@@vxrok4484 We aren't that new... You might be confusing EGB (Empire of Great Britain) with BA (British Army). Both EI groups, but both think they're the true British group! (It's EGB, in case you were wondering...)
@@moonstar21868 I can't tell if you are joking but il have you know that "offensive language" is still the proper use of the English language in fact some of the earliest words. Also, it's pathetic getting upset about "bad words" especially if they are not being used in an insulting way so maby grow up a bit. also my comment was clearly a joke wich you yourself set up.
You would think. But how many museum you know dedicated to the napolean wars? Most cities will have museums dedicated to science, art, focils, things of that nature. Also it's not like museums are heavily funded too. So the idea of opening a new wing in any museum is not really logical. A donation to a school would probably be better than a museum anyways. It's hard to get kids to engaged in history. This would be a perfect way to do so.
Isn't the "squinting your eyes leads to bad eyesight" a myth? Anyway, its at least good to keep your eyesight as you get older (possibly he was actually nearsighted in his youth which got corrected by the farsightedness that comes with age, that is quite common).
Most of them fought through desperation. In old times people enlisted to just live a life since their families were extremely poor. When they were sent to battle, they didn't even know they were going to stand in each other's face as actual human shields, but turning around at that point was going to get you killed anyway.
@@coldfirebob1119 i keep hearing people say that firing lines were just the most effective way of fighting at the time, but honestly i cannot imagine the PTSD from standing in a line waiting to get shot. No skill, no self worth. Just a worthless idiot in uniform wathcing your friends fall from an invisible enemy cloaked in smoke. Even when weapons were more accurate and advanced they continued to use these tactics. Lets face it. People stabding in lines in colorful uniforms wasnt effective it was vanity.
@@jacobotstot2021 the soldiers had skill in reloading speed and efficiency, their morale, and resolve. there were also sharpshooter rifle and musket units that required skill on aiming and using their complicated weapons(rifles).
@Jacob Otstot the line formations were incredibly effective tactics. In European warfare which was fought primarily on open fields any men outside of a line would be ridden down by horses very quickly and stand little chance at survival. Additionally without extensive training in firearms and even then soldiers armed with little training would pack the capability to inflict damage on an enemy. Then uniforms were to see your soldiers, so you don't fire on your own troops not vanity. There is a reason these tactics lasted hundreds of years , it was because of their effectiveness and success.
@@jacobotstot2021 lol, it was the most effective way, a sole man shooting, unless armed with a rifle, wouldn't be an effective attacker. It was the whole unit that gave efficiency to the attack. They, most likely shot no to a man, but just in the direction of the enemy unit.
How strange about the mamalukes. A mamaluke is an Italian slang word, for someone who does something dumb, stupid, silly or foolish. (Or is dumb, stupid, silly, or foolish.) Also used for someone who doesn't fit in within a particular group ( a nerd wanting to be with cool dudes).
@@JM-dy4ty interesting how a name or a world in one culture differs in meaning when used in another culture. Another example: The Volkswagen Group manufactures the Audi "e-tron". In French étron means human or animal excrement or just plain turd. in F
@@sauropod5393 Yeah, in arabic mamluk means something grand or great, and is similar to the arabic word mabruk which means "congratulations". Im guessing great in arabic is mamluk because the arabic word for King is Malik, so im guessing the concept of the word mamluk is something royal or regal in nature, or just that royalty is often considered to be a positive and elegant thing, so the word for great/colossal is based on the word for King.
I've used 25mm, 15mm, 10mm, and 6mm figures in my wargaming. The funny thing is that if you base your figures on 15mm scale bases but paint 6mm figures, they look much more like an army so I prefer the aesthetic. But it takes just as long to paint up the base, because yes, the 6mm figures are quicker to paint, but you have to paint more of them. They are also cheaper, but you have to buy more of them lol
@@annodomini7887 - It's the shallow shallow idea that war is bad so they don't want to show it because it might trigger someone. Introduced by the same people who won't allow children to run or play on the playground because they might get hurt...
I did that sometime in the 90s, same scale. Also built the battlefield on a 12x8 foot table. Our wargames club always did a display game in the spring at the annual model railway exhibition. Waterloo is always very popular. Did the same thing for a 1/3000 scale Battle of Jutland another year. Got a bit carried away with that one and ended up painting every warship from every country in the world for that period... took months. I still have the figures from both of these all packed away safely. One day I will get around to selling them.
My dad had a little scale recreation of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Miniatures and all. That taught me a lot at age 5 about the battle before I ever even visited Montana.The miniatures really enticed me at that age. Gotta say, this man has a great collection. I know a lot of museums have the space available, so I hope he gets a chance. I still love miniatures!
That's an incredible display The battle of Waterloo painstakingly brought to life in miniture. 100 years after this battle took place European armies would back on those battlefields and later the USA it would be ww1.
I would absolutely LOVE to see his total collection displayed in it's amazing entirety! He has amazing patience and a wonderful eye for detail. Only two words describe this collection really and they are..............absolutely beautiful!!!!
He's not alone! . I did it with 5000 , ten mm tall figures and wrote a set of rules called Colours and Guns as well as modelling the battlefield ( with 6mm Timecast Buildings ) Definitely it's a Labour of Love 🎉
I'm guessing the museums didn't take it because they didn't have any volley ball court sized rooms lying around; having said that, he's done a marvelous job and it's always nice to see someone keeping up with a hobby.
