More pictures of those Peter Gilder Lancers

These two pictures are taken from the original series "The Napoleonic Wargame" by Charles Grant, published in Military Modelling. These pictures were published in August and October 1972. The unit is the same one as are pictured at the head of the right hand column of this blog. I now own half this unit, unfortunately without any of the command figures.

Napoleon reviews the Imperial Guard - Peter Gilder

In a right to reply to the previous post, Napoleon watches the Imperial Guard march past. I am particularly fond of this picture as the Lancers in the bottom left are the self same figures pictured at the head of the right hand column of the Hinton Hunter home page.

Wellington and Staff at Hougoumont - Peter Gilder

Charles Grant wrote a long running series, the Napoleonic Wargame, in Military Modelling magazine from March 1971 to April 1973. This later became the basis for his book Napoleonic Wargames, also published by MAP, in 1974. The magazine series was illustrated by some (pretty small) photographs, often of Peter Gilder's work.

Peter Gilder Collection - 7th Cuirassiers

Peter Gilder Collection - Guard Horse Grenadiers

Peter Gilder Collection - Guard Empress Dragoons

Peter Gilder Collection - Guard Elite Gendarmes

Peter Gilder Collection - 3rd Hussars

Peter Gilder Collection - 1st Polish Guard Lancers

Peter Gilder Collection - 1st Carabiniers

Peter Gilder Collection - 1st Line Lancers Command

Peter Gilder Collection - 1st Line Lancers

Foot Artillery of the Guard 1808/1815

The original catalogue description states:

in bearskins, long tailed coats, breeches and long gaiters, with muskets slung

Peter Gilder's Polish Lancers of the Guard

This is the iconic Peter Gilder Hinton Hunt unit, a squadron of the 1st Guard Lancers, based on FN 44 figures, with new wire lances carried slung at the elbow, and individual tinplate beses.

Peter Gilder's French Cavalry

I was fortunate recently to jointly purchase with another collector Peter Gilder's own collection of Hinton Hunt French cavalry figures. These have in many cases been extensively modified, for example with the addition of reins, replacement of swords, removal of cast bases and rplacement by sheet steel, and, of course, simply wonderful paint jobs. Until anyone proves different I will regard these as the ultimate Hinton Hunt figures.