The models are from a British Brigade box of Napoleon at War models. I intend playing with the Napoleon at War ruleset although I also have Black Powder and if I paint up enough units for a multi-player game may also use those rules.

I managed not to balance speed painting with quality painting but think they'll look fine in the heat of battle and that's what they're painted for. It took ages to finish them largely because of the difficulty of finding time to paint and also getting distracted by starting my Romano British Dux Britanniarum army half way through. At this rate I'll have a British division painted by the end of 2016. Then I can start on the French and should be playing by the end of the decade.

I used Army Painter red primer and the Army Painter red wash and then the Army Painter strong tone wash. Think I'll go white primer next time and use the strong tone dip. Also have seen some tips about "production line" painting so have stuck six figures onto a stick for next time rather than having them mounted on individual nails like I did this time.

Basing is a bit too lumpy so will revert to builders' sand for next time.