This guy could grab the tennis court and set it all up and actually have like little blasts and gun fire going on I'm sure he would create an amazing site for a historical view for many kids and especially adults!!! Love this stuff!!
It is on another level - made me think of this: Henry Glassie - Field Work (documentary): I do not study people; I study the things that they create. What do they choose to present as emblems of their being - a momentary fulfilment of what it is to be human.
I've just finished painting a leman russ tank and an auto cannon heavy weapons squad when this video was recommended to me. I was thinking, I understand this man, due in part to me being a veteran as well.
Hello. I do approximant same, (much fewer figurines, around 3200 1/6eme figures), for 200th anniversary of Austerlitz battle for Saint Cyr Coetquidan Military school. I build a 2.5/2.5 m diorama of the center of the battle (Saint Hilaire attack phase on the Pratzen plateau). The Diorama is visible inside the officers building (No civilian visits unfortunately). I find myself perfectly in the mind of this gentleman and his way of painting and the mess on the table.
In the description - the international force wasn't led by England, it was led by Great Britain. Edit: after 1801, so it was rightly called the United Kingdom, not Great Britain.
+xWHITExEAGLEx Yes it was Great Britain... coming from English, Irish, Welsh, Traveller roots (in the last 2 generations!) I am very proud to be British. Oh yeah, my first wife was Scottish/English and my second wife Scottish/African. And while fighting Napoleon virtually alone we even managed to drive back the invasion of the imperialist forces of the USA. So sad that the imperialist USA forces then set out to conquer the west. Perhaps us Brits should have helped the indians?
+Abc Bcde I am pretty sure it was Russia's weather that really eliminated Napoleon. Regarding the USA invasion I am guessing you are talking about the one in Canada? If so then yes, they did get stopped - however, in the long run they established the most powerful nation in the world and in all of history.
But British forces had to maintain a second front in Europe plus control the sea to assist the Russian Winter. One cannot deny that USA is the most powerful nation in history. Most of the Caucasians living in the USA actually descend from ancestors who moved there long after 1812. So their descendants in 1776/1812 are more likely to have fought on the British side...makes one think!
+Abc Bcde The British weren't even in mainland Europe when Napoleon invaded Russia; and how does a naval blockade hurt the French when they were invading by land? As soon as Napoleon got to a burned down Moscow, he was done for. Of course, vast majorities of our population came from All European countries, not just Britain - we are all just Americans now though! The vast majority of Americans during the Revolutionary Period didn't fight for the British, it wasn't until WW1 that GB and the U.S.A. really reconciled and consolidated it's alliance.
Kirk R. I would say the British Empire was the most powerful for the time, or you could even argue that the ancient Persian one was - in 500BC it had a huge percentage of the world's population (44% I think) at the time and most of the civilisation centres.
@@blinblin3267 I'm afraid your history is a bit ropey. He was spotted by English gunners at La Belle Alliance before the battle began on his white meranga horse with his staff. They wanted to give him a dusting but Wellington would not allow it. In fact he was appalled at the mere suggestion. He also accompanied the Imperial Guard on the final attack finally handing over to Marshall Ney 600 yards from the English lines. In fact many historians believe that his mistakes at Waterloo and before were due to excessive tiredness from being in the saddle for too long. He did suffer with the old grapes though and stomach ulcers. A terrific book if you are interested is 'Waterloo' by John Naylor. Many testimonies from troops who were in the thick of it.
I enjoy painting miniatures too though the figures I paint are usually medieval/17th century pike and shot 1:72 scale soldiers your miniatures look amazing and so accurate I hope you enjoy painting them as much as we enjoy observing them
There's no way there isn't a historical museum that wouldn't want that on display. I don't believe it. It's amazing and actually gives you a physical visualization of just how massive this battle was.
The museam i help at does have napoleonic artifacts, and we can use the display, however since he will need a tennis court size room it will have to be in the exhibit with the canons and since its so large itll have to be a temporary exhibit... however i can recommend a place, Napoleon Bonaparte brother had a mansion in New Jersey currently they are trying to put a napoleonic Museam on the grounds... with Covid i dont know when itll be complete.
+Abrodolf Lincler Actually. The battle was very large. So large in fact the smoke from the muskets were carried westward-directly in between 80% of the lines. You actually would only see about 2/16 of the battle.
Abrodolf Lincler Get Scourge of War Waterloo, it may not have the best graphics but it simulates the battle in great detail with every regiment and detail.
I'm happy to see someone as crazy about this battle as me.....I became fascinated with Waterloo June of 1965 when Life magazine did their main article that month on the battle....after reading it I realized I could play it with my soldiers.... have 70,000 + Napoleonic figs.....but I doubt 1/8 of them are painted........I probably will expire before their all painted......have tens of 1,000's of many other era's.....I keep my interest hopping around.Great job Mr. St.Clair.Must be a Steve thing.
When we say thousands or hundreds of thousands men fought in a battle we are never really able to actually picture in our mind how many men were there on the battlefield. This diorama gives you a 1:1 representation of that. Its absurd how no museum took that diorama for display, I am ashamed of the human race I belong to.
