Simon's eventually gargantuan 1670's thread + Royal Dragoons 25/1/22

[bigredbat]

Here the first of (hopefully) very many battalions for the War of the Devolution and the Franco-Dutch War. Ironically it starts with a unit that falls slightly outside the period- the 1st Foot Guards ca. 1683.





There's a lot more about them on my blog at https://bigredbat.blogspot.com/2021/12/1st-foot-guards-finished.html

[Hu Rhu]

Very nicely done. 
You mention one unit a week for the next few months? That's is real dedication and hard work. 

[Captain Blood]

Super job on those Simon. The flags have a wonderful velvety look 

[bigredbat]

Thanks chaps.

You mention one unit a week for the next few months?

Only because I have quite a few units that are mostly finished, bar basing. And because various chums are doing the heavy lifting with the painting, and another all the flocking. :-)  The bottleneck will be the time it takes me to finish the painting, add flags, get them on the bases and grout them, so eventually it'll slow down to a unit every couple of weeks.

[Paul Richardson]

Very nice indeed.

[chema1986]

Nice regiment Simon, keep them coming !!

[has.been]

The flags have a wonderful velvety look 

Definitely agree with that comment.

[nicknorthstar]

Oh wow!

[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely 

[Blackwolf]

Lovely     The basing is particularly good!

[bigredbat]

Lovely     The basing is particularly good!

Thanks- I use a base coat of static grass with a blend of eight or ten different types of tufts, on top, lightly dry-brushed buff and matt-varnished. 25+ tufts a base. It sounds complex but I can finish two units in an evening, and it really sets them off, I think, although my local chum Ian thinks it is over the top. He likes a simpler style, nary a tuft in sight.

[Blackwolf]

Your basing is fab! So many people do them a bit arid for my liking,yours is spot on

[FifteensAway]

Love the basing - and the painting, of course.

How did you get the serrated edges to the bases?  Or do they come that way?  The irregularity should look good on the gaming table.

[bigredbat]

They are from my famous(ish) range of wobbly-edged bases, wot I invented (shades of Slartibartfast) and now sell. They have been compared to



...but don't taste as good.

[nicknorthstar]

(shades of Slartibartfast)

Indeed