I am working on a 120mm scale figure of sgt ewart capturing the French eagle at waterloo. I need some advice on painting the French flag,would be gratefull for some advice-illustrations etc. thank you/badger

Have a look at the following posts by Gellso:-
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/mmm-sgt-ewart-capturing-the-45th-infantry-flag.66405/
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/mmm-sgt-ewart-1-9th-scale-bust.66612/
In the first one you can find photos of the actual flag (post #5).

Cheers,
Andrew

This is the standard of the 45th taken by Sgt Ewart.