Smohain Buildings Update

My father has made great progress with the buildings for Smohain.  Our system is numbered in accordance with this map:

Building No 1 is nowadays called the Three Ducks restaurant:

Building No 2 is the left hand dwelling as you enter the gate of this large complex:

Building No 3 is set further back in the same courtyard:

Building No 4 is in the same cluster along the front of the road:

The model shows the reverse side:

Building 4a shows a wall extending from Building 4, rising to a small barn:

Building No 5 sits at the road junction:

The model shows the reverse side:

Next to No 5 sits a smaller shed at 5a:

Building No 6 is the mysterious church or school house:

Building No 7 sits further to the North:

 

Building No 8 is a large dwelling:

No 8 has a smaller dwelling at right angles to its western end:

Building 9 is a farm with a gated courtyard.  The gate is under construction.

This building sits behind and at right angles:

Building No 10 is not yet built and no longer exists on Google Earth.

Building No 11 no longer exists on Google Earth:

Building No 12 is a farm:

Building No 13 is a long series of cottages:

Building No 14 no longer exists on Google Earth and is not yet built.

Cuirassier Regiments

 I've been working on the 12 Cuirassiers regiments, all of which fought at Waterloo, along side the two Carabinier, two dragoon and all the Guard cavalry regiments in the Reserve Cavalry charges which are, arguably, the most iconic moment of the battle.

The strength of these regiments varied hugely:

Horse Grenadiers             796

Empress Dragoons           816

1^st Polish Lancers             200

2^nd Red Lancers               1,134

Horse Chasseurs             1,223

Mamelukes                           26

1^st Cuirassiers                     485

2^nd  Cuirassiers                   311

3^rd  Cuirassiers                   480

4^th Cuirassiers                     314

5^th  Cuirassiers                   518

6^th  Cuirassiers                   285

7^th  Cuirassiers                   180

8^th  Cuirassiers                   459

9^th  Cuirassiers                   412

10^th  Cuirassiers                 359

11^th  Cuirassiers                 332

12^th  Cuirassiers                 258

1^st Carabiniers                    434

2^nd  Carabiniers                  413

2^nd Dragoons                      593

7^th Dragoons                       517

Total                                    10,545

The area to be covered by the regiments is as follows:

The Cuirassier regiments were distinguished by their facing colours:  1-3rd Regiments -red; 4-6 Regiments Aurore; 7-9th regiments yellow; 10-12th regiments pink.  They are currently in plastic boxes and even though they look quite clinical and compressed in this environment, I thought you would be interested to see what all 12 regiments look like.  Casualty figures are among them.  Another 100 charging figures for the 11th Regiment are still to come, plus many more casualties.

1st Regiment

2nd Regiment

3rd Regiment

4th Regiment

5th Regiment

6th Regiment

7th Regiment

8th Regiment

9th Regiment

10th Regiment

11th Regiment

12th Regiment - not yet sorted out

The figures are a mixture of metal and plastic of all makes.  I will show the Carabiniers, Dragoons and Guard cavalry separately.

The North East - an Update

 Recently, I've spent my time working on the 12 Cuirassier regiments - a never ending task that occasionally leaves me losing the will to live.

In between times, it's fun to achieve concrete results with the Smohain hamlet and the adjoining farms.  

Here are some images:

The interior of La Haye Farm, with Nassauers in defence

Southern edge

Overview - the Nassau defenders are in place but the French are yet to be attached.

Entrance to farm

Grenadier company - the bases are yet to be hidden

The joins in the track are too obvious at the moment but will be disguised

Barn to the East of the main farm

Track skirting the farm heading North-East.

The buildings in Mmohain (also known as La Marache) follow the scheme in the map below and are built by my father from modern images on Google Earth, but suitably adapted to 1815.

The buildings are arrayed on a table and are not quite in their correct positions.  If you take a Street View search on Google Earth you can how they look today. 

And two more houses: