Not my best work but they'll do. Maybe this weekend I'll find out the key thing: how lucky are they?
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| 40mm 1790's French 20th Dragoons. Prince August SYW dragoon bodies with Zinnbrigade British Dragoon heads. |
Somedays I miss being able to see clearly both near and far and miss having a relatively steady hand that didn't twitch or jump at awkward moments, but overall I'm just grateful I can still paint at all.
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal, 5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of Italian Greyhounds and 3 cats. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 160 yr old farmhouse and just living.
Nothing wrong with them, they look fine to me. Hopefully they will perform heroically on the table top!!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, they'll do at arms length. Their first combat die roll on the table is often a good indicator of their future :)
DeleteThe Dragoons look very good Ross- well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kev
DeleteToy soldier joy, these are great Ross!
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
Thanks Alan
DeleteNot sure why you’re not happy with these chaps, they look splendid.
ReplyDeleteOh, its all minor stuff. eg It was too late when I realized that I hadn't filed the buttons off their cuffs despite my intention to paint them in gauntlents, and a bunch of minor things, some of which I had to fix 3 or 4 times as the brush suddenly went rogue when my hand twitched forcing a touch up! They'll be fine on the table.
DeleteThey look pretty damn good to me, and a crack unit at that - the 20th had a great record so I’m sure they’ll fight for you.
ReplyDeleteOh good. I picked them from the Egyptian OB because they were the only Dragoon regiment who didn't have red or pink facings and I was tired of painting red facings!
DeleteFYI if you want your guys to know what they have to live up to...
Delete20e Regiment de Dragons
4 Battle Honours: 1798 - Les Pyramides, 1806 - Jena, 1807 - Friedland, 1811 - Albuhera
54 Battles: 1793 - Siege of Quesnoy, 1794 - Landrecies, Quesnoy, Valenciennes, Aldenhoven, 1796 - Mondovi, Lodi, Castiglone, 1797 - La Favorite, Saint-Georges, Due-Castelli, Castelluchio, Mantoue, 1798 - Alexandrie, Chebreiss, les Pyramides, 1799 - El-Arich, Gaza, Jaffa, Saint-Jean-d'Acre, Mont-Tabor, Aboukir, 1800 - Heliopolis, 1805 - Wertingen, Memmingen, Neresheim, Ulm, Austerlitz, 1806 - Jena and Pultusk, 1807 - Eylau, Heilsberg, Friedland, 1808 - Andujar and Tudela, 1809 - Ucles, Ciudad-Real, Almonacid, Ocana, Salamanca, Pampelune, Tamames, 1811 - Albuera, 1813 - Leipzig, Dresden, and Hanau, 1814 - S.Dizier, Brienne, La Rothiere, Mormont, Monterau, Troyes, 1815 - Ligny, Waterloo
Colonels and chef-de-brigade: 1793 - Gontran , 1797 - Boussart, 1800 - Reynaud, 1807 - Corbineau, 1811 - Desargus, 1815 -Briqueville.
Very smart indeed ! - you've still got it !
ReplyDeleteThanks, its just a longer, more frustrating, experience these days!
DeleteThey look very smart, indeed (the French dragoon kit is a classic). The paint job looks fine as well, particularly given the way that the camera tends to bring things out--just don't see any issues even with the photo. Still, I'm with you on the degraded vision: I have some 6mm winged hussars that I actually painted with the naked eye. Seems like a false memory to me now.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, in '79 I did some 6mm 16th/17C Spanish in stripes. I can't help but think now that they were only stripes in my imagination.
DeleteLook fine to me. Two questions to be resolved - how well they do in battle and how often you choose to use them! I often have to paint things over 2-3 times and still miss bits! Trouble is, I only tend to notice those bits from photos I do for my blog...
ReplyDeleteThese days, once the gloss varnish is on, any errors merely add character
DeleteI know what you mean about eyesight.
ReplyDeleteThese look tabletop ready, which about all I aim for myself. Hopefully they will pass muster when the dice are rolled.
Roll up or not I'll win anyway.....
DeleteLooking good to me Ross…
ReplyDeleteI like the yellow facings…
All the best. Aly
One gets tired of red and I still haven't warmed up to pink.
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