GMB Flags Arrived!

 I’ve been a fan of GMB flags for almost 20 years now, but foolishly imagined that ‘simpler’ flags might be a better fit for my Shiny Napoleonic project. So I ordered all Waterloo flags from another flag producer.

When they arrived, I was shocked at the low quality of the graphics and print. Very disappointing…and costly.

Well, nothing I could do except sell them on ebay for a huge discount and order from GMB.

The GMB flags arrived yesterday, and boy they never disappoint!

I quickly assembled the flags for the bearers that I’ve finished so far: 3 Silesian Landwehr units, a Prussian Grenadier unit, and the French Dragoons.

Here they are (still on my painting table):

Quality always shows, and you just can’t beat GMB!

Shiny Prussian Landwehr

The next units in my 25mm Shiny Napoleonic project are:

1st, 2nd, 3rd Silesian Landwehr from Bülow’s IV Corps 1815.

Each Infantry stand in my armies will represent approximately 1,000 men, so each of these Prussian regiments will be 2 stands.

Most of the figures are Minifigs that I purchased on ebay and did some minor touch ups on. Compared to most older figs that I’ve acquired, these were well painted and in good shape. All I needed to focus on was the muskets, pants, and shoes (I did a few in bare feet).

One officer (hidden in the third rank here) was a new Lamming line officer figure. I’ve read that some Landwehr officers/ nco’s came from the regular line regiments and often kept their original uniforms. This was probably more common in 1813 than 1815, but I wanted a little more variety and a nod to this practice. 

I’m still waiting for my GMB flags to replace the original flags on the flag bearers that I’ve acquired from many various previous owners. The bearer in the third rank appears to be a conversion of a Minifigs Landwehr officer. Well done, and nice variety, so I gave him a fresh coat of paint (he was somewhat chipoed and had red collar and cuffs) and used him otherwise as  converted.