Hinton Hunt Painting Instructions

After a significant amount of work I have now finished transcribing all the sets of original Hinton Hunt Painting Transactions I have or which people have kindly sent me.

These originals are typically slightly (at least) fuzzy carbon copy type documents. They don't reproduce well when posted so transcribing them seemed to be the best way to preserve them and make them accessible and usable.

Marcus Hinton was not entirely consistent in style or spelling but I have tried to remain as true as possible to the originals, avoiding editing and keeping as close to the original text and layout.

All are for Napoleonic figures.

I have grouped them in seven separate documents:

A - Index - a list of all those included in the transcripts

1 - AN Codes - Austrians (16)
2 - BN Codes - British (24)
3 - FN Codes - French (51)
4 - PN Codes - Prussian (11)
5 - RN Codes - Russian (9)

6 - Smaller Nations - includes Bavaria (1), Brunswick (3), Netherlands (1), Hesse-Darmstadt (2), Nassau (1), Portugal (1), Grand Duchy of Warsaw (1), Wurttemberg (1)

These documents are pdfs. I hope there may be some additions in time as people may send me scans or copies of sets I don't yet have.

As there is the potential for these documents to change I am not making them available at the moment for download. Instead, you can send me a comment (which I won't publish), giving your email address and saying which of the seven documents you would like me to send you.

It may be that more recent research has overtaken some of this information but Marcus Hinton was serious about his research and they give the authentic answer to how he expected his figures to be painted in the 1960s and 70s. Having transcribed them all I can confirm I think they will be very helpful for anyone looking to paint these vintage figures (provided, of course, the particular set of instructions you need were available to me and are included in my list0.

As I am doing this because once I had done it for myself I thought I would share the information with others, this is all on a good will basis so I make no guarantees about how quickly I can deal with any requests I receive, but I will do my best to respond quickly.

This information is provided on condition no commercial use is made of it, and on condition you do not copy and send to anyone else. If you know of anyone who would also like them, please direct them here to obtain them from me.

Napoleonic Units: Nassau Battalion

A picture of one of my (currently three) 20 man Nassau battalions - I have just sold a fourth on e-bay. I have had the officer in bicorn off the unit base to try to work out whether this is the Nassau Fusilier Officer or not - it is possible it might be Grand Duchy of Warsaw figure. The grenadier officer, second from left on the front row, is of course an FN 80 French Light Infantry Voltigeur officer - they get everywhere.

Wargames Holiday Centre: Nassau units

The 1st Nassau are (I think) Austrian line infantry, with an Alberken French standard bearer, and I think a French drummer and sergeant.

The 2nd Nassau are Prussioan figures.

Nassau 1810-15

The original catalogue description states:

Tough and very professional soldiers the Nassau Infantry made a colourful spectacle in their green uniforms trimmed in yellow and in Hussar-like fur busbies.

The troops of Nassau fought against Britain in the Peninsular War but were useful allies to the British cause in the Waterloo campaign where they played a vital role.

Nations allied against Napoleon - Germans and Dutch Belgians

The original catalogue description states:

The following small nations played an inportant role in the war against France giving valuable support to the British Army.

Unfortunately, due to some unflattering remarks by contemporary writers, a wholly false picture of the fighting abilities of these troops has been built up. However, a study of the facts proves the high quality of these men.

NN 17 Nassau Fusilier marching

NN 16 Fusilier Officer marching

Thanks to Mark D for this picture. I wish my Oxfam shop was like his.

NN 14 Nassau Fusilier charging

NN 3 Nassau Grenadier Officer charging

NN 2 Nassau Grenadier charging

NN 1 Nassau Grenadier firing