I think Napoleon would be laughing in his grave if he knew that a bunch of British dudes liked to dress up as Frenchmen and march under his flag for fun.
@kevlonk
Жыл бұрын
The best part is, I doubt Wellington would disapprove.
@MrJayberry176
Жыл бұрын
Knowing the british they would just mispronounce everything and say its actually british guys, trust me.
@manugarcia3578
Жыл бұрын
Deal with it. lol Vive la France !
@AtheAetheling
Жыл бұрын
@@MrJayberry176 The Brits are fascinated by Napoleon, and don't mind admitting it because it isn't personal for them like it could be for other nations. There were even several Royal Navy ships named after some of Napoleon's Marshals.
@VivienVoillot
Жыл бұрын
@@AtheAetheling I always wondered why ? By mockery because they have been asskicked ? Because they turned coat and swron allegeance to whoever was sitting on th BE throne ? Or just as an appreciation of military talent ? My last guess would be because they ran out of name to give :D
@kevlonk
Жыл бұрын
Converting your own Napoleonic War inspired Guard regiment? That's soldiering.
@user-qg4st8ih1d
Жыл бұрын
*Commenting* about converting your own Napoleonic War inspired Guard Regiment? Now *that’s* soldiering!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Oh yes! We soldier on
@MikeKnell2884
Жыл бұрын
Wait till Major Sharpe hears about soldiering flying over peoples heads. Then more substantial items will start flying. And then you will have real soldiering. Not just marching up and down a square.
@randomname3109
Жыл бұрын
using melted metal to bond metallic surfaces? that's soldering!
@crawbag0311
Жыл бұрын
Dang it. Wasn't quick enough for the Sharpe quip. Well played.
@XINGY342
Жыл бұрын
Duncan's Grenadiers will now have to fight Peachy's Ventrillion Nobles for the ultimate showdown of the regiments.
@Fidgottio
Жыл бұрын
That would be a good video on The Painting Phase
@nightlordAL
Жыл бұрын
That'd be bloody brilliant
@ninjaturkey100
Жыл бұрын
Now - if you aren't good at greenstuffing like me, Wargames Atlantic makes a set of French-inspired sci-fi troops in their Death Fields range. Good enough for most I should imagine!
@waaawman
Жыл бұрын
Love their stuff!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
They do some great stuff for sure!
@handlesrstupid123
Жыл бұрын
this would be good sculpting practice to pick up the skills. the hat texture will hide many mistakes. plus you can just make 10 or 20 for ethier vets. conscripts or maybe your sacrificial bump squad up front
@cell32005
Жыл бұрын
Yep, they're called Grognards and they come with a ton of head(wear) options like kepi, adrian helmet and bearskin, all with and without gasmasks.
@sweatilaa5325
Жыл бұрын
Les Grognards and Bulldogs are great kits for this! The Raumjäger kit is also a nice one for a Steel Legion alternative or for sci-fi Wehrmacht parachute troopers
@solidzaku2
Жыл бұрын
What a clean paintjob. You could even say it's looking Sharpe.
@CharlieNoodles
Жыл бұрын
I Sean what you did there
@universalflamethrower6342
Жыл бұрын
I have Bean waiting for a paintjob like this.
@Xoguran
Жыл бұрын
Glad they didn't lost the King's colors.
@Briselance
Жыл бұрын
@@Xoguran They would have lost the King's friendship.
@radomircita9420
Жыл бұрын
Sharpe's two thin coats is the next installment
@RaptorShadow
Жыл бұрын
Something I really appreciate is that even though Duncan has his own paint range, he still uses other ranges where he feels they're the appropriate colour.
