The two figures for my General of Division
command base (see the last two posts) still
needed a little more modifying.
During
painting, I realised that the
general figure was based
perhaps more on an Aide de
Camp of the Imperial
Household than a General of
Division or General of
Brigade in that the pistol
holsters on his saddle had fur
General of Division Command Base
French light not line infantry who had square-
ended lapels. With his new bicorne hat, this
would also have made him a perfect
engineers officer. However, I wanted the
figure to emphasise the fact that the
command base was part of an infantry
division. I used a scalpel blade to
square off the end of the lapel.
covers quite unlike the usual cloth covers
of Napoleon’s generals and marshals,
indeed of the Emperor himself. And,
perhaps more importantly, his coat
had triangular turnbacks not the
straight false turnbacks of the coats
of French senior staff officers. I
attempted to put both these
discrepancies to right with a
little green stuff. There was no
opportunity, though, for any
major alterations as all but the
offending areas had already
been painted.
I painted the officer on foot as a
line infantry officer with white
lapels on his jacket. His one
fully visible lapel, however, did
appear to have a pointed end –
a distinguishing feature of
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