Miscellaneous Napoleonic Cavalry

[k.b.]

Here is where i would start...........

[k.b.]

Here's to show how the dapples are coming along on this steed........





......it goes without saying that i need to add a second (and probably a third) layer of red to the lacing on his jacket, cuffs, shabraque, sabretache along with buttons added down the side of his trousers.

[Santi Pérez]

Already in this state, that hussar and his horse look spectacular, k.b. I can just imagine what the end result will look like when you're done with them.

Santi.

[Bessiere]

Great looking hussar and thank you for the reference pictures. It's almost a pattern you'd get with spray paint and blocking parts almost in a snake scale pattern. Do you build these areas with diluted paint?
Cheers,
Bessiere

[k.b.]

Thanks for your comments gents. In answer to your question Bessiere , no I don’t use any diluted paint at all. Quite the opposite, I generally add a lighter grey circle of oil at a time on top of the darker rump, neck or chest and before this circle is dry I add more white to it and create the dapples, all the while trying to avoid a too regular appearance to the dapples. If you look closely at the reference photos the size, format of the dapples is all very irregular. I try my best to reproduce that irregularity.

[k.b.]

I think if someone were to ask me what my all time favourite 1/72 Napoleonic cavalry figure was, this chap would be high on my list. And to tell you the truth both he and his mount were painted many many moons ago.

It might be an interesting challenge for me to try to find, deep in the depths of my unpainted collection, another of this Revell combo of figures and paint them both in oils, unlike the old rider figure shown below, who was painted in enamels and his horse which was painted using an oil wiping off technique that i learned as a youngster from my mentor, the late great Bill Brewer down in Peckham Lane, London.

My knowledge has come a long way but am afraid my eyes are nowhere near what they were back then. (But then again I do have an Optivisor nowadays to help).

Let's see............











(to be continued)....

[k.b.]

Got to set up this little scene of Saxon Cavalry getting into a fight with some Russian Hussars supported by a few infantrymen.......... my guess is it could have been at Borodino (I just have a few doubts about the authenticity of the scolding hot Brazilian sunshine), but it makes for good piccies.

[sberry]

I just have a few doubts about the authenticity of the scolding hot Brazilian sunshine), but it makes for good piccies.

Absolutely! And the good illumination enables one to admire your excellent paintjob in full detail! These are really great pictures.

[Santi Pérez]

...These are really great pictures.

I totally agree with Stephan: great pictures for great figures. Fantastic work, k.b.!

Santi.

[C M Dodson]

Excellent work as always.

Best wishes,

Chris

[k.b.]

..........meanwhile just out of sight a few other Russsians regroup with a General, who's dishing out the orders and telling lower rank officers their next moves.

[Ochoin]

Lovely figures & you always do them justice.
I must ask about the pointing figure in the covered shako. Russian?

donald

[C M Dodson]

Lovely work.

He is an Itallieri Prussian.

Chris

[k.b.]

Forgot to thank you lads namely sberry, santi, donald and chris for your support which is always most welcome. Was also delighted to see (from the likes) that Marvin is back on Bennos. Welcome back my friend, your painting of Napoleonic Cavalry was of HUGE inspiration to yours truly, long ago. It's absolutely astonishing how time seems to be flying.

Took a few more piccies of the Russian, Saxon cavalry skirmish this afternoon and added in a few Mamelukes for a bit more colour. The photos were taken indoors so they're perhaps not as sharp as the first batch but i got a bit closer to ground level to try and get a better feel of how frenetic it must have been. Let's see how they post and i keenly await your comments.
















almost forgot this one........

[k.b.]

A couple of stragglers who were both finished recently and haven't been shown before. I decided to put this 19th French Dragoon trumpeter (who appears to have lost his trumpet) in a little fight with this Russian Isum Hussar.

[k.b.]

.............speaking 'bout trumpeters i have these three primed and in the early stages of being painted. As you can see I always begin with the face as it provides inspiration to paint the rest of the figure. On the other hand, if i cock up I can easily wipe off the paint and start again.

[C M Dodson]

Hi,

I have to apologise for missing a question from yourself.

The figure link is

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TayloredFiguresGB

Well recommended.

Best wishes,

Chris

[Rich W]

I’d missed these last few updates. They look great together in the fray. Do you have an end plan for all of these figures?

[JurgenH]

Very nice figures. i like them.

[k.b.]

Thank you Chris for the link to these amazing 3D printed figures. To be honest i have promised the missus that i won't order any more minis until i finish what must amount to between 1 and 2 thousand Napoleonics still to be painted. On top of which my guess is i have another 3,000 plastic 1/72s starting with Greeks and Persians up to WW2 Afrika Corps and a whole load of armies in between. So realistically at 63 I am not entirely sure whether I'll get around to buying more figures. That is, of course, if i stick to my word, (or Zvezda start to relaunch their large boxes of minis or somebody produces a range that i find absolutely irrestible). On top of my 1/72s i also have a few hundred Perry 28mm figures to paint from several periods........... and then there are still a few 18mm AB Napoleonics.
Before ending let me also thank Santi for his loyal support along with Rich and Jurgen. You asked Rich if i have any plans to end this thread - i suppose the obvious answer is as soon as i give up painting Napoleonic cavalry.

PS/ Would absolutely love to create one or two large new bases on which to photo more cavalry battles/skirmishes.