Agreed. I have a local museum that I think would love to take something like this. I wonder if this diorama has found a home yet, or if this man still has it at his house. Maybe I can look into it
This hobby is compulsive. Hats off to this guy for his dedication to what he trying to achieve. I hope he gets his work seen by everyone. It's a marvel in miniature. Will done sir
What an interesting and fascinating feast of information?Just amazing to look at and visually comprehend the enormity of the whole battle enterprise.I had no idea of the scale of the event. Well done,what an effort.It needs to be preserved and looked after by some enthusiasts.Cant believe a museum somewhere cannot be found or created to display this.
I play warhammer 40k and one of my army is the horde army of orks. so yes there is a lot of 25mm units to build and paint. I maybe have about 1k models
Totally agree with you, painting miniature figures is a stress free hobby. As a Prison Officer (25 years), it was a very relaxing way to keep a clear mind. (My collection of around 1,200 28mm ACW & Western figures will be retained in the family - hopefully for a century or more, along with the book 'Little Wars' by the pacifist 'H.G.Wells' - he of 'War of the Worlds', 'Invisible Man', etc, fame). Hope you find a suitable museum (West Point?), for your collective efforts, Well Done Sir. - Point of order it was indeed an international force led by Great Britain, not England alone, and Prussia. Several locations for such a battle were actually 'pre-planned' by Wellington, using similar miniature figures, in a building located in Hawkstone Park, near Shrewsbury, England. Hawkstone Park is now a pleasant afternoon country walk with several 'follies' - including caves and a tower. In the film 'Waterloo' when the 'Dance is interrupted' Wellington announces - Yes In know of Waterloo, I have had it in my back pocket for some time,,,' From his wargaming plans at Hawkstone Park,. A 'Blue Plaque' on the side of the octagonal building commemorates the event. You have brought the event to a full circle.
+Martin Laird Where do you buy those things? After painting(and playing) 40k minis, I'd like to play games of Little Wars with those. So, where do you buy 6mm minis and for how much?
3D printing doesn’t paint the miniatures and 6mm is way too small for a 3D printer. Total War Napoleon is a computer game and is completely different from painting models and wargaming.
Well, it's British propaganda, they didn't fight during Leipzig and Borodino. So they conveniently use the shorcut "it was the last battle" -> "it was the most decisive battle". Even if it wasn't as bloody as Borodino, Leipzig remains the biggest battle in European history prior-WW1. Those two battles were really the decisive battles, when Napoleon could still definitely win the wars. In Waterloo, the french army was already the shadow of its former self. Less numerous, with a lot of young untrained recruits. Still a big battle though.
British propaganda? You mean *SHOCK HORROR* British historiography concentrates on the battles and campaigns British soldiers were involved in? You Europeans get so precious about this it makes me laugh; learn history in your OWN language if you don't want to read history from a British point of view... you have your OWN language right?
Justifying a bias (while recognizing it) as if there was no problem, glorious. Propaganda applies also to your own people. And "concentrating" on something is entirely different from giving the complete wrong idea about something (as it's the case about Waterloo, which factually wasn't the "decisive" battle, at all), it's not a "right" from each governement to deceive their people, saying only what they want to say. I know, most governments around the world do so, but it's still sad as fuck. Don't you even have the will to learn history. That's for British people, but regarding the rest of the world, let's say that a great influence comes with responsibilities. The British views were historically often transmitted to the USA, which in turn influenced the world, even when it was (occasionally) misconceptions. Theorically, you "can" actually learn a complete and unbiased history in most languages including english (I mostly did it in my own langage thank you, it was still biased, in another way), the problem is only how it's been taught to the masses, and you know it's true. That's the very concept of propaganda. Maybe it's a big word for the current behavior of the governement, but it is the right word for how things were handled in the 19th century, the current situation being only the result of that (regarding this topic). You know, learning the same identical thing but with several different languages makes you realize a lot of things. But it's only possible when you stick your head out of your own world.
Have the pieces found a home yet? I had absolutely NO IDEA the scale of the battle of Waterloo....assuming that the battlefield and figures are made to scale, it easily makes the size of the battle at least 5-10x larger than I thought it was. Having it shown to scale is huge!
I swear I saw this guy like 15 years ago at some fair in Utah when I was 10, It was absolutely fascinating and I kept begging my parents to let me stay longer and just look at the scene.
Oh, nice Sir! Wel, finally his work is in the perfect place ( Waterloo Museum Belgium) , i hope that yours will find the perfect spot too! Much respect!
Waterloo was a joke, Napoleon had long been defeated, exiled, and returned to a ragtag army. These buffoons never talk about the 62 victories Napoleon had.
Still an epic battle tho. Like the Battle of Berlin when all that was left was the SS and Volksturm, the Battle of Waterloo was Napoleon's final kick to the head. There is a reason it's one of the most remembered battles of the Napoleonic era.
Hardly obsessive, if the objective is to recreate 250,000 soldiers 1-1 scale to create a diorama or a wargame. I would call it ambitious. And it's refreshing that this man has acheived his ambition so few of us do.
Ironically, something like this would be a main attraction in a museum, especially for kids.
ironically to the irony, pixelated apollo does videos now of the massive 1500 player waterloo battle that takes place on the kids game ROBLOX
@@Moojingles_ I’m in the fusilier corps for the Austrians, I’ve fought alongside the EGB though!
@@vxrok4484 Oh cool, I'm a Corporal in the 17th Dragoons!
@@Moojingles_ Sweet! You’re one of the new sick cav units then?
@@vxrok4484 We aren't that new...