@Inzanepiratical
Жыл бұрын
My dad was a huge reenactor (French fur trader/ww2 correspondence) and it was a huge part of my childhood. He was the one who got me into the miniatures hobby! Greatest painting teacher AND a reenactor? So glad to see you dressing up and enjoying living history!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
What a fantastic story. Thanks for sharing 😊
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching everyone! We hope you enjoyed this tutorial and have fun creating and kit-bashing your own regiments, kill-teams or squads! Let us know if you have done any yourself in the comments below, we'd love to hear from you! Cheers Dunc & Rog
@stujm84
Жыл бұрын
"La Garde meurt, elle ne se rend pas!" Great kitbash Duncan. Would be cool to see more like this, especially with nods to actual historical armies. Admittedly, the Imperial Guard is so good for things like that!
@radomircita9420
Жыл бұрын
I would love to see Hussian Zealots regiment with flails attached to their lasguns
@bakauf4300
Жыл бұрын
An old regiment made to be in the Astra Militarum. Eagles everywhere. A trooper with a two headed Imperial Eagle standard would really finish these guys off. Cool idea, this lot. 👍
@Short_Shots
Жыл бұрын
Canonically, it is possible that the Napoleon was secretly the Emperor of Man
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Rumour has it 🤣
@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t
Жыл бұрын
He was having issues with his ability to control how he appeared to others, and people remembered him as being much shorter than he intended.
@felixflitou
Жыл бұрын
That would explain the authoritarianism and slavery of the Imperium 🤔
@KuK137
Жыл бұрын
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t That's urban legend because dumb englishmen didn't notice continental units were bigger so he was pretty tall...
@uwesca6263
Жыл бұрын
@@KuK137 he was often surrounded by grenadiers. Those are usualy a bit larger than normal soldiers and had a huge hat. In the end it was just probaganda that napoleon was a small man that compensates...
@romanklaeger5397
Жыл бұрын
For those of us not keen on doing this amount of work for a single miniatur: Les Grognards from Wargames Atlantic are just that.
@MajorSvenGaming
Жыл бұрын
Second this, they are fantastic models.
@thenovideoman5886
Жыл бұрын
The true appeal of the guard for a collector- customisable. Now that Mordians, valhallans, and many more are gone us guard collectors need to get creative. You've done an amazing job at that.
@nakenmil
Жыл бұрын
This seems like a great guide to make things like kitbashed Vostroyans, or even something inspired by the Janissaries, for example.
@philt8442
Жыл бұрын
Spooky timing as I’m making a French inspired Imperial Guard regiment too 😂 awesome work ❤️
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Nice indeed!
@Rajdane
Жыл бұрын
As a Frenchman, this just put a smile on my face ❤
@Khrist75
Жыл бұрын
As a French, i think it's a vibrant hommage done to Napoleonic armies. Pretty well done Duncan !!
@mandowarrior123
Жыл бұрын
As a Frank (or Frenchman/Frog)* but I'll excuse your French. You could also say 'Being French,' or 'as a French person' but they are less appropriate. Shame about the old jokes of the French Franc being a redundant currency (all Franks are French, hur hur)
@samwise7538
Жыл бұрын
@@mandowarrior123 'Being French,' or 'as a French person' would be wholly more appropriate than saying "as a Frank" since that's not a word for French people and hasn't been for many centuries now...
@guillaumedumas6555
Жыл бұрын
Vive l'Empereur !
@madmerlinsart
Жыл бұрын
Vive Le Space France! Lovely tutorial, and very inspiring. I've been holding onto so Les Grognods from Wargames Atlantinc's Death Fields range, with the hopes to make a Vostroyan Firstborn army. But with the intention to possibly use it at tournaments I'd much rather have official GW components. This video has given me a new approach to that project. Now to just finish other projects first, lol.
