The Soon Dragoons have turned into the Drag On Dragoons, I'm afraid. The good news, however, is that they are very nearly finished.
Herewith is their standard bearer, who gave me no end of trouble:
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All being well, they should be ready fot their proper photo shoot at the weekend.
Best wishes,
WM
Looking good - the white facings really pop and the colours on the guidon are really rich, are they really Humbrols?
ReplyDeleteLooks like they've beaten Bragg's foot to the finish as my guys only got their first (spray) coat of gloss varnish yesterday just before the rain set in. A second (brush) coat to do before they are based up, which is always quite a prolonged Milliput session.
It was humbrols all the way, Rob. The guidon was done with H25 Blue, which has a rather attractive mauve tint to it, and H60 Scarlet. The central oval was 'silver' according to my sources, so I actually went with this and ir worked surprisingly well.
DeleteExcellent!
ReplyDeleteDo you use vintage Humbrol's or the current ones?
They were very "chalky" last time I bought some?
Cheers Matt. It's a bit of a mixture of old and new. A ran out of most of my own old ones about five years ago, but I've managed to keep things going by by scrounging them off friends and neighbours, plus a few local purchases from ye-olde wargamers who gave up using them years ago but had never got round to throwing them out. I agree that some of the new ones are really very bad! I've tried a few Revell Email enamels, however, and they are really very good, although hard to find in NZ.
DeleteThat is some very fine work on some no nonsense Prussians in their workday uniforms. Nice that your guidon bearer will provide a splash of colour. Your black lining is some of the most fine lining I have seen to date. Very nicely done, especially the cuff and finger details, well, and of course, the magnificent guidon!
ReplyDeleteThank you David. Those are very kind words
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Prussian uniforms are a bit austere, but their gloriously rococo flags certainly make up for this a bit. This is not to say that simple uniforms are necessarily all that simple to paint. I'm hoping that the Brunswick Corps will finally prove to be the exception to this when I finally get round to them!
Beautifully done Matthew…
ReplyDeleteYou have managed to turn a potentially plain uniform into something quite vibrant…
This unit may need yet another change of name… The Well Worth Waiting For dragoons 😁.
All the best. Aly.
Thank you Aly. They're to be brigaded with the ultra-smart Garde du Corps, so I had to try my best.
DeleteIt is therapeutic for me to see a new regimental colour painted by WM, as it reminds me how grateful I am for the insight that... never in a million years....I would not have believed it was possible to render the humble PN81 so glorious.. Respect, Sir, and remember, these chaps actually fight. What did you use for colour belt?
ReplyDeleteThat is very kind of you to say so, Archduke. He looks a bit medieval, doesn't he.
DeleteThe colour belt is undercoated with H34 White with a fairly thin wash of H73 Wine, mixed with just a couple of tiny spots of H25 Blue and H34 White, applied over the top. Humbrol don't make any decent pinks, unfortunatley.