The process of painting this unit has been long and drawn-out, but I think the wait has been worth it, even though I do say so myself! The leopard-skin shabraque turned out satisfactorily, even though the detail is a little hard to see in the pictures, especially after a layer of Army-Painter Dark.
Now they're ready to smash the British at Albuera, or chase guerrillas in Andalucia.
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| The whole unit |
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| The command stand; Officer and bugler. |
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| Detail of the shabraque conversion. Click to expand for best view. |
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| Elite company head conversion |
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| Troopers |
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| Troopers |
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| Trooper detail |
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| Trooper detail |
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| Trooper detail |
I'll be getting some more of these figures from Dan of
Gunner's Wargaming with whom I'm doing another swap, so I'll probably paint the 10th Hussars, who were also at Albuera. I'm sending him some space-men from Khurusan, and he's sending me a selection of his stash of 1/72 Napoleonics that he's not going to use.
It never ceases to amaze me that people who previously wouldn't have had the opportunity to communicate, now have the chance to talk and even swap stuff from anywhere in the world!
Cheers, Dan!
Very nice job on those hussars
ReplyDeleteGreat set of figures those Italeri Hussars, and you have done them proud.
ReplyDeleteReally nice
ReplyDeleteVery nice indeed.
ReplyDeleteWell done, some good paintwork again!
ReplyDeleteThey are simply wonderful and well worth the wait. Top job Sir!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful hussars.Nice work.
ReplyDeleteReally nice Rosbif,
ReplyDeleteThey turned out great!
Cheers
Paul
Lovely stuff, just wonderful! Always a boost to see a completed unit :)
ReplyDeleteIt must be maddening though to know you've painted in such details successfully but then realize they can't be seen anyway. I am looking at the trees and thinking of the bottle brushes and tube brushes from a beer-making kit.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great looking unit. If they fight as well as their paint job, they'll be heroes.
ReplyDeleteThey look great! I thought they were 28mm Perrys at first. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteGreat work! And the leopardskin came out very well (make the dots a bit darker next time).
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Peter
http://peterscave.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the kind words, all!
ReplyDeleteMore kind words from the Captain...great work and nice to see the 28's smaller cousins getting some attention for once. Look forward to seeing them in action.
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