You might be confusing EGB (Empire of Great Britain) with BA (British Army). Both EI groups, but both think they're the true British group!
(It's EGB, in case you were wondering...)
What kind of museum would turn this down. If i had a museum this guy would have his own fucking wing.
@@moonstar21868 its English mate
@@moonstar21868 I can't tell if you are joking but il have you know that "offensive language" is still the proper use of the English language in fact some of the earliest words. Also, it's pathetic getting upset about "bad words" especially if they are not being used in an insulting way so maby grow up a bit. also my comment was clearly a joke wich you yourself set up.
@@moonstar21868 its the internet... get use to it
You would think. But how many museum you know dedicated to the napolean wars? Most cities will have museums dedicated to science, art, focils, things of that nature.
Also it's not like museums are heavily funded too. So the idea of opening a new wing in any museum is not really logical.
A donation to a school would probably be better than a museum anyways. It's hard to get kids to engaged in history. This would be a perfect way to do so.
@@moonstar21868 not curse words! oh no! the humanity!
I hope he finds a museum
O mara yes lol
It's called Napoleon Total War.
Total War Games are great!!
I hope he finds a volly ball field xD
HAHA BROSCII okay then find it in the grass later :}}
Painting those for 20 years and he is not wearing glasses. Now that's just as impressive as the work itself.
Isn't the "squinting your eyes leads to bad eyesight" a myth? Anyway, its at least good to keep your eyesight as you get older (possibly he was actually nearsighted in his youth which got corrected by the farsightedness that comes with age, that is quite common).
the act of squinting doesn't, straining muscles in your eye does
1:03 holding glasses
I know its an old comment but actually he does have glasses on his head one point in the vid
My like was the 500th one.
Re installs TOTAL WAR NAPOLEON
eh empire was better imo
Both had their flaws but Empire is generally better
And even though that's a PC game, it doesn't come close to a 1 model for every 1 soldier scale this man uses. Amazing!
Shard Eboran yup
agree stop this Warhammer hero shit, and give the people Empire 2
Dude better hope his house never catches on fire.
why? most have horses to escape on
and they are probably made from plastic so they wont catch fire
Were did you learn that you dumb bitch!
Sammieboy115 chill doggg, depends on the plastic you are using . Plastic melts and burn.
Sammieboy115 how old are you , 11?
Until I saw this model I had no idea the scale of this battle, it literally boggles the mind how brave those men had to be.
Most of them fought through desperation. In old times people enlisted to just live a life since their families were extremely poor. When they were sent to battle, they didn't even know they were going to stand in each other's face as actual human shields, but turning around at that point was going to get you killed anyway.
@@coldfirebob1119 i keep hearing people say that firing lines were just the most effective way of fighting at the time, but honestly i cannot imagine the PTSD from standing in a line waiting to get shot. No skill, no self worth. Just a worthless idiot in uniform wathcing your friends fall from an invisible enemy cloaked in smoke. Even when weapons were more accurate and advanced they continued to use these tactics. Lets face it. People stabding in lines in colorful uniforms wasnt effective it was vanity.
@@jacobotstot2021 the soldiers had skill in reloading speed and efficiency, their morale, and resolve. there were also sharpshooter rifle and musket units that required skill on aiming and using their complicated weapons(rifles).
@Jacob Otstot the line formations were incredibly effective tactics. In European warfare which was fought primarily on open fields any men outside of a line would be ridden down by horses very quickly and stand little chance at survival. Additionally without extensive training in firearms and even then soldiers armed with little training would pack the capability to inflict damage on an enemy. Then uniforms were to see your soldiers, so you don't fire on your own troops not vanity. There is a reason these tactics lasted hundreds of years , it was because of their effectiveness and success.
@@jacobotstot2021 lol, it was the most effective way, a sole man shooting, unless armed with a rifle, wouldn't be an effective attacker. It was the whole unit that gave efficiency to the attack. They, most likely shot no to a man, but just in the direction of the enemy unit.
That's dedication. The Zen Master of wargaming.
could you imaging running all those troops as a massive wargame. It would be insane
This needs to be displayed in full, under a glass floor that you can walk on. People would be on their knees, quite literally.
ok, but you would need a volleyball court
That would be perfect!!!
genius idea
Wow, now I want to buy an event hall, accept his donation and give him 80% of the profit, possibly 90%. This work shouldn't be lost.
I wish I had the spare cash 💰 to donate to that cause! This should not be lost nor end up gathering dust in someone’s loft!
But you’ll make a loss. Would you give him 80% of those too?
wow even the mamelukes are painted accurately. Thank you sir!
How strange about the mamalukes.
A mamaluke is an Italian slang word, for someone who does something dumb, stupid, silly or foolish. (Or is dumb, stupid, silly, or foolish.) Also used for someone who doesn't fit in within a particular group ( a nerd wanting to be with cool dudes).
@@sauropod5393 Mamelukes were Egyptian slaves.
@@JM-dy4ty interesting how a name or a world in one culture differs in meaning when used in another culture.
Another example: The Volkswagen Group manufactures the Audi "e-tron".
In French étron means human or animal excrement or just plain turd.
in F
@@sauropod5393
Yeah, in arabic mamluk means something grand or great, and is similar to the arabic word mabruk which means "congratulations". Im guessing great in arabic is mamluk because the arabic word for King is Malik, so im guessing the concept of the word mamluk is something royal or regal in nature, or just that royalty is often considered to be a positive and elegant thing, so the word for great/colossal is based on the word for King.
