Monday, 8 June 2026

A Napoleonic Interlude

 Included in my recent order to Battle Honours was an outlier pack- six French Napoleonic Cantinieres or Vivandieres. Et voila!


As with the WW2 Russians, lovely figures with very crisp, fine detail



All six are in different styles of semi military attire



This could be my favourite!







I did like this one, too.


And to finish up this brief post, three size comparison shots alongside some Victrix French infantry


Victrix are particularly large plastic 28mm figures


But I think les demoiselles scale up pretty well alongside them?


A bientôt, mes amis!


37 comments:

  1. Woooow! Excellent looking miniatures sir!

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  2. Great sculpts there Keith, with a nice mix of military and civilian clothing. Lovely choice of colours too:). I'm sure they'll be very useful to build some scenarios around!

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    1. Cheers Steve...they are very nice figures aren't they?

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  3. Super looking figures and nicely painted, Keith.

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  4. Really well thought out group of figures.

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    1. They are great 3d printed figures, Joe.

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    1. Thanks Scotty, I am pleased you like them.

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  6. Really liking these ladies. Lots of character and your colour schemes look very appropriate to the style and era I think.

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    1. Cheers Dai. I had a bit of fun choosing what colours to use.

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  7. They look superb! I could see me adding some of these to my wish list for the Silver Bayonet groups.

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    1. Thanks Michael...easy enough for you to obtain from Battle Honours in the UK!

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  8. Very nicely done Keith, and very handy for games such as Sharp Practice.

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    1. Thanks Lawrence, I will definitely have to try a work them into some scenario driven skirmish games!

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  9. Very nicely painted Keith. I am sure they could add some extra stiffening to the French line.

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    1. Well, their canteens are brimming with Calvados and Courvoisier, Ben!

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  10. They are charming figures, I quite like what you've done with them. I was looking at the BH website recently and admiring them. So you order them and they come printed? Or are they STL files? Cheers, Michael

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    1. Hi Michael - thanks for your comment. Yes, they arrive printed - you may get them with or without the "supports" that are part of the printing process - see this post for examples of how mine looked when they arrived - https://1808534.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-visit-to-ancient-greece-and-some-3d.html

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  11. Very nicely done Keith, good choice of colours, works really well. They are very nice figures and do look fine next to the Victrix lads.

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    1. Thank you, Donnie. I think they look nice and they do work ok with the other 28mm figures!

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  12. It has been a long time since your last batch of females. Nice work!

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  13. Nice work Keith I’m sure they’ll come in ?

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    1. Cheers Matt! I feel there must be a word missing from your comment?

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  14. Lovely figures, Keith! I didn't know about these figures; they'll spruce up any battlefield.

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    1. Thank you Dean! That's the beauty of the 3d print "revolution "....there are thousands of new and unusual figures out there now!

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  15. Splendid figures and lovely painting!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks on both counts, Iain...I appreciate it!

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  16. Very nice. Think I'll have to get these to add to my collection, for the Retreat from Moscow, they'd make for great camp follows. Thanks for the heads up!

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    1. Yeah, I nearly said that in my post Ray - but I guessed you were smart enough to figure it out - put some snow and ice on the basing, and hey, presto - they are all ready for the wind-blown Russian steppe!

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    2. Lol.....which size are these 25 or 28's, not really sure how big Victrix are?

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    3. I would call them slim 28's Ray. I will put them next to some Perry plastics in my next post

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  17. Top stuff Keith. Luverly lay-dees to doll out essential victuals!
    Best wishes, James

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    1. Thanks James, glad you appreciate their contributions to the war efforts!

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