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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Jabba on March 29, 2021, 03:42:47 PM

Title: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
Post by: Jabba on March 29, 2021, 03:42:47 PM

Ages ago, way before the first lockdown I purchased some dismounted light dragoons for my Anglo / Portuguese Peninsular army. Light Dragoons skirmishing from the Perry Twins and a Horse holder set, sculpted by Paul Hicks, from Brigade Games.

These were all duly based and primed ready for painting by June 2020. Painting continued at a steady, if not slow pace until sometime around late August when my hobby mojo got up and left the building. No idea why, just developed a meh attitude to getting stuff out to paint of an evening after work. Whether this was just a symptom of the general meh that I'm sure a lot of people had last year, and may still be having, or just a shift in interest caused by no physical gaming occuring as the second lockdown started, I don't know.

Finally this February with the prospect of evenings sat in a hotel room, work course, I got these figures out again, along with a few painting supplies, to take with me.

After this week away they only needed final touchups and the basing finishing before varnishing. This finally happened two days ago as I wanted to try using my airbrush for this now I had a wider nozzel and needle.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uet4WNfqVDM/YGHf1IyG8lI/AAAAAAAAUjk/BkFZUUEiDsE9sO6Am-RKhucN_sYbBWXwgCPcBGAsYHg/s3029/IMG_20210328_102635.jpg)

I have painted these with orange facings to represent the 14th Light Dragoons, who I also have as a mounted unit.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-At6Jr_HbZVI/YGHfIj-8tSI/AAAAAAAAUjQ/0oAQW71cVy0_nq9afeL6xhshqWQs7AGiACPcBGAsYHg/s2680/IMG_20210328_101510.jpg)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AGvgQHCmuBs/YGHfcgE6tSI/AAAAAAAAUjY/GBMLbU84t5UEs4KQps3u9ugklaADSe-wQCPcBGAsYHg/s2697/IMG_20210328_102406.jpg)

So after almost nine months they are finally finished, the longest it has taken me to complete anything (once started).

More on my blog at Jabba's Wargaming (https://jabbaswargaming.blogspot.com/2021/03/finally-finished-my-dismounted-light.html)

Tony.

Title: Re: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
Post by: Jemima Fawr on March 29, 2021, 04:42:03 PM

Fantastic!

It's amazing the sheer variety of models that are now available!  Just seven years ago for our Fishguard 1797 project, we were having to convert 28mm Yeomanry/Light Dragoons from plastic French Hussars and there was nothing even remotely suitable for dismounted Yeomanry, and now here they are!  :-*

Title: Re: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on March 29, 2021, 05:00:04 PM

Looking good!

Title: Re: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
Post by: Jabba on March 30, 2021, 08:57:02 AM

Thanks gents.

Title: Re: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
Post by: OB on March 30, 2021, 10:50:46 AM

Very nice and good to see the horse holders too.

Title: Re: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
Post by: MaleGriffin on March 30, 2021, 04:33:20 PM

Nicely done!