Cavalry and Polo's

Progress is slow but steady. I continue to work on my cavalry and as of this evening I managed to get 8 Dragoons base coated and 'dipped'. They will be dull coated tomorrow and the highlighting will begin. I have the remaining 4 Dragoons about 60% base coated with another 14 Dragoons with some basic colors. When I need a break from all this cavalry I have been cranking out backpacks for my fully painted infantry. 12 backpacks are done and glued on with another 27 left to go. I am really looking forward to seeing everything done and on the battlefield. Here are some pictures of my progress.

On a side note, I received our polo shirts for the crew playing the game and thought they would be cool to show everyone. We designed the shirts so we could wear them from year to year regardless of the theme or historical time period we choose. You will notice a hazy look in between the letters. That is just part of the screening that needs to be removed. 

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. :)