@MrCrystalwarrior1
Жыл бұрын
Thank all the Gods that I'm NOT the only one who creates Astra Militarium regiments for other gamers using historical uniforms/figures and LOTS of Green Stuff to get unique looking, fun to paint minis. I'd never used E45 cream this way before (I use it on my crusty feet after a long day walking round all the charity shops that I get my terrain bits from :-D), so this is definitely going to be something fun to try for myself :-) Fantastic to see such inspiring videos, so a HUGE thank you, Duncan, for posting this.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Our pleasure :-)
@TheBowTizzle
Жыл бұрын
I work as a historic interpreter playing an infantryman in the Army of the Potomac. It inspired me to want to build a Civil War themed Astra Militarum regiment. Glad to see I'm not the only one with this idea 😁
@vatiti9573
Жыл бұрын
As both a fellow French and Napoleonic era fan (I know, those two facts often come together XD), I must say that this miniature is wonderful, and GOSH YOUR UNIFORM ! I used to do some research on the subject of how uniforms were, were made and worn under Napoleon a while ago, and everything in yours in ON POINT, it's incredible.
@mirage809
Жыл бұрын
A full on sculpting tutorial from Duncan? Today is a good day. Also, Napoleon really knew how to make his army look good. That uniform design is pure class and I can see why it still inspires people after more than 200 years.
@artycharr
Жыл бұрын
I cant wait to keep a sharpe eye out for all the soldiering thats about to occur!
@titouanlesourd1642
Жыл бұрын
LA GARDE MEURT MAIS NE SE REND PAS. Just here to pay my respects from a French "citoyen" to a British artist. Beautiful job.
@th3ir0nf0x
Жыл бұрын
I know this isnt a gaming channel but would love to see these guys against Peachy's Ventrillian Nobles!
@BazKami
Жыл бұрын
When I first saw the screen shot, I thought it was part of the War Games Atlantic miniature Les Grognards set. This one looks fun to paint, I will pick up a set.
@col.hertford9855
Жыл бұрын
Nice Duncan, glad you got a proper geek out moment!!! Love the napoleonic stuff.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@chrisboyle6175
Жыл бұрын
My custom Astra Militarum army has a detachment based on the 95th Rifles (because if you're into the napoleonic war and don't like Sharpe I'm sorry, there's no saving you) so this is super helpful regarding the rifles! Thank you so much!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
That sounds awesome! And, of course, it's our pleasure to help a little 😊
@OliveGarden420
Жыл бұрын
my favourite thing is seeing a nice green stuff sculpt all primed and ready to go.
@Blaxkleric
Жыл бұрын
Excellent conversion. Presumably as its all GW bitz you can field them in official GW tournaments too..? Nice to see a painting tutorial which isn’t just a pair of hands.!!! ;-)
@keenforson478
Жыл бұрын
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@michealhayward8767
Жыл бұрын
I'm currently converting and painting my guard based on my dad's regiment, The Household Cavalry. Waiting for the rough riders to appear to start on that conversion journey. Just got to figure out how to do the helmets. I have loved watching your work Duncan. Get job.
@soddof7972
Жыл бұрын
My Father in Law was in Royal Scots Dragoons and I would love but have no time to make kilts and bearskins on a guard army along with household cavalry rough riders.
@michealhayward8767
Жыл бұрын
@soddof Bearskins are easy. Just order them from Anvil Industries. Kilts, you can also order, but it shouldn't be too difficult to do with greenstuff.
@dondongman
Жыл бұрын
I watched the gw video on painting angron but it's not the same as watching you paint a daemon primarch. I can't wait to see you paint him.
@cordial001
Жыл бұрын
I don't really do complex conversions myself, but I always try to add little touches to make a squad 'my own'. This has inspired me to maybe go a bit further :)
@wingnoot048
Жыл бұрын
Well, I for one did NOT know about the re-enactment. You keep getting cooler and cooler!
@HA1LILPALAZZO
Жыл бұрын
this video has inspired me into sorting out a squad of verteran guardsmen and to make each member of the squad from a different regiment as if they are survivors in a campaign that have come together
@sarudon8412
Жыл бұрын
Duncan is a reenactor! I geeked out over that. As a fellow reenactor i appreciate! Viva la France from your muskrat cousins here in SE Michigan!
