This is a 54mm figure from Metal Modeles representing a drummer from the French 42nd line regiment around 1809-1812. The figure is pretty straight forward with the head, pack, arms, sword and drum as separate pieces. A strip of lead foil is supplied for the drum strap. Metal Modeles casts its heads as one piece with the headgear and all which can make painting in the eyes a bit tricky but otherwise I enjoyed painting it. I'm continuing to practice painting yellows and I tried to get a variation to the whites. There are many wonderful pictures of Napoleonic re-enactors which show a variety of white tones, not only on an individual uniform but from one soldier to the next. I love these photos because I think it gives a real sense of what it must really have been like. I think we forget sometimes that these uniforms weren't being mass produced in factories with each one identical to the next.
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