Chosen Men - British Light Infantryman (Nick)

Not the 95th rifles suggested last time, but a light infantryman of the 45th Nottinghamshire Regiment of Foot instead and my first ever British Redcoat - figure is Warlord Games plastic British Line Infantry with alternative metal head.

Mostly painted with Citadel Contrast paints over white, with additional highlights in normal acrylics - starting with the white details in Apothecary White (later highlighted/tidied up with Vallejo 'Off White'), then carefully pre-colour/flood the scarlet jacket areas with Blood Angels Red, shade the creases with Flesh Tearers Red and highlight with Green Stuff World 'Ember Orange' - other colours following a similar pattern as appropriate.

The separate backpack and attached equipment was started from a black primer as that seemed more sensible given the final colours, but would probably work just as well in the same technique as the main figure over white.

I'm not sure if the Flank Company/Light Infantry shako is strictly correct but the alternative metal heads mean I can use a handful of mixed sprues I picked up over the years, some with covered Belgic shakos for Waterloo/100 Days campaign, some with Stovepipe shakos for the Peninsula campaign and even some with stiffened caps for Hanoverian regiments.

The covered Belgic shakos I do have will be used later for some Line Infantry and should make them really easy to distinguish from one another on the table top.

I don't even know if the 45th were issued with Belgic shakos at all, as they were returned to barracks in 1814 and were not present for the 100 Days campaign/Waterloo - so a bit of artistic license anyway.

Despite these shortcomings or maybe oversights from a historical point of view, I chose the 45th Nottinghamshire Regiment for the same reasons as some of my previous projects to inject some local flavour - this seems to be the most local regiment during the Napoleonic conflict and later joined with the 95th Derbyshire Regiment of Foot to become the infamous Sherwood Foresters, so the most 'Derby' link I could find... the fact that their colours are also green means they tie in again with my favoured green/yellow (orange) theme that seems to be running through these projects too.

Hopefully he passes muster and I can knock up a few more to complete my first unit for Chosen Men and possibly Sharp Practice too.