7YW Prussian dragoons

Starting to get on with it. Prussian Dragons

As usual, following 'Uniforms of the Seven Years War Prussia 1st Edition.

Colour scheme is basically the 7th Regiment. Again, standard copied from page 11.

7PC5 Dragoon officer

7PC4 Dragoon standard bearer

The range has a trumpeter but the booklet suggests that a drummer would be more appropiate.  So I simply used the British drummer. The green on the drum is an artefact. It's really white. Honest.

7PC6 Dragoon. The figures are so similar it's a pain trying to identify them. Whic is why one of the dragoon figures in the squadron is a French spy or something. Or British. Could be Austrian. 

20mm Napoleonic British Dragoons

Loosely based on the 1st King's Dragoon Guards...

Loosely... this unit, painting isn't right...

For example, saddlecloth on back rider...

Etc... helmets... still, look OK at a distance and fine for wargames purposes!

More 42mm Zinnfiguren homecast

This time painted up as British infantry and Dragoons.

A dozen infantry and five cavalry.

I'm trying to cut down as much as possible on detail, but increasing the command group to officer, standard bearer and bugler eliminates any time gains.

Now, the cavalry. Should have been a 4 man squadron one of whom was an officer. Then another officer to act as a general staff or possibly infantry officer. Then I only painted 1 officer... Horses I'm simplifying by not painting on eyes, blazes or stockings. The casting itself is simpler in the sense non of the figures have carbines...

The officer is from one of the artillery moulds. Need to overpaint the red on his bincoculars! Bugler, all-action pose and has a backpack.

So although all these figures are meant to be 1901 Germans they fit really well into the 1897 British army.

Reclaimed Russians finished

Obviously, as far as 1897 is concerned, it's another 'made up' unit/uniform but based on ... something.

Quite a quick, simple paint job.

The replacement gun barrels are, at best, wobbly and I doubt the bonds will last long - really should have drilled out holes for them to fit in.

Still, for a quick paint job on reclaimed figures I'm happy with the result.

These are the pictures I'm using to justify the colour scheme - the standing figure was the model for the coat colour (though didn't bother with the red collar, gave mine brass buttons) whilst the mounted figure justifies white belts... The helmet seems to match some infantry figures but theu're Dragoons - almost infantry! Taken from the Blandford book 'Uniforms of the Imperial Russian Army' by Boris Mollo. The figure is a closer colour match to the picture than it looks here.

Russian Dragoon squadron

First painted figures from the new mould are now finished. Meanwhile, cuirassiers only a day or two behind and Scots Greys have been undercoated. Must do some infantry ...

Not really a lot to say about them - they seem to have turned out OK- swords still a bit iffy.