As I think I mentioned, after the recently completed French Line Lancers, I decided to carry on with the Napoleonic cavalry theme and pulled out the box of Perry plastic British Hussars that have been in my possession since August 2022.
Being Perry, they are somewhat more detailed but consequently fiddlier to assemble, than their Warlord brethren.....not excessively so, but six or seven parts rather than three or four. It is also possible to combine the three half horses in different configurations, to create some variety in the horses pose too.
After consulting the very comprehensive uniform guide that is included in the box set, I plumped for the 10th Hussars in the 1810-1812 uniform. Here are the first six of twelve figures that will comprise this regiment.
Subtle marking so I don't cock it up!
The choice of regiment and era had nothing more to recommend it than I liked the combination of the peak less shako and yellow facings!
The officer is distinguished by silver facings and lace, red sabretache and grey fur on his pelisse.
Cavalry trumpeters in the British army do not appear to have worn reversed colours in the Napoleonic era.
There are two main sword arm positions provided, but the "charge" option can be put in different positions to create some variety
As demonstrated by these two figures!
A close up of the lace on the pelisse, which came out quite nicely, I think.
The remaining six figures are 90% completed and likely to put in an appearance in the next couple of days, and THEN, I will move onto yet more Napoleonic cavalry, a box of Warlord Chasseurs a Cheval, freshly ordered from a local online retailer earlier today!
A bientot, mes amis.
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Oh jeez…all that 28mm detail and fancy uniforms. You’re a sucker for punishment matey. Lol. Lovely looking mind you. Top stuff.
ReplyDeleteHaha....yes, and there was lots MORE detail I could have done, if I chose to...these are detailed enough for me though!
DeleteNice work there Kieth on your new Cavalry- will be good for you to get them into a game....stay well there in NZ. Cheers. KEV.
ReplyDeleteCheers Kev, and the same to you in Oz.
DeleteAnd very posh they look too!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray....looks can be deceiving though!
DeleteGreat work again sir!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Michal.
DeleteThey look great Keith! The animation allowed by the variety of poses works really well for Hussars and other light cavalry IMHO. I know I could definitely NOT cope with painting all that detail in 28mm, due to a shaky painting arm, old eyes and the will to live ebbing away as I picked up the paint brush;).
ReplyDeleteWill to live ebbing away? C'mon, Man! Snap out of it.
DeleteThanks Steve. As mentioned above, I definitely fudged some of the detail on these! That's the problem with the sculptor starting at 75mm or thereabouts, they are able to put 75mm detail onto a 28mm figure, and unless you are VERY skilled, it's actually TOO detailed! Lovely figures though.
DeleteNice work as usual. Right Bobby Dazzlers Keith. I never knew that you got all that info on uniforms with Perrys. That's really handy, along with all the pose options.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris. Yes, the uniform info sheets and/or free flags included in boxes of Perry plastics are a real bonus...there is more actual info on them than you would get from a couple of MAA uniform books...and it's all free ( or built into the price of the box, depending on your point of view!)
DeleteVery fine work, Keith!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jon!
DeleteVery nice, always like to see Hussars in their dashing uniforms
ReplyDeleteThanks Scotty, our gaming mate Mark is a big fan if hussars, too!
DeleteSplendid
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard
DeleteThey look terrific Keith. Those Perry uniform guides look quite helpful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence, yes it's quite amazing what you get for free nowadays, when only a few years ago, you would have had to buy half a dozen reference books to get all this info!
DeleteThe models look splendid and certainly a lot of small details to paint.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter...yes, probably too many, and I just missed some out, as mentioned!
DeleteKudos for dealing with the double whammy of hussar rig (painting) and assembly (plastics). They look splendid. I'm always struck by how Napoleonic British hussars very much look the "hussar" part, but also have a certain business like quality to them at the same time. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ed, they were not as bad as I had been expecting, once I got down to the task. The Perrys are pretty cleaver guys, even though fiddly little parts like the carbine and the sabretache separate and have to be individually attached, they slip into place and seem to have sufficient points of contact that it all just "works."
DeleteI know what you mean about British hussars - as the era advanced, they started to get more pretentious looking uniforms - multi-coloured shakos etc - a la Johnny Foreigner, which they did not have earlier. Up until around 1813/14, all the regiments looked pretty similar, the buglers (as mentioned) wore the same uniform as everyone else and even the officers only had pretty minimal uniform differences...very workman-like indeed!
Lovely work Keith……making me think of Napoleonics yet again. Watch out for the warlord Chasseur swords !
ReplyDeleteCheers Matt - in theory, the Chasseurs should arrive tomorrow, so I will see if your comment in tongue in cheek or a genuine warning!
DeleteThey didn't , thanks to NZPost..... 😡 .....hopefully tomorrow ......
DeleteLooking good Keith…
ReplyDeleteI love hussar uniforms but it does take a bit of effort to get round all that lace work…
All the best. Aly
Thanks Aly, totally agree, hence my fudged, "Impressionist-style" painting of these figures!
DeleteWonderful work Keith!
ReplyDeleteYou are too kind, Ben!
DeleteLook good to me. Checks all the boxes. Complicated uniforms? Check. Waving swords above their heads? Check. That makes good nap cav. 😀
ReplyDeleteThanks Stew, glad they meet your high criteria!
DeleteLike I said before, Hussars are just the coolest looking troop type in Napoleonics. So dashing and full of flair. Love the uniform choice on these Keith.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dai! Whilst doing some extra research via Google, I think I may have glanced a statement to the effect that from 1810 to 1812 ie the time scale of this particular uniform, the 10th Hussars were stationed in Bath....not a lot of Frenchies to fight in Bath at that time! I will just ignore that inconvenient piece of information though, MY 10th Hussars will be in the Peninsula!
DeleteVery handsome unit, Keith. I believe the directive to abandon reversed colors (and grey horses for the trumpeters as well) came about the beginning of the Peninsular War (along with recalling the flags of the cavalry regiments).
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter...MY 10th Hussars obviously didn't get the memo about the musicians horses....OR their colonel just ignored it 😀
DeleteJust say they are uniformed for 1808 or 1809!
DeleteBUT then, the unusual peakless shako is wrong ...bloody Napoleonics!
DeleteNice hussars mate.
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