Saturday, August 30, 2025

Sash & Saber 40mm British Center Company Figures

 

A company of the South Essex Regiment on the road, preceded by several
riflemen from the 95th Regiment 

The past week or so has seen a few more additions to my 40mm Napoleonic skirmish game armies. Today I want to post several pictures of a British Center Company unit comprised of 20 rank and file and some command figures (1 captain, 1 drummer and 1 NCO). I might also add a color guard so that Sir Henry Simmerson can lose the King's Colours once again.

Remember, "a man who loses the King's Colours has no friends at court".



I am using Litko skirmish bases that hold ten 30mm round stands of individual figures. They can be removed from the movement base as needed. Shown above we see one group of ten rank and file soldiers and the captain of the company. The other stand of ten figures will be commanded by a Sergeant. These are all 40mm Sash & Saber figures.

The Characters:

Some of the characters from Sharpe: Sir Henry Simmerson, the evil colonel of the South Essex regiment that he raised from his own pocket. The figure wearing the blue coat is Major Hogan, who is one of Wellington's "exploring officers". Hogan also bails Richard Sharpe out of trouble several times during Cornwell's series of books. Both mounted figures are also Sash & Saber figures. The Hogan officer is simply a British officer that I painted in a blue coat with no facing colors on the cuffs and neck. Were I to do this again I would have cut off the shoulder epaulettes and maybe have the figure holding a spy glass or a valise holding important papers.

The church in the background is a 40mm building made by Battle Honours UK.

I also have character figures of Sharpe and Harper from Sash & Saber, and Steve Barber Models provided the Pierre Ducos and Theresa figures shown below. Steve Barber also makes character figures that look like Jane Gibbons, Lord Rosendale and a priest.


Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson (left) - Boo Hiss! and
Major Hogan (right) - Huzzah!

Sharpe (left) and Theresa (center) get the drop on Pierre Ducos (right).
Theresa and Ducos are Steve Barber figures and Sharpe is a Sash & Saber figure.

Here are some other figures that I painted, using the Battle Honours buildings as a backdrop. The cobblestones are from the Lemak collection of Christmas diorama figures.

Several of Sharpe's Chosen Men confront one of the locals with a donkey packed with contraband.

A closer view of the donkey pack train set from Sash & Saber.

I have also finished painting a company of 20 French line fusiliers and officers that I will show and tell in one of the upcoming blog posts. I also have 18 Spanish Guerrillas and three French Horse Chasseurs (which will eventually be a 16 figure cavalry unit plus on officer).

My resupply of Litko bases arrived in today's mail so I will be able to get more of my figures based over the Labor Day holiday weekend. I also have a large order with Sash & Saber that will add another British and French regular units, French horse chasseurs to top that unit up to 16 figures, more Spanish Guerrillas and several other Nicknacks for the game.


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