Friday, May 21, 2010

French Voltigeur

A small framed, agile Voltigeur (vaulter) skirmishes a head of the advancing French column.

I love drawing voltigeurs more than any other Infantryman, I think Its the colours of these Light Infantry that catch my imagination. Like many a Napoleonic war gamer I got my first taste for the era by watching the TV series 'Sharpe'. After first hearing the term 'voltigeur' on the programme, I struggled to get a good look at them and I suppose my fascination grew from there. All my drawing are done from memory while I pass the time on the train coming home from London, so there may be mistakes in the details. It's a very tricky era as far as uniforms go.

4 comments:

  1. haha, tres magnifique!

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  2. Anonymous11:10 am

    Mate, absolutely love your work. Brilliant!!!

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  3. How do you draw like that, i can draw things very.. life like, but i would like to know how to do cartoony things like this!!!

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  4. Hi this is unreal , can I use some of these images in my battle reports on CReaky Gamers Historical ?
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    I'll add credit to you of course.
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