Tuesday 7 April 2020

9th Prussian RIR - Completed

I have now finished the remaining figures for the 9th Prussian RIR (21st Regt in 1815).  I hoped to finish these by the end of March but they are a few days late. So far this year I have now finished 38 foot and 12 cavalry figures - so 62 points.



The infantry are Les Higgins British rifleman. The standard bearer is a LH officer who has had his arm adjusted and a pin added for the flag pole. The flag is made from a fizzy pop can, a la Wellington Man. The Officer and Drummer are old Hinton Hunt figures. They probably should have black facings but I have done them in red to match the flag and add a bit of colour.


The flag is painted free hand and the lettering is done using a fine pointed brush and little dots rather than painting the letters.


So what's next.  Firstly I am started 3 Prussian mounted Officers. The figures are from Newline,  mounted on Hinton Hunt British Scots Greys Horses as I don't have any Prussian horses.

I have also started prepping my next infantry unit - some DK Prussian Lutzow Infantry code 122. Hinton Hunt never made a Lutzow figure.


The command are DK Prussians and will need a little conversion to add a Milliput Litweka. I am also using Milliput to add a little height to the Infantry figures as can be seen in the middle figure.

I target to complete the mounted  officers and Lutzowers by mid May.






8 comments:

Jim Duncan Wargamer said...

Once again, a cracking unit.

WSTKS-FM Worldwide said...

Yes! Well done.

Best Regards,

Stokes

Rob said...

Delightful and the red facings pick up the red flag and just key it all together - nice one! Just one question: in the last photo of the unit, what is the right hand man in the second rank so pleased about?

Independentwargamesgroup said...

Lovely Mark, a great looking unit.

Wellington Man said...

Excellent, and nice to see a Higgins officer who isn't standing on a rock!
I love the flag. The red and green go together really spectacularly.

Matt said...

Very nice indeed. great to see cola cans coming back in fashion too!

Aly Morrison said...

A lovely looking unit Mark...
There are some nice variations of uniforms in the Prussian Army...

All the best. Aly

Stryker said...

Another first rate unit Mark and great flag!