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Saturday, 16 May 2020

Lutzow Infantry

I have finished my unit of Der Kreigspielers Lutzowers. DK ref 122. The command was a made up from other figures and I not sure of their providence. The drummer was a copy of a French Drummer with a Prussian head. He required a fair bit of cleaning up before painting. The Officer is a Hinton Hunt PN1 but possibly not original. The standard bearer looks like a David Clayton casting PN11 Garde Standard bearer but without he plume. All 3 command figures needed Milliput Litweka adding.


The DK Lutzow figure has French style backpack rather than a Prussian one.


I painted all 24 figures in one batch as I thought as they are in Black it would be easier. Now I am not sure about this and will revert back to smaller batches.


I based the flag on a image I found on the Lutzow Freicorps Website. I am not sure about is authenticity but a Black flag does complement the uniforms.


To support my Lutzowers I am going to add some old Kennington Austrian Jaeger as a company of the Lutzow Tyrolian Jaegers in Grey and Green. 

After that it these boys next.


This unit will include 11 of my original Grenadiers I bought from the Hinton Hunt shop in Camden Passage. The rest are more recent recasts. Unfortunately I don't have a Grenadier drummer however I will add  a Sapper instead.
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14 comments:

  1. Glasgow Warhog16 May 2020 at 08:02

    Well painted

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  2. WSTKS-FM Worldwide16 May 2020 at 10:05

    Black uniforms are difficult to paint convincingly, but I'd say you nailed. They are very handsome.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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    1. Mark Dudley17 May 2020 at 00:31

      Hi Stokes.

      I used Black Grey dry Bush over the black undercoat and then repainted the leather work in black to try and make it stand out.

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  3. Wellington Man16 May 2020 at 13:40

    Very nice, Mark!

    I'm willing to lay bets that they started life as HH French charging greatcoated grenadiers. The Duke was very creative with some of his conversions. That the Lutzowers would have been sporting various captured French stuff is very plausible.

    I like the white havresacks - these really brighten them up, which is a challenge with Lutzowers!

    Best regards
    WM

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    1. Mark Dudley17 May 2020 at 00:34

      Hi Matt

      I have had a look at Clives blog and yes he is a conversion of a FN12 Line Grenadier figure.

      The white haversack does add a splash and contrast to the black uniforms.

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  4. Rob16 May 2020 at 13:59

    I like them, I can’t quite put my finger on why but they somehow look more jaunty than WM’s and the profile of the shako in its cover really captures the Prussian essence. I notice the re-enactors also mix figures from different makers, that one in the second rank must a 25mil figure at least!

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    1. Mark Dudley17 May 2020 at 00:39

      Hi Rob

      The pose of the figure and shape of the shako cover certainly contribute to the jaunty appearance.

      If you look closely the command figures are all a bit taller than the Infantry ones. I added a little height to the Infantry figure bases, using Milliput, but they are still shorter.

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  5. Stryker18 May 2020 at 07:12

    Those are very nice indeed Mark. Painting black is never as easy as you think but you've done a great job.

    The race is on to see who can complete their Old Guard first!

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    1. Mark Dudley19 May 2020 at 13:32

      Hi Ian

      I have started on the first batch of figures today. I have cleaned them up and used a bit of Milliput to reconstruct some miscasting on the bases.

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  6. Aly Morrison19 May 2020 at 05:00

    Very nice indeed Mark...
    I have some Minifigs Brunswickers lurking in the painting pile... I was going to try painting them with Citadel Contrast Colours/Washes... Black over a grey undercoat.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Mark Dudley19 May 2020 at 13:39

      I am too long in the tooth to try using theses new fangled contrast/colours.

      The technique I used was black undercoat with a grey/black dry brush with a little light grey dry brush to finish of. I then picked out the belts etc in black.

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  7. Anonymous19 May 2020 at 11:14

    Lovely unit, well painted, look forward to seeing your old Guard.

    Paul

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    1. Mark Dudley19 May 2020 at 13:41

      Thanks Paul. I hope I can do justice to Marcus Hinton old guard.

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