Lamming (Early) 20mm - French Mounted Personality Figures

Here are the three French mounted personality figures made by Lamming for this range - they were nice clean castings and each with their own unique horse.

In the top two images (left to right and front and back): French General, Napoleon and Murat with their respective horses underneath them.
On the Bottom: a view of them mounted and awaiting the illusive painter!

That concludes the Lamming French Mounted figures (Except limber riders which will be included with the artillery when shown). After this the Lamming range was to my dismay 'upgraded' into 'more robust' figures - to use their words - or using mine 'into new larger Minifig size lookalikes' and lost all their appeal to me. They always were larger then Hinton Hunt figures but in my opinion manageable and acceptable - the changes made the new versions useless for my use.

Lamming (Early) 20mm - French Carabiniers of the Line

The The top two images show front/back and left/right views of the Carabiniers of the Line.
Top row left to right: FC21-Carabinier Trooper, FC22-Carabinier Officer and a conversion Carabinier Trumpeter since Lamming didn't get around to making one. It uses the Cuirassier Trumpeter with an available Cheveau-Leger Lancer head.
Bottom Row: Horse FCH for the troopers and (Unmarked) Heavy Cavalry Officers Horse.
The bottom two images show the 2nd Heavy Cavalry Division - 2 Regiments of 2 Squadrons each of Carabinier and the 2 Regiments of 2 Squadrons each of Line Dragoons (mentioned in the Empress Dragoon posting) - commanded by a Carabinier Divisional General.

Lamming (Early) 20mm - French Cuirassiers of the Line

The The top two images show front/back and left/right views of the Cuirassiers of the Line.
Top row left to right: FC3-Cuirassier Trooper, FC8-Cuirassier Officer and FC9-Cuirassier Trumpeter.
Bottom Row: Horse FCH for the troopers and (Unmarked) Heavy Cavalry Officers Horse.
The bottom two images show the 1st Heavy Cavalry Division (Cuirassiers) - 4 Regiments of 2 Squadrons each commanded by a (seconded) Minifigs Cuirassier General.
More painting - Sigh!

Lamming (Early) 20mm Conversions - French Chasseurs a Cheval of the Line

Unfortunately Lamming didn't get around to making Line Chasseurs or Dragoons prior to moving to the larger 'more robust' 25mm figures - and in fact may not have done at all. So I used the Cheveau Leger Lancer and put the head from the Hussars on them, removed lances and added the swords to make a conversion regiment of Chasseurs a Cheval shown here. I made the first squadron elites as for the Hussars also.
The top two images show left to right the Chasseur Trooper, Officer and Trumpeter front and back views together with the Horses which are the same ones used for the Hussars.
The bottom two images show the 3 squadron regiment lined up ready for painting.

Lamming (Early) 20mm - French Hussars of the Line

These were featured previously but I added them to this current list for completeness. The The top two images show front/back and left/right views of the Hussars of the Line
Top row left to right: FC10-Hussar Trooper, FC11-Hussar Officer and FC12-Hussar Trumpeter.
Middle row left to right: FC13-Elite Trooper, FC14-Elite Officer and FC15-Elite Trumpeter.
Bottom Row: Horse LtS and Horse FH
The bottom two images shows a 3 squadron (each of 6 figures) regiment arrayed and awaiting paint. Led by an Elite Officer Brigadier!

Lamming (Early) 20mm - French Cheveau-Leger Lancers of the Line

The top two images show front/back and left/right views of the Cheveau-Leger Lancers of the Line
Top row left to right: FC23-Lancer, FC24-Lancer Officer and a conversion Trumpeter (Lamming never made a Cheveau-Leger trumpeter in the early range)made from the Officer and the trumpet from a Curassier Trumpeter.
On the bottom: Horses H3 and FH which the appropriate horses for the Officer and Lancer.
The bottom two images show the Cheveau-Leger Lancer Regiment of 3 (six figure)Squadrons brigaded with two squadrons of spare Polish Lancers which will be painted as French Line Lancers - under command of a Polish Brigadier - arrayed and awaiting paint! I have bent down the lance holding arm and will probably replace the lances with plastic or metal ones when I find where to purchase them from!

Lamming (Early) 20mm - Polish or Dutch Lancers of the Guard

In the normal efficient manner of maximizing the use of masters and moulds these figures were provided to be used as Polish or Dutch Lancers of the Guard.

