A Quick Painting Desk Update

 Despite the lack of posting, I have actually got a fair bit done recently - just nothing completely finished - until this evening.

Fresh off the painting desk are the French Napoleonic 9eme Hussards, Warlord plastic with the customary metal officer and musician.

This is the last of my stock of cheap bargains from 12-18 months ago - they may even have been a birthday or Christmas present from one of my beautiful children - I can't recall now! 

Again, probably not up to Perry standards but nicer than the Chasseurs a Cheval, I think?

I based these on the three horse plastic bases that come in the Perry packs

The elite company are, of course, in their fancy colpacks!

The officer was copied from this book

Indeed, it was because I liked the look of the colonel so much, that I decided to paint them as the 9th!

The yellow braiding was a bit of a hassle; I have rarely been able to find a "strong" yellow paint - and the ones I have currently certainly aren't!

Finally, I have also started work on some additions to the Russian Great Northern War forces. I have enough Warlord plastic infantry on hand for two, eighteen figure battalions - plus two boxes of horse, which equates to twenty four cavalrymen.

I decided to add these two regiments to the ten I already have for the Russkies 

And here are two test figures, I am pretty happy with how these look. (although looking now, I see I have got the stockings wrong - easy enough to fix that up though!)

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