40mm Cuirassiers (Battle of St. Michel)

French cavalry massed for battle

 Taking a short break from painting my 15mm SCW project, I shifted over to finish up a unit of 40mm cuirassiers that I had cast up a few weeks ago. I painted them up as a unit of fictitious Grolsteiners.  My 40mm armies are a mix of imaginary and historical units, basically to get maximum "color" for the time spent casting and painting.

The Grand Duchess' Cuirassiers (still needing their powdered hair painted)

Irish Regiment Bukeley hold a farm on the French right flank.

 I also took the opportunity to set up a battle using Charles Grant's "Raid on St. Michel" campaign book. This is a scaled version of The Battle of St. Michel (teaser 3) on a 6x5 table. The lots of big figures on a small table still works for a straight up 18th century battle.

Pay waggons parked in St. Michel...the objective!

Table overview the French hold St. Michel and the British assault from the top left

French 6lbr

skirmish on the flanks

French cavalry surge forward

The first British volley brings down only a few troopers

A few turns into the battle the French cavalry charged home and via a run of good melee die rolls in the first round basically sent the British packing leaving little chance for a successful assault on the town so I decided end the battle and cast up some more British infantry to improve their offensive punch. I'll try the battle again in a few weeks.