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GNM Miniatures - Napoleonic Diorama

Reviews of new metal figures to arrive in the hobby by Rob Hendrie
February 2012

There can be few other more recognisable charges in the whole of British military history than this ... so no prizes for guessing that this diorama depicts the charge of the Scots Greys and Gordon Highlanders at Waterloo. It is titled ‘Scotland Forever’ after Lady Butler’s famous 1881 painting of the same name.

With richly-detailed resin bases and thirteen 60mm metal figures, this all-action diorama from Graham Mollard comes in three sections – the middle section of which has been seen before. There is much to take in here; the wider picture as well as the well-composed and executed individual combats.

The French figures represent the Foot Artillery with the exception of the axe-wielding sapper. Down at eye level, as some of these photographs illustrate, you get an excellent sense of just what it was like to be a foot soldier facing fast incoming cavalry. Generate a bit of smoke to waft across it and the acrid sniff of cordite and you could almost be there!

The golden segment for me is on the right with the thunderously flowing, flying grey which has just leapt a destroyed canon and now delivers its rider towards a French bayonet. I think this brilliant piece of action is representative of Wellington’s later lament that ‘the British cavalry never know when to stop charging.’ The charge went further than intended and, with spent horses, the Scots were then heavily attacked and struggled to regain their lines. In all, the 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) lost 102 men killed, 97 injured and 228 horses were lost. The fate of one of them is depicted on the left hand section of this piece.

All the figures featured were specially made for this diorama and are only available as part of each individual section as seen. If you commit to buying the whole diorama it will be possible to purchase one figure at a time and build up to the full diorama.

Graham Mollard’s creations are always passionate, romantic and painstaking celebrations of a vivid, richly coloured period of soldiery. This diorama packs all that in but this potent mix also includes the heat, courage and chaos of battle.

Contact:

GNM Miniatures
The Old Chapel
Selby Road
Camblesforth
Selby
North Yorkshire
YO8 8HX

Tel: 01757 611485
Email: gnmminiatures@btinternet.com

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