Yeah, thank you for spending my tax dollars to spread propaganda.
Impressive work on these soldiers...Lets hope a museum will get em if needed, not trashed away.
Astonishing! The time, patience and effort put into these replicas make this piece priceless.
I don't think I can ever complain about how long it takes to paint Warhammer figures ever again...
I've used 25mm, 15mm, 10mm, and 6mm figures in my wargaming. The funny thing is that if you base your figures on 15mm scale bases but paint 6mm figures, they look much more like an army so I prefer the aesthetic. But it takes just as long to paint up the base, because yes, the 6mm figures are quicker to paint, but you have to paint more of them. They are also cheaper, but you have to buy more of them lol
I've been painting the same 40k army for near 35 years... almost have 4 squads done.
What about the museum in Belgium? You would think that Waterloo would take them to give the tourists a perspective of the battle.
Agreed
@Zannekin It said he was down to donate them so if they had the room it'll be a lovely instillation.
Excellent observation and call.
Our hobby doesn't seem to politically correct enough.
Wondering who makes that call ..?
Politically correct??? Can you explain that further? I don’t understand where that fits into this.
@@annodomini7887 - It's the shallow shallow idea that war is bad so they don't want to show it because it might trigger someone.
Introduced by the same people who won't allow children to run or play on the playground because they might get hurt...
A full sized display of Waterloo would be incredible. 8 years on I hope a museum picked this up
It is in Waterloo Museum Belgium now.
@@SMAr2woThat's good to hear!
@@SMAr2wo Is it? I can't find anything on this, is there somewhere I can see about it online?
@@nationeeryes, i can confirm that ☺️. I visited the museum in summer 2023.
@@SMAr2wocan you give photos in a video or community post?
Don’t understand why there wouldn’t be a museum to take this. This is fascinating. I would go to a museum just to see something like this.
Because its European history and not American
It is, in Waterloo Museum, Belgium. I can confirm that
I did that sometime in the 90s, same scale. Also built the battlefield on a 12x8 foot table. Our wargames club always did a display game in the spring at the annual model railway exhibition. Waterloo is always very popular. Did the same thing for a 1/3000 scale Battle of Jutland another year. Got a bit carried away with that one and ended up painting every warship from every country in the world for that period... took months. I still have the figures from both of these all packed away safely. One day I will get around to selling them.
My dad had a little scale recreation of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Miniatures and all. That taught me a lot at age 5 about the battle before I ever even visited Montana.The miniatures really enticed me at that age. Gotta say, this man has a great collection. I know a lot of museums have the space available, so I hope he gets a chance. I still love miniatures!
That's an incredible display The battle of Waterloo painstakingly brought to life in miniture. 100 years after this battle took place European armies would back on those battlefields and later the USA it would be ww1.
As a miniature painter, I wonder how my hobby will impact my kids interests (if I ever have any lol)
A VOLLEYBALL COURT?! no wonder he can't find a museum. but hell i would love to see it
That would be about right for the scale he's using. The Waterloo battlefield covered about 5 miles in width.
Any update on this? Did he get support from a museum?
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Mallu?
thats rough buddy
Na. Still a reject
@@ThePreparedSailor Zuko
Amazing work! His dream came true, it is in the museum of Waterloo (Belgium ) indeed. I am here right now, in front of the miniatures. 😍
Good follow up!
I would absolutely LOVE to see his total collection displayed in it's amazing entirety! He has amazing patience and a wonderful eye for detail. Only two words describe this collection really and they are..............absolutely beautiful!!!!
0:44 My man casually posing with an AK and a tribal outfit in Afghanistan
2:45 Clearly this man has never seen a Warhammer 40k horde collector
He's not alone! . I did it with 5000 , ten mm tall figures and wrote a set of rules called Colours and Guns as well as modelling the battlefield ( with 6mm Timecast Buildings ) Definitely it's a Labour of Love 🎉
I'm guessing the museums didn't take it because they didn't have any volley ball court sized rooms lying around; having said that, he's done a marvelous job and it's always nice to see someone keeping up with a hobby.
I am simply amazed at his total dedication. To work at something like that for 15-16yrs and know your still about 5yrs from being finished.. wow
No museum would take this? They should build a museum AROUND this. What an amazing effort!
This guy could grab the tennis court and set it all up and actually have like little blasts and gun fire going on I'm sure he would create an amazing site for a historical view for many kids and especially adults!!! Love this stuff!!
Dedication is what you need. And he has it in abundance. Well done fella.
He has more toy soldiers than all the men who fought at Waterloo combined
Not if you include the Prussians who arrived in the early evening.
@@mrteco4236 Not sure what you mean.
How do you know how my toy soldiers the men who fought at Waterloo had?
This was 6 years ago I want too know if his work was put in a museum?
Yes, it's in Waterloo Museum, Belgium. I saw them in 2023.
Bob Ross would be so proud of this man. "It's your world. You do what ever you want"
It is on another level - made me think of this: Henry Glassie - Field Work (documentary): I do not study people; I study the things that they create. What do they choose to present as emblems of their being - a momentary fulfilment of what it is to be human.
NO TAKERS??? I would pay extra to see this in a military museum!!! Amazing, and I can agree, painting figures is a really good way to relax :)
He probably has the whole Horus Heresy too.
