Thursday, March 23, 2023

One More Done

Not my best work but they'll do. Maybe this weekend I'll find out the key thing: how lucky are they?

40mm 1790's French 20th Dragoons.
Prince August SYW dragoon bodies with Zinnbrigade British Dragoon heads
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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.

21 comments:

  1. Nothing wrong with them, they look fine to me. Hopefully they will perform heroically on the table top!!

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    1. Oh yes, they'll do at arms length. Their first combat die roll on the table is often a good indicator of their future :)

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  2. The Dragoons look very good Ross- well done!

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  3. Toy soldier joy, these are great Ross!
    Alan Tradgardland

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  4. Not sure why you’re not happy with these chaps, they look splendid.

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    1. Oh, 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.

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  5. They 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.

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    1. Oh 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!

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    2. FYI if you want your guys to know what they have to live up to...
      20e 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.

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  6. Very smart indeed ! - you've still got it !

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    1. Thanks, its just a longer, more frustrating, experience these days!

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  7. They 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.

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    1. Ah 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.

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  8. Look 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...

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    1. These days, once the gloss varnish is on, any errors merely add character

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  9. I know what you mean about eyesight.
    These look tabletop ready, which about all I aim for myself. Hopefully they will pass muster when the dice are rolled.

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  10. Looking good to me Ross…
    I like the yellow facings…

    All the best. Aly

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    1. One gets tired of red and I still haven't warmed up to pink.

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