Enthusiast spends 12 years recreating Waterloo

With more than 5,000 hand-painted soldiers, the battle of Waterloo is represented in all its glory on the dining room table of enthusiast Joe Galea Debono. The diorama represents the relative positions of the Napoleonic French army (in blue) and the British army (in red) and those of its allies – the Dutch, Belgians, Brunswickers and King’s German Legion – in the opening phase of the battle. Also depicted are miniatures of two large farmhouses – Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte – which both played critical roles in the 1815 battle. Having painstakingly painted each soldier during the weekends... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.