He did say he has other hobbies as well.
I have done the same. 25 years in the military and now i paint soldiers as therapy. It helps.
Average imperial guard players be like
lol
Lmao. 30 minutes just to move their units
@@Chironex_Fleckeri Those are rookie numbers, we need to bump those up.
I've just finished painting a leman russ tank and an auto cannon heavy weapons squad when this video was recommended to me. I was thinking, I understand this man, due in part to me being a veteran as well.
@@Stuffandstuff974 Dude, I'm painting auto cannon heavy weapons teams too. Unfortunately I'm a coward and I've never served.
Absolute Mad Lad. What an incredible interest to have. Love his work and dedication!!!
Hello.
I do approximant same, (much fewer figurines, around 3200 1/6eme figures), for 200th anniversary of Austerlitz battle for Saint Cyr Coetquidan Military school.
I build a 2.5/2.5 m diorama of the center of the battle (Saint Hilaire attack phase on the Pratzen plateau). The Diorama is visible inside the officers building (No civilian visits unfortunately).
I find myself perfectly in the mind of this gentleman and his way of painting and the mess on the table.
Ouh, nice Sir!
His work can be seen now in Waterloo Museum Belgium, i can confirm that.
I hope that yours will find a proper place. Succes!
In the description - the international force wasn't led by England, it was led by Great Britain.
Edit: after 1801, so it was rightly called the United Kingdom, not Great Britain.
+xWHITExEAGLEx
Yes it was Great Britain... coming from English, Irish, Welsh, Traveller roots (in the last 2 generations!) I am very proud to be British. Oh yeah, my first wife was Scottish/English and my second wife Scottish/African. And while fighting Napoleon virtually alone we even managed to drive back the invasion of the imperialist forces of the USA. So sad that the imperialist USA forces then set out to conquer the west. Perhaps us Brits should have helped the indians?
+Abc Bcde I am pretty sure it was Russia's weather that really eliminated Napoleon.
Regarding the USA invasion I am guessing you are talking about the one in Canada? If so then yes, they did get stopped - however, in the long run they established the most powerful nation in the world and in all of history.
But British forces had to maintain a second front in Europe plus control the sea to assist the Russian Winter.
One cannot deny that USA is the most powerful nation in history. Most of the Caucasians living in the USA actually descend from ancestors who moved there long after 1812. So their descendants in 1776/1812 are more likely to have fought on the British side...makes one think!
+Abc Bcde The British weren't even in mainland Europe when Napoleon invaded Russia; and how does a naval blockade hurt the French when they were invading by land? As soon as Napoleon got to a burned down Moscow, he was done for.
Of course, vast majorities of our population came from All European countries, not just Britain - we are all just Americans now though! The vast majority of Americans during the Revolutionary Period didn't fight for the British, it wasn't until WW1 that GB and the U.S.A. really reconciled and consolidated it's alliance.
Kirk R. I would say the British Empire was the most powerful for the time, or you could even argue that the ancient Persian one was - in 500BC it had a huge percentage of the world's population (44% I think) at the time and most of the civilisation centres.
I couldn't see Napoleon on his white horse. . .is he there. . .must be somewhere?
He wasn't on his horse during the battle of waterloo. Because he had hemorrhoids. (no I am not kidding)
On the battle he wasnt on the horse, he was on groud.
He was sleeping
he was planning on doing him as 250,001 but got so god damned tired he just said fuck it
@@blinblin3267 I'm afraid your history is a bit ropey. He was spotted by English gunners at La Belle Alliance before the battle began on his white meranga horse with his staff. They wanted to give him a dusting but Wellington would not allow it. In fact he was appalled at the mere suggestion. He also accompanied the Imperial Guard on the final attack finally handing over to Marshall Ney 600 yards from the English lines. In fact many historians believe that his mistakes at Waterloo and before were due to excessive tiredness from being in the saddle for too long. He did suffer with the old grapes though and stomach ulcers. A terrific book if you are interested is 'Waterloo' by John Naylor. Many testimonies from troops who were in the thick of it.
An inspiration to all us mini painters to go through our piles of shame.
I enjoy painting miniatures too though the figures I paint are usually medieval/17th century pike and shot 1:72 scale soldiers your miniatures look amazing and so accurate I hope you enjoy painting them as much as we enjoy observing them
There's no way there isn't a historical museum that wouldn't want that on display. I don't believe it. It's amazing and actually gives you a physical visualization of just how massive this battle was.
I love this stuff, it takes me away from the madness of this world.
Everyone gangsta with their wh40k army until this gigachad shows off his entire armies.
Absolute unit.
Ive done about 300 6mm miniatures. FML
Martin Laird nice it hard isn't it? I did 300 too but chose to make 700 stressful AF
Martin Laird I've done 250 28mm
Martin Laird carry on
Imperial Guardsman the guard always needs more men I guess!
I design my own and 3d print them, then cast them out of metal using molds. Airbrush is your best friend.
Amazing workmanship & detail. Just excellent job
I wonder if he reached out to any museums in the UK.
this is so cool, I have so much respect for him for putting this much time into this project.
I"ll take them
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I dont know how this was recommended, but Im glad it was.
Amazing work! My deepest respect!