The top two images show front/back and left/right views of the Lancers of the Guard
Top row left to right: FC19-Lancer, FC20-Lancer Officer and FC25-Lancer Trumpeter.
On the bottom: H2 and H3 Light Cavalry Horses which were the appropriate horses for the Lancers.
The bottom two images show the Polish Lancer Regiment brigaded with the Dutch Lancer Regiment each of 4 (six figure)Squadrons arrayed and awaiting paint!

Each squadron consists of an officer and 5 lancers - except that the first squadron of each regiment boasts a trumpeter replacing one of the lancers.
Not shown - I have two more squadrons which will become Lancers of the Vistula with some suitable minor changes. also for all three regiments I will replace all lances with hand made straight wire ones and will repose the arm/lance positions prior to painting.

Lamming (Early) 20mm - French Horse Grenadiers of the Guard

The top two images show front/back - left/right views of the Lamming Horse Grenadiers of the Guard figures.
Left to right: FC17-Grenadier Trooper, FC16-Grenadier Officer, FC18-Grenadier Trumpeter.
On the bottom: (Unnumbered) Officers Horse and (Unnumbered)-Dragoon Troopers's Horse.
The bottom two images show the 3 Squadron (each of 6 figures)Regiment arrayed and awaiting paint! One of the officers in the front rank will be converted to a Standard Bearer.

Lamming (Early) 20mm - French Empress Dragoons of the Guard

The top two images show front/back - left/right views of the Lamming Empress Dragoons of the Guard figures.
Left to right: FC2-Dragoon Trooper, FC6 Dragoon Officer, FC7-Dragoon Trumpeter.
On the bottom: ED-Dragoon Trooper's Horse and (Unnumbered) Officers Horse.
The bottom two images show the 3 Squadron (each of 6 figures)Regiment arrayed and awaiting paint! One of the officers in the front rank will be converted to a Standard Bearer.

These figures can easily be painted as Line Dragoons and using the horses as per the Carabiniers and Cuirassiers. I have a couple of regiments organized this way - again awaiting paint!

Lamming (Early) 20mm - French Chasseur a Cheval of the Guard

The top images show front/back - left/right views of the Lamming French Guard Chasseur a Cheval figures.
Left to right: FC1-Trooper, FC4-Officer and FC5-Trumpeter.
On the bottom: LtS-Officers Horse and H3-Troopers Horse.
The bottom two images shows the full 3 Squadron (each of 6 figures) Regiment arrayed and awaiting paint!

Newly Recuited 2nd Hussar Regiment (Lamming) brigaded with Veteran 1st Hussar Regiment

Recruiting the 2nd French Hussar Regiment (Lamming)

Time to move on to another project - Recruitment of the 2nd French Hussar Regiment from the Lamming range of figures. By the time I had saved enough money to purchase cavalry to go with my French Napoleonic army - the Hinton figures were beginning to show master breakdown and had large amounts of flash which I was not fond of cleaning off them. At this time Lamming figures were beginning to appear with enough variations to make them worth consideration to be used instead of Hinton. The scales were not exact Lamming was a bit larger - particularly the horses - but they were close enough so I decided to purchase a large number while they were available. This was at least thirty years ago! Now the earlier figures were referred to as 20mm and the later upgraded ones were referred to as 25mm - besides the stated reason of making them "more robust" the upgraded ones were presumably also made with compatibility to the Minifigs S range which was coming on strong at the time.

I had already decided on the 33:1 ratio for troop numbers to castings and this together with an average sized French Line Light Cavalry regiment meant I needed 3 figures per company (troop) - or 6 figures per squadron. I had also decided on 3 squadrons per regiment in the case of the hussars. This meant I required 18 total cavalry figures.

Lamming produced the hussars in elite colpacks and also in shakos. I therefore took advantage of this and decided to form the first squadron as the elite company and use the colpack Figures. The first squadron comprised: one FC/15 Officer in Colpack with Horse LTs, one FC/14 Trumpeter in Colpack with Horse FH and four FC/13 Trooper's in Colpack with Horse FH.
The second and third squadrons would use the shako wearers and the second squadron was distinguished from the third by having a trumpeteer. So the second squadron was formed from: one FC/11 Officer in Shako with horse LTs, one FC/12 Trumpeter in Shako with horse FH and 4 FC/10 Trooper in Shako with horse FH. The third squadron had an extra trooper instead of the trumpeter.

Light Cavalry regiments in my armies don't take their standards on campaign which relieved me of the task of converting a figure!