Real life had conspired against me this week, but I need manage to get a few odds and ends completed, with the Haiti Campaign gathering pace…. (New Orders will be executed this weekend.) I begain to take a look at some of the figure collections which don’t get much table time and could they be repurposed elsewhere, one of these was Ensign Claude Canard and his Friend and mentor Ensign Côtelettes de Mouton of the French Sloop „Le Vendeen“…. last seen fighting off Arabs in Egypt.

In the early days of the slave revolt, the French Sailors were often called on to defend the port areas and supress the slaves. Our old friend Claude is far more likely to see action in Haiti in the year ahead.

Originally based on pennies, I glued them straight on to Warlord bases and built the bases up to hide the raised area. With a number of the colonial powers opting for detachments of sailors, I am now thinking I might just have to reinforce them for the campaign.

The French need a suitable General to lead them into battle, OK so Napoleon is a little bit OTT but he should inspire the troops in the Battles ahead. He needs some addition flocking but should see some game time very soon.