I liken his painting to fishing. It has a tremendously relaxing effect on your mind
Not if you don’t get any fish
I will pay thousands of dollars for this collection it's just priceless
I would stare at that diorama for weeks
Excellent, I hope you are proud of yourself. A way of keeping history alive.
If I was a owner of a meseum with unlimited resources, I'd set the pieces on the ground with a glass floor above it.
That would be awesome.
This needs more views, this is a beautiful art. I love painting miniatures also
Did they find a home?
Yes, the trash. All 200,000 of them lived happily ever after in a land fill
@@8lueBlue Man, I hope not. Even if they did, they did their job defending the creator's sanity in the wake of his service.
Yes, Waterloo Museum, Belgium. I can confirm that.
The museam i help at does have napoleonic artifacts, and we can use the display, however since he will need a tennis court size room it will have to be in the exhibit with the canons and since its so large itll have to be a temporary exhibit... however i can recommend a place, Napoleon Bonaparte brother had a mansion in New Jersey currently they are trying to put a napoleonic Museam on the grounds... with Covid i dont know when itll be complete.
I've always wanted to see what this battle looked like in full scale.
+Abrodolf Lincler Actually. The battle was very large. So large in fact the smoke from the muskets were carried westward-directly in between 80% of the lines. You actually would only see about 2/16 of the battle.
CommentingWalrus imagine the size and scale of the Battles of Leipzig or Borodino!
Abrodolf Lincler Get Scourge of War Waterloo, it may not have the best graphics but it simulates the battle in great detail with every regiment and detail.
now he needs to add sounds and smoke
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I'm happy to see someone as crazy about this battle as me.....I became fascinated with Waterloo June of 1965 when Life magazine did their main article that month on the battle....after reading it I realized I could play it with my soldiers.... have 70,000 + Napoleonic figs.....but I doubt 1/8 of them are painted........I probably will expire before their all painted......have tens of 1,000's of many other era's.....I keep my interest hopping around.Great job Mr. St.Clair.Must be a Steve thing.
When we say thousands or hundreds of thousands men fought in a battle we are never really able to actually picture in our mind how many men were there on the battlefield. This diorama gives you a 1:1 representation of that. Its absurd how no museum took that diorama for display, I am ashamed of the human race I belong to.
Agreed. I have a local museum that I think would love to take something like this. I wonder if this diorama has found a home yet, or if this man still has it at his house. Maybe I can look into it
The greatest game of Black Powder to ever exist, begging to be played.
Imagine in the future that there is a board game with tiny robots re-enactment the historical battles in each Era of history.
If I ever go to a museum and I see smthing like this I will be looking at it all day long
the bavarian army museum in ingolstadt got quite a lot of tin-soldiers replicating some battles
but nothing near 250.000 :D
impressive work
I'm going to have to visit that museum. Sounds cool. Perhaps if they open Oktoberfest in 2021.
@@psotos yeah its awesome if you are interessted in napoleonic wars.
another part of the museum is a huge WW1 collection.
@@Abensberg Have you been to Altenstadt? I was there to visit the German Airborne School. They treated me like a King (I am an American Paratrooper).
This hobby is compulsive. Hats off to this guy for his dedication to what he trying to achieve. I hope he gets his work seen by everyone. It's a marvel in miniature. Will done sir
Awesome.
I quit smoking over 3 YRS. Ago and model building is my therapy .ships , planes , armored vehicles and figures . it's very relaxing .
When he's done with it, he should reenact the battle in stop-motion.
What an interesting and fascinating feast of information?Just amazing to look at and visually comprehend the enormity of the whole battle enterprise.I had no idea of the scale of the event. Well done,what an effort.It needs to be preserved and looked after by some enthusiasts.Cant believe a museum somewhere cannot be found or created to display this.
I play warhammer 40k and one of my army is the horde army of orks. so yes there is a lot of 25mm units to build and paint. I maybe have about 1k models
Joseph D warhammer is 28mm scale
Brass 'n Barrels Firearms Channel 25, 28mm....tomatoe tamatoe.....
Do you have enough dakka?
never.
lol loved this tiny epic models from my father he had so many titans xD Always played with them against his eldar collection
Totally agree with you, painting miniature figures is a stress free hobby. As a Prison Officer (25 years), it was a very relaxing way to keep a clear mind. (My collection of around 1,200 28mm ACW & Western figures will be retained in the family - hopefully for a century or more, along with the book 'Little Wars' by the pacifist 'H.G.Wells' - he of 'War of the Worlds', 'Invisible Man', etc, fame). Hope you find a suitable museum (West Point?), for your collective efforts, Well Done Sir. - Point of order it was indeed an international force led by Great Britain, not England alone, and Prussia. Several locations for such a battle were actually 'pre-planned' by Wellington, using similar miniature figures, in a building located in Hawkstone Park, near Shrewsbury, England. Hawkstone Park is now a pleasant afternoon country walk with several 'follies' - including caves and a tower. In the film 'Waterloo' when the 'Dance is interrupted' Wellington announces - Yes In know of Waterloo, I have had it in my back pocket for some time,,,' From his wargaming plans at Hawkstone Park,. A 'Blue Plaque' on the side of the octagonal building commemorates the event. You have brought the event to a full circle.
Bad ass!
Mr. You are awesome. Thanks for this view
That is amazing! I paint 15mm American Civil War.
Awesome! I do 6mm acw
+Martin Laird Where do you buy those things? After painting(and playing) 40k minis, I'd like to play games of Little Wars with those.
