HMS Victory: the Master Modeler's Art

Julián Fernández de Sevilla Campos of ModelJShip has just shared with me his conversion of the new HMS Victory by Ares Games. This particular model was not built for me, regrettably, but for Julián's personal collection. However I think the craftsmanship is outstanding and he has given permission for me to feature the finished conversion on my Blog.

First, the out-of -the-box model:

And now, the definitive HMS Victory in 1:1000 scale.

1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards Regiment, 1815

The final, and by far the largest, regiment of heavy cavalry in Major General Lord Edward Somerset's 1st (Household) Cavalry Brigade was the 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards under the command of Lt. Colonel William Fuller. This packed a punch of 588 effectives in 3 squadrons.

The 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards are based per General de Brigade rules and were painted for me by Carl Robson using Perry 28mm figures.

All of the Reserve Cavalry were painted using as the primary text "British Napoleonic Uniforms: A Complete Illustrated Guide to Uniforms, Facings and Lace" Hardcover – May 1, 2009 by C.E. Franklin (Author). The illustrations are outstanding and enabled Carl to pick out every detail of the helmet, lace, etc. I highly recommend this book. I have shared two examples of the numerous excellent plates that fill the book, all credit of course to C.E Franklin.

1st/2nd Life Guards, 1815

Both regiments of Life Guards fought at Waterloo in Major General Lord Edward Somerset's 1st (Household) Cavalry Brigade. 

At Waterloo the 1st Life Guards were commanded by Lt. Colonel Samuel Ferrier. They comprised 255 effectives in 2 squadrons. The 2nd Life Guards were commanded by Lt. Colonel Hon. Edward P Lygon and consisted of 235 effectives, also in 2 squadrons.

The 1/2nd Life Guards are based per General de Brigade rules and were painted for me by Carl Robson using Perry 28mm figures. 

The 1st Life Guards

1st Life Guards

The 2nd Life Guards

2nd Life Guards

The 1st and 2nd Life Guards

The 1st and 2nd Life Guards

Saxon Houses 18th-19th Century

These Saxon buildings were purchased a few years ago from the Croebern Diorama on-line shop. Although 1/72nd scale, the same as the Diorama, they work well for my SYW games and Leipzig era Napoleonic games. I'm not sure they are still sold on the Croebern site which has now changed its format.

http://www.geschichte-in-miniaturen.de/shop.html

The buildings were assembled and painted for me by Leuthen Miniatures.

Building One

Building Two