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Sunday, 24 January 2021

French Guard Lancers

I have been preparing my next unit of classic Napoleonics for painting.  I will be concentrating on cavalry for the next few months. 

These are recast Hinton Hunt FN44 French Guard Lancer charging with separate lance. I had to use bit of Milliput to fill gaps between the lance arm and body.

The first 6 figures will be the Polish Guard and will form the 1st squadron and the 2nd squadron of 6 will be Red Lancers. Should be colourful once finished.

One figure I decided rather than use a lancer arm I decided to cut of the trumpet arm from a plastic figure and use that instead.

If the weather is not too cold I will finish off cleaning them up and spray them with black undercoat.


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12 comments:

  1. EB24 January 2021 at 14:40

    I'm looking forward to seeing the finished unit, Mark.

    You've made a lovely job of the trumpeter's arm.

    Iain

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  2. WSTKS-FM Worldwide24 January 2021 at 16:01

    Agreed! Once he's painted, you'll never know.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  3. Rob24 January 2021 at 22:42

    They will certainly look pretty, I'm looking forward to seeing them.

    I think I would go for 4 Poles as they were very much the minority in what was a huge unit (you could always just add another 6 figures). In 1815 the Lt cavalry units of the Garde were as big as most brigades, especially the Chasseurs.

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  4. tradgardmastare25 January 2021 at 00:01

    Great figures, looking forward to following their painting.

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  5. 'Lee.25 January 2021 at 03:06

    Lovely figures and will look superb once finished. Clever conversion of the trumpeter.

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  6. Stryker25 January 2021 at 04:48

    No French wargame army is complete without some of these!

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  7. Wellington Man25 January 2021 at 09:31

    Colourful indeed! I'm really looking forward to what you do with these Mark!

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  8. Aly Morrison25 January 2021 at 11:24

    Splendid Mark...
    I am also looking forward to seeing how these turn out...

    All the best. Aly

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  9. David27 January 2021 at 11:31

    I'm jealous of the HH figures, even if recasts. I have a bunch of the DK ones in the painting pile and they get pretty spindly. The lances look a little nicer than the original ones. An improvement on the originals perhaps? I suspect I will be replacing mine with wire lances, but once again that is almost an imperative with the older DKs. Can't wait to see how yours turn out!

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  10. Graham C30 January 2021 at 01:42

    Going to be a good looking unit, one of my favourite HH figures.

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  11. James Fisher30 January 2021 at 19:39

    These will look great. Excellent conversion of the trumpeter too.
    Regards, James

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  12. mojoworking6 February 2021 at 06:25

    That's a great idea, painting half as Polish and half as Dutch, may have to pinch that as I've got a dozen OPCs I need to get cracking with.

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