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Author Topic: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.  (Read 766 times)

Offline Jabba

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Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
« on: March 29, 2021, 02:42:47 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.



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





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

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Offline Jemima Fawr

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Re: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2021, 03:42:03 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!  :-*
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Offline Grumpy Gnome

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Re: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2021, 04:00:04 PM »
Looking good!
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Offline Jabba

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Re: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2021, 07:57:02 AM »
Thanks gents.

Offline OB

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Re: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2021, 09:50:46 AM »
Very nice and good to see the horse holders too.

Offline MaleGriffin

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Re: Dismounted Light Dragoons, finally finished.
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2021, 03:33:20 PM »
Nicely done!
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