In the pictures most of hussars are shown without their haversacks and canteens, they will in fact have them on the finished models.

Plastic boxed set containing 14 plastic figures.

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Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

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• 72 Plastic and metal British Line infantry in Belgic Shakos
• 24 Plastic and metal Hanoverian infantry
• 12 Plastic and metal British Union Brigade heavy cavalry
• Officer on horse
• Royal Horse Artillery 9-pdr cannon
• Full-colour flag sheets

Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

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• 84 French Line infantry
• 28 French Light infantry
• 12 French Line Lancers
• Officer on horse
• 6-pdr cannon
• Full-color flag sheets
• Waterslide decal sheets

Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

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Mounted on small but tough horses, they were used on campaign in scouting and raiding roles. Their élan and dash made up for their smaller mounts and lack of armour on the field of battle.

Principally armed with the curved light cavalry sabre they could also carry a carbine, or more commonly a pistol, into the fray.

A regiment was formed into four squadrons, each of two companies, and the first company in a regiment was usually the elite company, distinguished by their bearskin fur colpacks.

Vive L’Empereur!

Box set Contains:

• 12 plastic easy-build French Hussars.
• 1 additional metal officer and metal horse.
• 1 additional metal bugler.
• Optional metal arm for eagle bearer.

Although a standard unit size for French Hussars would be 12 in most games, this box allows you to make 13 mounted French Hussars, giving you the choice of fielding them with or without command models.

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

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Armed with carbine, curved sabre and bayonet (an item disliked by the cavalrymen who used it to dig up vegetables or ‘lost’ it on campaign) the Chasseurs were most happy in the saddle, although they were also trained to fight on foot should the need arise.

At the height of the French Army under Bonaparte’s reign there were 31 regiments of Chasseurs à Cheval although only 15 regiments were available for the titanic Hundred Days campaign that culminated at the Battle of Waterloo. Our superbly detailed Chasseurs à Cheval are provided with covered and uncovered shakos as well as the colpacks favoured by the elite companies.

Although requested not to wear the sabretache beyond 1808 many Chasseurs would keep this item well beyond this decree and thus we’ve included it on our models. For those of you wishing to follow regulations over reality simply snip the sabretache off.

Contains:

• 12 plastic easy-build French Light Cavalry
• 1 metal officer and horse
• Optional metal parts to make a trumpeter and eagle bearer
• Includes options for shako, oilskin covered shakos and the elite company Colpack fur hat.

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Contains:

• 12 plastic British Household Brigade heavy cavalry.
• 1 metal officer miniature.
• Metal bugler arm.
• Background leaflet.

The 1st Cavalry Brigade – also known as the ‘Household Cavalry’ – was arguably Britain’s finest unit of cavalry. Impatient due to seeing little action in the Peninsular war and tired of parades, the Household Brigade was only too pleased to be on the field at Waterloo to show what these gentlemen could do. There were four units in the division, the red-jacketed 1st and 2nd Lifeguards, the Horse guards (their blue tunics giving them their nickname, ‘the blues’) and four squadrons of the 1st King’s Dragoon Guards.

The day before the battle of Waterloo the Lifeguards launched two charges against aggressive French lancers, pushing them back pell-mell and restoring the cavalry’s reputation. On the day of the battle itself the Household Brigade blunted massed French infantry attacks before savaging the accompanying Cuirassier regiments. They would take a French eagle that day –one of only two taken on the day and a true reflection of their fighting prowess.

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

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They were equipped with the Baker rifle – a supremely accurate weapon for the period – which would hit single targets at ranges unheard of for the smoothbore muskets which most other troops carried.

They earned a superb reputation in the Peninsular campaign and later at Waterloo, being battalions that Wellington could rely upon. To help maintain the effectiveness of the companies, reliable and trusted men would be issued with a white tape around the arm distinguishing them as ‘chosen men’ and expected to inspire the rank and file.

To make up for the short length of their rifles, they were issued with wicked looking sword bayonets, long enough to give a parity against an enemy bayonet.

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The greatest generals of the age finally faced each other on the field of battle; The Duke of Wellington, rooted to a little-known ridge, faced, the Emperor of the French. Napoleon Bonaparte, master of the attack, opposed brigades of British, Germans, Dutch and Belgians; brigades of an infamous army that, despite horrific casualties, clung to the ridge for over nine hours to ensure that the arrival of BlǬcher’s Prussian army would put the Duke victory beyond doubt.

The Battle of Waterloo became a true landmark in military history, one that will never fade, and nothing on such a grand scale would be seen again.

This new starter set for Black Powder contains everything needed to start your campaign for victory at Waterloo!

Contents include:

• Soft back A5 version of the new Black Powder Second Edition rulebook
• Easy start guide
• 12 Chasseurs à Cheval
• 48 French infantry
• 48 British infantry
• 24 Hanoverian Infantry
• 1x Metal Royal artillery cannon
• 1x metal French foot commander
• 1x metal British foot commander
• Bases for all above models
• Six d6
• Card playsheet and casualty markers

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As well as providing for the fundamentals of warfare such as the command of troops, movement on the battlefield, the effects of musketry and artillery, and the role of morale, the book includes numerous examples of further rules allowing the player to tailor games to their own preferences.

In addition, twelve complete examples of Black Powder battles are included, embracing a range of conflicts throughout the period covered.

• Battle of Elixheim – War of the Spanish Succession, 1705
• Battle of Clifton Moor – Jacobite Rising, 1745
• Raid on Fort Ligonier – French and Indian War, 1758
• Battle of Chinsurah – Seven Years’ War, 1759
• Battle of Bunker Hill – American War of Independence, 1775
• Battle of North Point – The War of 1812, 1814
• Quatre Bras – Napoleonic War, 1815
• The Eve of Waterloo – Napoleonic War, 1815
• Battle of Kernstown – American Civil War, 1862
• Battle of Antietam – American Civil War, 1862
• Battle of Dead Man’s Creek – Sioux War, 1876-77
• Action on the iNyezane – Zululand, 1879

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