As promised for those who may be interested here are some photos of my boards depicting the Battlefield of Waterloo. There are only 3 of the 10 at this time and these are not completed as yet as they still require some more buildings added and a tiny bit of detailing done. Unfortunately ill health has overtaken me again and on top of stomach pain, constant indigestion and heartburn and other things I will not mention here for fear of putting people off there meals, I now have a chest infection and slight kidney infection so my apologies if game turns aren't as quick as they were guys.
The chateau of Frischermont with its orchard behind and the village of Smohain (top left), and the Bois de Lionet (top right).
The village of Smohain. The Smohain Brook runs through the centre of the village and the bridge is just visible in the centre of the photo. In the right foreground is the orchard of Frischermont Chateau.
The farm of Papelotte with farm of La Haye to the right and the head of the Smohain Brook in the foreground.
The farm of La Haye.
The farm of La Haye Sainte with the Sandpit opposite. In the background you can just see the sunken lane and Wellington's Elm Tree. The troops you see are the (from left to right) 6 companies 1/95th Rifles (front), 6 companies 27th Dutch Jagers (rear), 6 companies 5th Dutch Militia, 6 companies 7th Belgian Line Infantry.
The farm of Mont St Jean on the main road running from Charleroi to Brussels
Looking along the Smohain Brook in the Lasne valley from the village of Smohain (foreground) to the village of Ohain (top).
Part of the Bois de Paris and the village of Jean Loo, showing one of the entry points of the Prussian reinforcements, second road from left at the top of the photo.
The farms of Papelotte (left), and La Haye (right) with the Smohain Brook running from the centre to the right of the photo. In the top left of the photo is the 2nd battalion 2nd Nassau Regiment.
Looking north towards the Bois de Lionet (foreground), village of Jean Loo (middle left of photo) Bois de Ohain (top left of photo) and the village of Ohain (extreme top left of photo).
A view of the village of Smohain (centre), with the chateau and orchard of Frischermont (right). In the background can be seen the Cavalry Brigades of Vivian and Vandeleur (top left).
The Cavalry Brigades of Vivian and Vandeleur.
The rear line is the 6th Cavalry Brigade, commanded by Major-General Sir Richard Hussey Vivian.
From left to right these are 3 squadrons, 10th Hussars, 3 squadrons 18th Hussars, 4 squadrons 1st KGL Hussars.
The front Line is the 4th Cavalry Brigade, commanded by Major-General Sir John Vandeleur.
From left to right these are 3 squadrons, 16th light Dragoons, 3 squadrons, 12th Light Dragoons, 3 squadrons, 11th light Dragoons.
An aerial view of the battlefield with the Smohain Brook running through the centre, the Bois de Ohain (top right), the Bois de Lionet (left centre) and the Bois de Paris (bottom right).
An aerial view of the battlefield showing the village of Smohain and Chateau of Frischermont (bottom centre), the farm of La Haye (bottom left), and Bois de Lionet (bottom right) Just visible to the top left are the Cavalry Brigades of Vivian and Vandeleur.
An aerial view of the battlefield showing the farms of Papelotte and La Haye and the 4th and 6th Cavalry Brigades and the 4th Infantry Brigade with a battalion of Nasseurs and a Dutch Belgian Foot Artillery Battery down next to the orchard behind the farm of Papelotte.
Looking east from slightly west of La Haye Sainte to the village of Ohain and the Bois de Paris.
The end board showing the Bois de Paris (foreground), and the Bois de Ohain and the village of Ohain (background).
This is only a small portion of the troops displayed, the rest are mounted on balsa sticks ready for painting. The board with La Haye Sainte on it still requires buildings and some fine detailing work around the villages and the end board with the Bois de Paris and the village of Ohain on it needs its buildings fixing and a bit of detailing work.
All the buildings including La Haye Sainte Farm, Mont St Jean Farm, Papelotte Farm, La Haye Farm and Chateau Frischermont are all constructed with balsa wood from paintings, models, plans, in fact there is a lot of misleading information so a lot of research has to be done to get near representations. Some modellers licence has gone into the village layouts but on the whole I am pleased with them all except Papelotte Farm which is slightly smaller than it should be but I may remedy this later on.
I had a little bit of warping with the centre board of the 3 so I decided to mount them all on 12mm MDF which really did the job and cured the warping and all the boards sit nicely together.
The crops are wheat (yellow), barley (light brown) and rye (grey/green) static grass and I bought them from a company who specialise in static grass and there 2mm range is very good, looks realistic when applied with the static grass applicator (basically an electric charge onto the glue and Static grass at the same time which makes it stand on end) and is very durable.
I am really pleased with the results and I am really looking hoping I can feel better soon as another 3 boards on the French side are calling out to be done. Hope you all like and enjoy.
NWC
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