Light Cavalry 1747

[paul haring]

This 54mm figure is created with Historex parts. I got inspired by an old painting of a Dutch cavalryman.
Painting of the horse is done in oils to create the dapples. The rider is painted in acrylics from Valejo and washes with Citadel contrast

[Bessiere]

Very nice horse and rider Paul. You have painted them authentic to the picture and surpass it my opinion. The dapple gray horse is a beautiful mount, all cavaliers should be so lucky to ride one. Great work sir. I can't help but notice the saddle cloth color looks very close to Austrian from Napoleonic era; would this be due to being part of the Holy Roman Empire at the time? We Americans tend to not be terribly well versed on EU history.

[paul haring]

Thank you Bessiere for your comment.
As for the saddle-cloth. We had Dutch regiments in white and red. So the red colour should be correct. My only doubts were the form of the cloth. A bit roundish at the back, but I couldn't find more referencepictures.So, I took the guess.

[Emperor]

Great painted...You did white great...

[paul haring]

In fact it is painted with Vallejo silvergrey, shadowed with Citadel Space wolf’s grey and highlighted with vallejo cold white

[Peter]

Fantastic work Paul! and I love theway you painted that horse!

[paul haring]

Thank you Peter

[Michael Robert]

Perfectly rendered figure, Paul
The model, topic, painting
Great figure
Michael

[paul haring]

Thank you Michael

[Kekso]

Great work on assembling and painting. Pity that background is brighter than figure

[paul haring]

Thank you for your tip. Now I see it myself