@QuentinMEREL
Жыл бұрын
Pour l'Empereur et l'Imperium de l'Humanité ! Great video as usual! Always inspiring. And now I want to paint a mini, thanks Sigmar it is Sunday ;)
@the_arcanum
Жыл бұрын
Le 45e de ligne ! Valmy ! Austerlitz ! Friedland ! Waterloo even. Nice choice, Duncan you wear it well :D
@loupiscanis9449
Жыл бұрын
Thank you , DRPA . What no , Cuffs Collers or Turnbacks !! 🐺
@trippsclips903
Жыл бұрын
I've been really thinking about doing some Caroleans with the new Krieg plastics and that musket conversion has been killing me. Thanks for the video!!
@Matt-tb5un
Жыл бұрын
This is a cross of my two favorite wargames! So cool. Bravo Duncan!
@Rafal0905
Жыл бұрын
Looks like my old vostroyan firstborn. Also, thank you for the video on how to paint Vostroyan tanks a few years ago, but still in use! :)
@SobotRex
Жыл бұрын
Would love to see more Napoleonic tutorials on the site ;)
@fakestreetspirit
11 ай бұрын
You're an absolute inspiration. Thank you for uploading this great video. The Space Red Coats will have this Guard for breakfast - line always beats column tactics.
@GrumpyThump
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see one of the heavy ordinance batteries for these guys. Love these videos so much. Keep the conversions coming!
@dekai7992
Жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff! This approach may actually be a great starting point for plastic Vostroyans, an army I fell deeply in love with when they were released alongside Cities of Death, but who were super intimidating for me because they were all white metal. Great inspiration, thanks a lot!
@Adahn5
Жыл бұрын
I love it! This is amazing, Mr. Rhodes. This is such a creative kit-bash too.
@patrickbateman7941
Жыл бұрын
As always you did an amazing job Duncan ! Thank you for sharing your passion with US
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Epolas06
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this amazing kitbashing Duncan. It looks like a super cool project to complete for whoever would follow your steps. I enjoyed the video as a crossover of my two favourite universes. Very creative.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching 😊
@adamstewart5188
Жыл бұрын
Somehow, Duncan owning a Napoleonic era costume for historical re-enactments is the least surprising thing I've ever learned.
@vaudevillian7
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff, I used to be in the NA in the 3eme Garde and in the GWS with the 8e RI. My current Militarum regiment is based on the French Foreign Legion, primarily of the 40s - 60s visually
@adamsboringvids
Жыл бұрын
Now do a fully converted 95th Rifles for kill team!
@adamcarey6093
Жыл бұрын
Playing 40K and reenacting Napoleonic battles, sounds like a fun dude
@Taffer-bx7uc
Жыл бұрын
Very nice. Not too over the top and insane looking. Looks very practical and believable. Also like that you put the type of bush and paints used in the video too. And you have a ASMR voice as well.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 👍
@Fulgrim2
Жыл бұрын
Huh, nice idea and interesting fact! I just go with terrible puns for my armies/kill teams. You haven’t lived until you make the person manning the GW/hobby shop groan out loud.
@YanniCooper
Жыл бұрын
If you're doing a lot of GS work, put a dab of hand cream on the back of your off hand, then you can relubricate your sculpting tools super quickly. When you're done you can just just use what's left for its intended purpose. Also, most any hand cream will work...
@lexfrenchy8159
Жыл бұрын
Great work here, once again, Duncan! Also, as a french man myself with british friends, that kind of video, or project, is a good way to make fun of each others ^^. So, thank you for that.
@malkomalkavian
Жыл бұрын
In my opinion, for what that is worth, it would be best to advise youngsters to get an adult to help and support with risky activities, rather than advising them to get an adult to do it for them. Risk is not reduced by having the risk removed, it is reduced by gaining the skill to deal with the risk. Great idea for a vid and great vid, thank you :)
@jacklovell3181
Жыл бұрын
I had always intended to do a regiment of British regulars from the American Revolution but I could never find the peices I was looking for, this vid has helped inspire me to start looking again.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! have fun with it
@laurensvannijvel3256
Жыл бұрын
C'est magnifique, citoyen Rhodes! Vive l'Empereur, vive deux couches minces!
