Friday, 5 June 2015

WAS in Italy (8): General Cinzano organizes his troops




I've painted up some Piedmontese light guns and a mounted General. The artillery crews are Prussians from Crusader with pompoms removed, cockades added and cuffs enlarged with green-stuff. The guns are Perrys AWI Hessian guns. I was not sure what colour to paint the Piedmontese artillery but a couple of sources suggested a shade of green so I've gone for a dark green.

The General is a magnificent one-piece-casting from the Perry's AWI French range - French colonels. They are lovely figures and very expressive I think. The epaulettes were removed, cuffs thickened, a cockade added as well as a sash. Cinzano (was that Bianco or Rosso, I wonder) was a Piedmontese major-general (and colonel of the recently painted Fuiliers regiment) so he is wearing his regimentals as he orders his troops forward at Campo Santo.
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5 comments:

  1. Phil5 June 2015 at 14:06

    Lovely minis...and photos!

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  2. Fabrizio Davi'5 June 2015 at 22:43

    Cinzano Bianco or Rosso...ahahhahah. A joke for italians native! However, your minis are delightful.

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  3. Scheck6 June 2015 at 08:49

    What a wonderful deployment with an outstanding regiment! Again you made a seldom seen unit and artillery pieces - for me, going to your blog is like scrolling in a historical uniform book - fascinating! And the Signore General is a hero, that´s clear!
    Bravo!
    Peter

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  4. Painted Soldier7 June 2015 at 05:20

    Thank you all for your kind comments. Scheck - your blog is an inspiration to me and has made me improve my photography.

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  5. irisbarbaresco3 June 2016 at 01:02

    I am native from Piedmont and I am astonished by your love for my "country" (I do prefer to consider myself as Savoyard/Piedmontese than Italian); acutally Cinzano is still a very small town next Alba (Ferrero and Nutella) and the name of the General was probably Marone - Cinzano, counts of that town, a family still living today

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