Hinton Hunt Vintage Wargame Figures

Having completed the Belgians I decided I need one more unit of  allies for the Anglo-Dutch OOB. As I now have Belgians, Nassauers and Brunswickers I fancied a go at some Hanoverians. I know tha...

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Until Rob commented that he thought my Staff Trooper should have a red uniform I hadn't even realised that a Cavalry Corps Staff Trooper was a thing. I should have known better of course because ...

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Here as promised are the finished Belgians parading for your inspection. They don't represent any particular unit and as I don't intend to paint any more they will simply be known as "The Belgian...

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I did say that the Belgians would be up next however, I realised a while back that I had never finished the personality figures for the British. So as a bit of a distraction, and for the sake of ...

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Following the recent French line infantry parade I thought it only fair to hold a similar review of Wellington's lads as the last such event was back in November 2022 . There are 192 Hinton ...

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I'm on the last lap of the Belgians with just six more figures to go. I'm liking these figures which are mostly first generation ex Eric Knowles collection castings that are very well defined. Th...

http://hintonhunt.blogspot.com/2024/03/belgian-progress-and-sinking-bismarck.html

This is the cover of Miniature Warfare, Volume 1, Number 11 from December 1968. When I first clapped eyes on it as a twelve year old I was determined to have a collection of French Hinton Hunt so...

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I did say that the next unit would be something not quite so French and I would say Belgians fit the bill quite nicely. So this is where I have got to so far - These are DN/1 Officer (chargi...

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Napoleon has escaped from Elba with his Old Guard and is marching on Paris. Marshal Ney has been sent to stop him with the 5th regiment of the line. "On to Grenoble my grumblers!" "Men o...

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The extra day in February means that I have squeezed in the completion of yet another French line infantry regiment in the astonishing (for me) time period of one month. These lads will represent...

http://hintonhunt.blogspot.com/2024/02/more-french-fusiliers.html

Here are the French guns as promised together with the remainder of the Allied artillery. The Guard are in the front row (of course) with the Line Foot batteries behind them. The Emperor...

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I'd been thinking I should probably hold an artillery review and then David twisted my arm by commenting that he'd like to see the whole artillery park. First up then is the Anglo-Allied gun line...

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The guns and limbers are finished and all ready for action. This brings the total of French guns up to eight which is surely enough even for Napoleon. The Duke increases his artillery park to a r...

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It's just under a year ago (click here ) that I confidently announced that the French Guard Cavalry was now 'complete'. However, to be fair, I did add that this was subject to me ever finding eno...

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When I set up the Waterloo game last summer I realised that I was a bit short on artillery for both sides so with the painting desk clear I decided it was time to do something about it. Curren...

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Here they are at last, served just for you, the table-ready French Imperial Guard Chasseur-a-Cheval. Nigel (unkindly) called them Chicken Chasseurs, but I prefer Chicken Hunters as they will inev...

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We’ve just come back from a few days in London, and I found the time yesterday to visit the National Army Museum. I hadn’t been to the museum for quite a few years and had forgotten just how ...

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I finally went to see Napoleon last night with Mrs S and my daughter and can report that despite my low expectations I rather enjoyed it. I knew in advance that it was going to be full of histori...

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A happy new year to you all. The Christmas Tree is down and the mince pies and unhealthy levels of wine consumption are behind me. Time to get back to the serious stuff starting with those Guard ...

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With the Hut temperature back to a balmy 5 degrees I have once again taken up residence. No damage to report except that my tub of PVA glue froze solid and had to be chucked so something to put o...

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I found a bit of time to begin work on the Guard Chasseurs starting with this test figure of the Der Kreigspieler version of FN/48 Chasseur a Cheval (mounted) charging. This is another case of a ...

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You’ll be pleased to hear that he French 33rd Line Regiment are painted, based and ready for action. They do look quite colourful when all ranked up. The figures used are as follows: 2 x...

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Earlier this year I did say that my French Guard cavalry was complete unless I found enough Chasseur-a-cheval for a full unit – well, be careful what you wish for. Thanks to Nigel (and Tony) I...

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On Thursday I was privileged to attend an inaugural wargame in Nigel’s fabulous newly converted dedicated wargame room at his home in the rolling Cumbrian hills. After a bit of panic in the mor...

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I've made a bit of progress over the last few days and have completed all the rank and file for the French 33rd Regiment so I'm on to the command figures starting with this drummer which as you k...

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