So, where do you buy 6mm minis and for how much?
+AnimAddict21 hey there buddy, I buy them from Baccus 6mm! They're fantastic, 96 figures for £5
I paint 15mm awi. (OldGlory)
i actually think this is bloody amazing well done thats a man with a hobby
Has anyone told this man about total war napoleon? Just wondering. Or even 3d printing. Lol...
6 years ago and he said he was doing it 20 years before, so 3R printing was in its infancy at the time.
3D printing doesn’t paint the miniatures and 6mm is way too small for a 3D printer. Total War Napoleon is a computer game and is completely different from painting models and wargaming.
My first thought, did he paint all that lot sitting on the floor bent over his coffee table !!!! Respect.
Can anyone tell me how to make them or send me a link that eksplanes it, thinking of starting a ww1 sett
Heroics and Ros are another manufacturer who have been around for decades and cover all periods.
This is exactly why I paint miniatures. Miniature painting is the best way to relax that I have ever tried.
Everyone forgets Leipzig. Amazing video though, amazing effort.
Daniel Knight or Borodino.
Dojocho That whole campgain is one of the most interesting during the era!
Well, it's British propaganda, they didn't fight during Leipzig and Borodino. So they conveniently use the shorcut "it was the last battle" -> "it was the most decisive battle".
Even if it wasn't as bloody as Borodino, Leipzig remains the biggest battle in European history prior-WW1. Those two battles were really the decisive battles, when Napoleon could still definitely win the wars.
In Waterloo, the french army was already the shadow of its former self. Less numerous, with a lot of young untrained recruits. Still a big battle though.
British propaganda? You mean *SHOCK HORROR* British historiography concentrates on the battles and campaigns British soldiers were involved in? You Europeans get so precious about this it makes me laugh; learn history in your OWN language if you don't want to read history from a British point of view... you have your OWN language right?
Justifying a bias (while recognizing it) as if there was no problem, glorious. Propaganda applies also to your own people. And "concentrating" on something is entirely different from giving the complete wrong idea about something (as it's the case about Waterloo, which factually wasn't the "decisive" battle, at all), it's not a "right" from each governement to deceive their people, saying only what they want to say. I know, most governments around the world do so, but it's still sad as fuck. Don't you even have the will to learn history.
That's for British people, but regarding the rest of the world, let's say that a great influence comes with responsibilities. The British views were historically often transmitted to the USA, which in turn influenced the world, even when it was (occasionally) misconceptions. Theorically, you "can" actually learn a complete and unbiased history in most languages including english (I mostly did it in my own langage thank you, it was still biased, in another way), the problem is only how it's been taught to the masses, and you know it's true. That's the very concept of propaganda. Maybe it's a big word for the current behavior of the governement, but it is the right word for how things were handled in the 19th century, the current situation being only the result of that (regarding this topic).
You know, learning the same identical thing but with several different languages makes you realize a lot of things. But it's only possible when you stick your head out of your own world.
Have the pieces found a home yet? I had absolutely NO IDEA the scale of the battle of Waterloo....assuming that the battlefield and figures are made to scale, it easily makes the size of the battle at least 5-10x larger than I thought it was. Having it shown to scale is huge!
I swear I saw this guy like 15 years ago at some fair in Utah when I was 10, It was absolutely fascinating and I kept begging my parents to let me stay longer and just look at the scene.
Funny seeing you here.
I wonder.. Does he buy the 6mm minature figures anywhere? This seems like it would be a hobby for me, except the whole 200,000 soldier thing.
+SamuraiGuy24 look up 'Baccus 6mm' - they're the most well known manufacturer of miniatures this size if you want to give it a try.
Also, you can buy as much as you feel is necessary, no need to buy 200k worth haha
This mans dedication is insane, keep going king👑
Cool. I have 20000 plus 1/72 painted. So very true relax and paint
Oh, nice Sir! Wel, finally his work is in the perfect place ( Waterloo Museum Belgium) , i hope that yours will find the perfect spot too! Much respect!
Awesome dedication!
Waterloo was a joke, Napoleon had long been defeated, exiled, and returned to a ragtag army. These buffoons never talk about the 62 victories Napoleon had.
Still an epic battle tho. Like the Battle of Berlin when all that was left was the SS and Volksturm, the Battle of Waterloo was Napoleon's final kick to the head. There is a reason it's one of the most remembered battles of the Napoleonic era.
I know people like this person. An amazing accomplishment.
And made the Rothschild immensely rich.
He deserves a museum
just play total war...
Ika Geronimo "He's been doing it for 20 years" total war wasn't around back then.
And Total war only lets you get, what is it, twenty units of two hundred in your force? Only a few thousand.
Well what have I been doing on Medieval??? BRING ON ROME!
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.....or just let him do his own thing
Michael Nim NEIN! NEIN! NEIN!
I'll build this guy a museum with my bare hands if he still doesnt have any takers, what an amazing project
Brilliant. These should be displayed at the Waterloo battlefield. What dedication.
this guy just painted a whole museum
Wth if i own a museum i would 100% display this masterpiece
That's pretty cool, the type of stuff I'd imagine myself doing when I'm retired.
Hardly obsessive, if the objective is to recreate 250,000 soldiers 1-1 scale to create a diorama or a wargame. I would call it ambitious. And it's refreshing that this man has acheived his ambition so few of us do.