Saturday Morning Paint Progress! Hasty Hussars

It's nice creeping around in the house when no one else is awake.  So this morning I got up at 4:30 and went down to the basement to throw more paint on some troops - coffee in hand!

Today I got done half of the 1809 Campaign 10mm French 7th Hussars, and a couple more stands of Bavarians.

French 7th Hussars.  These guys were lots of fun and not nearly as much work as their British counterparts.

 Next up are 2 stands of Old Glory Bavarians.  Almost an entire head shorter than their Eureka counterparts, they paint up REALLY fast.  Like super fast so I think this outfit will be done much sooner than their Eurekan counterparts.

Yellow facings on these fellas.  Not sure what unit they'll be from.

Finally, I thought this would be cool.  I read about this on Steven's Balagan, a great Crossfire and general wargaming site that is linked on the right hand side of my blog.  Suggestion was to smash a brick into a million pieces for urban ground cover to paint as well as brick texture to use for urban ruins.  I'm going to be making some Stalingrad Crossfire units so I thought it would be cool to litter the bases with brick dust and blown up building fragments!

A brick in his former life...

Last but certainly not least - dust clouds spotted on the horizon, sir!  French troops on the march!  It's Neil Thomas' One Hour Wargames Scenario #11 "Surprise Attack" and it's coming up next with my 10mm French and British massed troops

Rolled for 4 French brigades, 1 artillery battalion, and a light infantry battalion

British rolled for 3 infantry brigades, 2 artillery "battalions" and a cavalry squadron.

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