Pulled a marathon paint job today – about five hours non-stop. Started in the early afternoon, after I mowed the backyard, and just finished the basic blocking of some Perry French plastics as Neuchatel Battalion. They’ll get a Minwax stain tomorrow.

The eye-catching uniform, as well as a good combat reputation, makes this unit a favorite of most Napoleonic gamers; myself included. The center voltigeur in the last row wearing a greatcoat is a spare Victrix figure from the Middle Guard kit. The rest are Perry plastics from a command sprue. The bearskin heads and plumed shakos of the voltigeurs are also Victrix spares.

I used a black undercoat as I wanted to use the black-lining technique which speeds up the process a bit. Once these guys are done, I’ll finally get back to the cavalry sets which are already glued together – the British Light Dragoons and Chasseur a Cheval sets.