@maximes4925
Жыл бұрын
One of the best painting I've seen on youtube. And I m not saying that only because I m french.
@briancrooks5982
Жыл бұрын
Being a huge fan of the “Sharpe’s series” and the novels, I remember reading that the 95th rifles used to loot the back packs from French casualties because they were made of leather as opposed to their issued back packs that were canvas painted black, although I thought the French backpacks were black as well….I could be mistaken though
@jimmychengdu
Жыл бұрын
very creative concept ,definitely going to try this , thats thinking out of the box for sure
@mattiasgamin9640
Жыл бұрын
Excellent! Reenactment is great fun and so is painting miniatures. So great combination of interests. :-) And great conversion and great end result!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@fuckyougoogle5915
Жыл бұрын
Looks absolutely epic! That Corsican egomaniac would be proud!
@manofaction1807
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the "inspiration!" I'll be adding a platoon of these for laughs to the Task Force: Golgotha outfit I have.
@franckluciani9284
Жыл бұрын
Very cool project! For those who don't feel like kitbashing two sets for 80 odd euros, you can also go to wargames atlantic and get 20 of them from a dedicated well built kit frop their deathfields range : "les grognards" (30ish euros for the set, so half the price for twice more troops).
@Banana-qf2km
Жыл бұрын
You know, i had the exact same idea for my guard regiment using the new guard kit , really love the look you gave them and some great inspiration to make them look even better. Definately gona be coming back to this video allot. Vive l'empereur!!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks for watching 😊
@allenhawk5740
Жыл бұрын
I can't wait to see a combat patrols worth of his custom regiment!
@jonesdaevilone
Жыл бұрын
DAMN Duncan!! Lookin' fly
@kiesarisunny13
Жыл бұрын
I actually just started a T'au army themed off the Soviet Navy called the Red Fleet, sometimes all you need is a visual change to start your next fav Army
@paulcocks7299
Жыл бұрын
I'm enjoying all this effort to make Astra Militarum that could be considered to be Imperial Guard. ;)
@duaneepps7346
Жыл бұрын
WHAT AN INTRO!!😍 You look right at home in that uniform.
@edwindrood2816
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I kitbashed an old high elves army (all metal days) and it took a long time using the tiny hacksaw and pinning wings and arms and swords (looking at you, Hoeth)
@evangelosvasiliades1204
Жыл бұрын
As the proud owner of a French guard regiment of my own, it is fantastic to see the idea get more attention! Cool to see the differences and similarities between our uniforms. My lads admittedly wear shacos instead as preference, with the bear skins kept to the Scions.
@matthewwheelden9263
Жыл бұрын
Love it. Remember seeing you at a show last summer but not being able to remember where I recognised your face from.
@Gorbz
Жыл бұрын
There is always Wargames Atlantic that do their own Napoleonic-inspired plastic sci-fi French soldier kit. Or Anvil Industry that have quite the selection of historic inspired resin heads and bodies.
@thepavl
Жыл бұрын
This is excellent ! Great job Duncan!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
@caitlynwarrington8690
Жыл бұрын
Nice work on the conversion and the painting explanation. He looks great!
@TheeYellowDart
Жыл бұрын
Duncan, would love to see your take on the Praetorian Guard regiment!
@RevanR
Жыл бұрын
the guard dies but does not surrender Bravo sir, bravo.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@papazoulou9326
Жыл бұрын
This is great, as I needed colour schemes for my french-inspired "Corps de la mort de la guerre"
@genericname4739
Жыл бұрын
When I first started playing 40k I chose Astra Militarum and I actually based my army off the Napoleonic French. Though I wished I found out about the Les Grognards models sooner so the Army might look more authentically pleasing, though I don't think I could ever complain too much. I'm quite happy with what I did for a first army.
@kelimar3014
Жыл бұрын
This is great! I was just thinking of doing a Napoleonic era guardsmen build.
