"War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.” Cormac McCarthy
Sapper, Napoleon's Imperial Guard
Apparently, these guys were under Napoleon's personal control, and "jealously husbanded" by him, according to Adam Zamosky in his book on the Russian campaign -- 1812 -- which I highly recommend.
BTW, the parallels between the [...]
Soviet Infantryman 1939 (Winter War)
I was working on this a while ago; got stuck; and put it away.
Started working on it again recently; got it to a presentable point; and "voila."
Marshal Saint-Cyr
Regarded as Napoleon's finest general in the art of defensive warfare and the equal of the Emperor himself in that area of endeavor. He is mentioned in Joseph Conrad's short story "The Duel" (as well as Ridley Scott's film [...]
Marshal Ney
Ney has to be one of my all time favorite historical figures.
2 stories about him:
Upon their restoration to the throne for good, the Bourbons had him tried for treason (and executed by firing squad, as per the attached painting by [...]
German mercenary, Early XVI C, Italian Wars
I was quite happy with the way the NMM turned out on this very, very nice figure by Stormtrooper Minis. It is satisfying to see progress after what feels figuratively like banging your head against a brick wall.
I forget who it was who [...]
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski, W_I_P
Another of Napoleon’s Marshals who met a violent end. Poniatowski drowned while conducting a rearguard action in the vicinity of Leipzig in 1813. Very few of Napoleon's Marshals lived to a ripe old age, the pic of the holed cuirasse [...]
Marshal Jean Lannes W-I-P
One of the ablest of Napoleon’s marshals, he was mortally wounded in 1809 against the Austrians when an errant cannon ball shattered both legs. Napoleon is said to have wept by his bedside.
I found this figure tough to paint, likely [...]
