6mm Adler French Guard cavalry

I have just finished basing some Adler French Guard cavalry. I have been, off an on, painting my Prussians and Austrians since the mid 1980s, but originally a school friend was doing the French and Russians. He has long since moved on from 6mm and I have been trying to add my own French etc. It has not been a a particularly speedy process! I have on occasion bought painted figures to supplement things and most recently come across Richard over at Perfect Six (see favorite links).

I had managed to do one Guard horse battery and two Horse Grenadiers so my French Guard cavalry were not exactly up to strength. So a big thank you to Richard for being not only an excellent painter but much quicker at it than me. So far I have:

• one regiment of 40 Horse Grenadiers;
• one regiment of 40 Chasseurs a Cheval;
•  half a regiment of 20 Polish lancers;
• two horse batteries.

Some close ups of the Horse Grenadiers:

The two I had painted before I came across Richard are very similar in style, and so match in well, but I had also tried to do the trim around the saddle cloth with a line of dark blue between the main trim colour. So he is handily identifiable and I have made him the colonel of the regiment.

The Polish lancers:

The Chasseurs a Cheval:

And finally the horse batteries: