French Chasseurs a Cheval, the Early Years

While a recount is in the cards, my Rivoli OB checklist shows that this regiment is the last early war unit needed for a planned Rivoli game.  Finished in time for a winter game too.  These dozen figures are early war French Chasseurs a Cheval from AB Miniatures.  The unit musters out as the 22nd Chasseurs a Cheval.  

With the troops completed, time to turn attention toward the battlefield and scenario development.  While I developed and fought out the Rivoli game many years ago (2004!), notes need to be collected and pieced together to recreate the battle.  There are several good accounts of the battle but few having detailed OB information for both sides.  I recall some interpolations and extrapolations required from the game fourteen years ago.  Similar work is expected this time around too.  It will be interesting to see if any more concrete information is available now than was a decade and a half ago.

Back to the figures.  As expected from AB, the sculpts are terrific.  Chasseurs in pelisse look splendid.  Fun to paint too.  The 1799 project could use a few more regiments of these.  

Not a lot of time spent at the painting desk this past week.  Only a few short sessions were logged on a few evenings.  My main hobby distractions this week have been studying a few recent board, wargames coming in-house and working through Part 2 of my solo Zorndorf battle.  Part 1 of Zorndorf, (see Zorndorf: Once More Into the Breach), set the stage for Part 2 as the infantry approaches within long range and cavalry battles swirl.  This battle recreation shapes up differently from the previous battles and provides many an interesting decision.  A recap of that action later.