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Wednesday, 7 November 2018

1st Hussars - Work in Progress

I have been rather slowly painting 6 French Elite Hussars to add to the 6 figures I painted 18 months ago.

https://ilkleyoldschool.blogspot.com/2017/05/hinton-hunt-french-8th-elite-hussars.html?m=1

I have got the main colours completed and have started on the white bits.  Once I have the main colours on I then go over and clean up the black items before adding the final details and the all important tidy up to get, as close as I can, clean lines between the colours. The braid on the front of the jacket will need particular attention on these figures.



The finished unit of combined 1st/8th Hussars will join the Carabiniers  to bring my French Cavalry strength up to 2 regiments.

I have also started prepping 6 recast British Dragoons in bicornes to add a second unit to my allied cavalry.
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4 comments:

  1. Wellington Man7 November 2018 at 10:51

    They are already looking superb, Mark.
    You have my every sympathy!
    Yours
    WM

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    1. Mark Dudley7 November 2018 at 23:33

      I have a unit of one piece casting French Hussars in the waiting queue. They are some way down the list though.



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  2. Stryker7 November 2018 at 14:44

    Very nice Mark - I really like that blue!

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    1. Mark Dudley7 November 2018 at 23:42

      Hi Ian

      I started with Vallejo Deep Sky Blue but the colour did not look right. I therefore washed over with FW Indigo acrylic ink which stained to the paint rather nicely.

      I will probably add a few touches of Humbrol Pastel Blue to add a highlight to finish.

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