A couple of pro bono commissions

Having finally resolved my posting issues it is time to return to the keyboard. These last two months I carried out a couple of commissions to two of my gaming buddies. Two of my pals set up Jakobovo (or Klyastitsy) in 28mm and I noticed that one of them fielded Napoleon himself as commander of a meagre corps. This struck me as overkill so I enquired why couldn't he use another figure? His reply was that he didn't have any other high ranking marshal or equivalent in his collection so this set me off to provide him with one. I didn't have too many high ranking officers but I finally landed a miniature of Soult from Perry Miniatures.

A couple of days later, another of the guys asked me to repaint a handful of command figures which he had had for some time but wasn't happy with the way they were painted. There was a miniature of Napoleon, another of Blucher, and another three what seemed as staff officers - British and Prussian. As he had gotten them from somebody else, the manufacturer unfortunately remained unknown. The painting wasn't too bad but it could definitely be improved.

The following pics show the figures as they were delivered to me.

Poor Boney looked like he had just been mugged by Spanish guerilleros!

 

First up is 'Le Petit Caporal' obviously

 

A stern Emperor reviews his troops

 

The Guard officer is an old figure I've had for ages. Maybe Hinchcliffe?

The next figure is a British Light Dragoon officer (or so I presume). In a nod to the Ukranian situation I chose that country's colours for his plume.  The French infantryman is from Perry's plastics box.

Next up is another British staff officer. He was originally painted in blue but we all know that just doesn't fly does it? I've no idea if this is a personality figure or just a generic officer.

And next up is "Old Vorwarts", Field Marshal Gebhard von Blucher himself !

 

 

And finally another Prussian staff officer who could be anyone really.  Could be Gneisenau but he is never depicted wearing a moustache as far as I know.

Apologies if picture quality is not optimal but I shifted a few things around the house lately and the usual place where I take my pics is not available any more. So until I find a new area I had to make do with a temporary spot but unfortunately the light was not ideal. Another pesky issue to sort out............