@klug5916
Жыл бұрын
A British playing the beginning of the Marseillaise at the end of his video. I'm proud, it shows that there is a glimpse of hope in you, Mr. Rosbif! Stupid French joke aside, it was a very good video, showing more than your remarkable painting skills, but also an interesting kitbashing approach, as well as a nice historical inspiration!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, we had fun making this one for sure
@klug5916
Жыл бұрын
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA Absoluely, a lot of fun. Still, even if your videos are always of top quality, this one was more than "just" some paintjob, and I found it particularily interesting and inspiring!
@MrUvstam
Жыл бұрын
Using the side of the brush for edge highlighting, now why have I never thoguht of that! I tip my bearskin hat to you sir!
@mlpman246
Жыл бұрын
Outstanding uniform, Duncan!
@StephenGraves
Жыл бұрын
Nice! I'd be tempted to trim the little flanges from the sides of the rifle muzzle to make it look a bit less Skitarii and a bit more musket-y. Presumably if you were doing these en masse it'd be easier to source some suitably behatted heads from a third-party historical range?
@Siege181
Жыл бұрын
Oh and btw, love the Two Thin Coats paints! Great consistency and you have the BEST bottle design! Looking forward for the general release of the 2nd set (couldn’t afford to back on kickstarter, I apologise!) and hope you keep them coming!
@Zzrik
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that no one have done anything like a Napoleon/steam punk miniature game lol, that would surely be an interesting twist and also a really awesome regiment there.
@GamingMediocrity
Жыл бұрын
If you add 1/10th or 2/10th mulliput superfine to green stuff 50/50 mix, you get a hard plaster that doesn't chip.
@ian84
9 ай бұрын
love the kitbash stuff
@lyrunos
Жыл бұрын
La garde meurt mais ne se rend pas ! Thanks for this tutorial, i will use this for my own kill team !
@chikami6014
Жыл бұрын
THank you so much for highlighting the French Imperial Guard! :'D
@SoloWing88
Жыл бұрын
I didn;tk now how much I like this astetic, I wish for more but I know it's hard to find. I hope for more of the grenadiers
@alexjohansson1476
Жыл бұрын
Really like the Ultramarine! For next chapter i think you should do a Sons of Horus marine!
@peters.9463
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I did not know that you are an reenactor! Very cool! I once saw the reenactment of a battle of the napoleonic era here in Austria. It was amazing! Not only what all the reenactors set up but also how many they were. They had not only infantry but artillery and even cavalry! Very interesting and impressive! The conversion you made is very nice! I like the way the musket looks. I used a miniature from the "Les Grognard" set from Wargames Atlantics to try out a paint job inspired by the Austrian line infantry from the napoleonic era. This set has great fur cap heads, ideal for french grenardiers by the way. I used the shako for my mini. I want to create an army in the style of the Austrian army from that time, so white coats for infantry, brown for artillery and, at least in my case, green for the cavalry. I have chosen a specific cavalry regiment, chevauleger, with green coats. All lapels are red and the left shoulder too. That should tie the army a bit together, I hope ;) I will mainly use the GW models and I am not yet sure if I will go for the shakos for all the models from the Wargames Atlantic models. I also tried to copy the typical Austrian helmet from that era with the helmet from the Elucidian Starstriders kill team, one with a visor. That looks good so far, but the paint job is not yet completed. I hope I will be done with that army this year! Thanks for your videos! They are always very inspiring!
@Hobbyrepubliken
Жыл бұрын
More conversions and kitbashes pls!
@SwedishDunedain
Жыл бұрын
In the 2nd edition of the 40k RPG Dark Heresy, the sector capitol of Juno has a pdf force called the Grand Army or ”the Oldbloods”, and the planets IG regiments are called the Juno Grand Fussiliers. Since they were obviously inspired by Napoleons Grand Army, my head-canon is that the High-Gothic dialect of the planet sounds like french 😁 I immidiatly though about Junos Grand Army when I saw this, great work as always Duncan 🙂👌
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊 and thanks for the interesting comment on the GRand Army or 'Oldbloods'. Nice bit of lore.
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