Sunday, March 18, 2012

Operation Paint Cavalry is under way

The past couple of weeks have been very exciting for me both personally and hobby related. I recently undertook the largest cavalry painting project in my hobby existence. Yes, I know some people will laugh at the fact that I am only painting 26 cavalry and some mounted officers but I really had some bad experiences painting and playing with cavalry units so I have managed to avoid them up until this point. I was working on assembling the 26 dragoons this past week and I started painting them this weekend. Hopefully I will have at least 6-12 dragoons ready to dip before I go to bed with the rest falling into line by next weekend. In between painting backpacks and some casualties I was painting up the horses. Here are some pictures of my progress as of a few minutes before posting this article. Enjoy.




 The pictures above are of my brigade commander. Commanders are Perry Miniatures and the base was supplied by Dragon Forge Designs.
 8 of my horses are done and based. I have another 8 that need highlighting and another 8 that need to be dull coated and highlighted.
Here are the elite 15th Dragoons. I have found no evidence that they wore their bearskins in the Peninsula and more than likely they didn't but they look cool. Sometimes cool trumps historical accuracy. :)

9 comments:

  1. Looking good Joe! Looking really good!

    Cheers
    Dave

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  2. Well they don't totally suck so far Joe! ;) What size bases are you using for your brigade commanders? I just got some 3 inch discs from a craft store for my Austrians which comfortably fit three mounted figs.
    I'm looking forward to the finished unit brother!

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  3. Thanks guys and I guess I will have to thank Jeff as well. :) I am not 100% sure what size they are. I think they are 90mm round but Dave would know better. Dave?

    PS. Jeff, I saw your Austrians and they are looking really nice. I look forward to some day crushing them. :)

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  4. The big bases are 80mm rounds.

    Cheers
    Dave

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  5. Loving these Joe. Keep it up. Just a few short weeks!

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  6. Thanks for the size info Dave.

    Joe, you know backhand is the only way I complement an old friend! I rue the day we play Blackpowder, the blunders rolled will be truly legendary!

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