Female Hussars

[Momotaro]

Got mine last week, so they're primed and next up on the painting queue after my Mantic skellies!

Lovely figures, very feminine, and I can't wait to paint them.  Elprez and Mors, those are fantastic paintjobs!

And yeah, a big thanks to Jason - Really quick turnaround, and $4 postage to the UK is fantastic.

[Mors]

Thanks for the comments guys, I was not too sure about the colours at first but I think they have worked out ok in the end.

Mors

[leadfool]

I got mine today.  Very nice indeed. 

[Tomsche]

I`ve decided on using mine as a sort of Irish `Fianna` mercenary regiment for my VSF Italians (they both want to whoop Queen Vicky`s ass), will be a while before I can get round to the whole regiment, but tried out the colourscheme I had in mind on the princess

[Mancha]

Good, classic color scheme.  How'd you find such good eyes on her?  I have to admit of that particular mini, it's difficult to paint eyes on her; she's all squinty-like.

[Tomsche]

Good, classic color scheme.  How'd you find such good eyes on her?  I have to admit of that particular mini, it's difficult to paint eyes on her; she's all squinty-like.

With my patented eye painting technique: sheer luck and hoping I don`t tremble to hard 

[Elprez]

I like the colour scheme you've chosen.
Look forward to seeing the whole unit eventually.
And I agree you've done a good job painting the eyes.

[rob_alderman]

God I want these.

Lovely colour combinations coming up. Great to see so many on people's painting desks so quickly! 

[Matakakea]

These are all loking very good guys. I'm going to have to scape together some money to buy a few for myself one day 

[frontal assault]

Mine came through today, after I paid the shipping cost I'd forgotten to do (I'm somewhat prone to stupud mistakes like that).  Overall I'm impressed, each model looks well cast, and where delivery is concerned Jason has been considerably quicker than a few British companies I'm waiting on for orders.

As to what I'm going to do with them, well a few ideas come to mind.

I might be starting a Vostroyan guard soon and these gals would fit right in there as a veteran squad. 
Similarly they wouldn't look to much out of place in a 1914 French army, sort of like a Joan of Arc regiment of volunteers fighting at the Marne.

Beyond that I'm quite tempted to do an 18th/19th century German army from one of the minor states, possibly Saxony so we might see them there.

Anyway ideas are welcome, as all the armies wouldn't look to much out of place in VSF.

[Malamute]

Mine arrived safely a couple of days ago. Lovely figures, full of character. thanks Jason.
Not sure when they will get painted though...

[Laflin and Rand]

Forgot to say, the bag on the top of the busby is white too, rather than the more familiar red of British Hussars and Horse Artillery (and Mancha's painted example).

I've done a google image search for Leib Hussaren and the majority of color photographs and illustrations show that the bag is red with a few that are white. 

The black and white photos do appear to indicate that they're white.

[Chairface]

Working on them right now! They are a joy to paint.

[Mancha]

The black and white photos do appear to indicate that they're white.

I'm somewhat ashamed to admit this, but I've never done a search for the exact words Leib Hussaren before.  I'm encountering some cool, previously unseen images.  I'm especially interested in those that show WWI variations of the uniform, including what I assume are dark green and grey tunics.

Some of the black and white pictures make the bag look dark, as if some dark color; I would guess red.

[Laflin and Rand]

I'm somewhat ashamed to admit this, but I've never done a search for the exact words Leib Hussaren before.

You know, you could call your figures "Weib Hussaren." Eh? Get it?