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REVIEW: ESR Miniatures Napoleonic French Ligne and Legere


Below you'll find a ton of pictures of some of the soon-to-be-released 10mm Napoleonic miniatures from The Wargaming Company, publisher of the Et Sans Resultat ruleset. David with TWC was kind enough to send me these pre-production figures to paint up and review. They're available for pre-order now and shipping after Historicon (end of July). 

TLDR: these are really detailed miniatures for 10mm and take paint beautifully.

Out of the package, the detail on these figures is quite evident. They come on strips, from which they are easily clipped and cleaned. You could also paint them on the strip if so-inclined. 



 Once they were based and primed, I used contrast paint to lay down the core uniform colors (mainly the blues and blacks), followed by a series of block painting and highlights with standard paints. 

These miniatures are perfect for this process, as the details from the plastic material are extremely deep/pronounced. It was super easy to pick out straps, epaulettes and even buttons. The various shako and boot tassles are clean enough to where you can see the texture on the braiding. 

The height/width are pretty comparable to my existing collection of Pendraken, with the exception of the backpacks/bedrolls, which are noticeably bigger in proportion to the soldiers. As you'll see below, they look right at home on the battlefield next to the other line. 

Overall, I'm really impressed with these figures:

  • Super detailed
  • Affordable per-figure
  • Well-packaged (easy to just pick up a couple of ESR-appropriate divisions in one box); word is that TWC will also be selling them in bulk sets that are not keyed to ESR-sized formations. 
  • Resistant to bumps - you're very unlikely to break these
  • Only concern: only one pose for the line fusiliers/chasseurs for now
You'll be able to pick these up at Historicon and onward. Really excited to pick up my pre-order and get to work on some Russians.

On to the finished battalions! I'm primarily using these for an 1809 campaign, with 4-6 stands comprising a battalion. These will be part of Davout's corps at Wagram. 


In the light-box

Legere






TWC on the left

TWC on the right

TWC on the left - I need to get that lad on the right a banner!

TWC on the right



Ligne





TWC on the left

TWC on the right

TWC on the left

TWC on the right


On a field of green

TWC on the left

TWC on the far right

TWC on the right

TWC on the right



TWC on the left

TWC on the left



TWC on the right

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