Scale model napolonic troops.

[Lowlander]

I have been watching loads of videos on painting  and I have been amazed at what can  be done.
Now I have been to a hobby shop bot could not find any thing from the era in which I am interested.  Living in the far north of Scotland makes it slim pickings for such things.
Going to keep looking, I can get painting materials  but the troops I can't find. I will get a kit of some description just to get  me started.

You can always check online.  But, sucks you would have to wait for them to arrive, even if it is next day delivery.  When I was a kid, I had a bunch of Army men, 1/72 and 1/76 scale from Airfix that I painted.  Mostly WW2 and ACW.

I would not recommend plastic figures and never did as the paint easily peels off in large chunks, however I believe there is some thin base coating now available, and a lotta plastic figures ranges are now available.
I'm now out of the loop but remember bumping into one of my former wargames club members who was very enthusiastic on the subject and the many new highly detailed plastic figure ranges available.

So either research on line would recommend You tube or maybe you could have a local wargames club.