"The French Army Had Over 2,000 General Officers.

"Although over 90% of these generals were Frenchmen, many of them were not."

This 28mm scale metal model is produced by “Wargames Foundry", and can be purchased as part of their FN140 - Late Infantry Command In Greatcoat set. The figure is one of seven Napoleonic French soldiers sculpted by Michael and Alan Perry found in the blister, and in the short-term will lead a unit of his fellow countrymen during their adventures using "The Silver Bayonet" ruleset by "Osprey Games".

The officer was undercoated using a couple of licks of "Vallejo" Heavy Blue and had his trousers and sword belt 'picked out" using my trusty combination of "Two Thin Coats" White Star and some watered-down "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade. The miniature's greatcoat was then drenched in "Citadel" Drakenhof Nightshade and carefully highlighted with a patient dry-brush of (more) "Vallejo" Heavy Blue.

"Wargames Foundry" WIPs - These two Russian soldiers are being painted feet-first

To give the model a bit more colour than his 'official' paint-job on the manufacturer's website, I decided to also pigment his epaulettes with "Vallejo" Gold, along with his sabre-guard. I also applied some "Vallejo" Gunmetal to the Frenchman's sabre blade. These areas were later shaded using a splash of either "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade or Nuln Oil as appropriate.

The model's shako was given a coat of "Vallejo" Heavy Brown, before being washed with "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade. This was subsequently dry-brushed with (more) "Vallejo" Heavy Brown. Finally, I dolloped its pom pom in "Vallejo" Heavy Red and "Citadel" Carroburg Crimson, and lined the brim with "Citadel" Abaddon Black.

"Wargames Foundry" WIPs - A selection of 'slow-time' French Napoleonic soldiers

With two 'workable' factions for "The Silver Bayonet" now available to me using my "Wargames Foundry" figure collection, I've decided to slightly switch my tactics and focus upon finishing off the rest of my Napoleonic Russian miniatures from the company's RN023 Infantry in Oilskin Covered 1812 Shako Marching set. Once completed, this'll give me an eight-man strong unit of Tsar Alexander's soldiers, and might resultantly encourage me to pick out an officer or two from the recently acquired RN021 Infantry in 1812 Shako Command packet.

One of my main goals for this month was to partly play catch-up with my Napoleonic project, and currently I feel like I'm letting myself get a bit too distracted by other ranges/genres. I've therefore also spent a bit of time in the background busily basing a number of other Prussian, British and French models, which are very slowly being progressed whenever I find I have a little bit of paint still left on my palette from my Russians. Hopefully, over time this will allow several more of the time-consuming models to get part-way finished, and ultimately inspire me to dedicate a hobby session or two to get them tabletop ready as well...