Here they are The 2nd (Royal North British) Dragoons finished at last. The figures are all vintage Hinton Hunt castings brought together from different sources over the course of thirteen years, stripped, repaired and repainted by me.
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| Lock up your Eagles, here they come! |
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| Ponsonby with the full Union Brigade - the Scots Greys, the Irish Inniskilling's and the English 1st Royal Dragoons. |
I’ll be staying in Heavy Cavalry mode for the next unit – The Blues.
That's a scary amount of cavalry - those Frenchies are really in for a rough time. I can't wait to see that lot descend like a thunderbolt on an unsuspecting column - eagle anyone?
ReplyDeleteScotland for ever indeed...
ReplyDeleteA beautiful looking brigade Ian...
All the best. Aly
Rob, yes t may be time to paint more cuirassiers!
ReplyDeleteThanks Aly, great to paint Scots who are not wearing kilts!
ReplyDeleteThey really look the business, perish the poor Frenchie who tries to stop them!
ReplyDeleteThey look an excellent brigade. Lots of Wow! factor.Have you got the Scots infantry figure with arm raised who is meant to be the focal point of the Lady Butler painting?. If you have a spare dragoon you could make up a front rank base tith the infantry hanger on?
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You have performed a piece of alchemy turning those old battered figures into gold.
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful unit, and the entire brigade is magnificent!
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
Roy, I think that’s probably a base too far! I did however consider giving one figure a French Eagle to hold but decided against it.
ReplyDeleteMark, the unit could only be completed because of the figures you donated!
ReplyDeleteThanks Stokes!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pleasure seeing them finally come together as a full 12 figure unit, they are magnificent Ian. I really like the dappling on the horses, I can never seem to make that look right!
ReplyDeleteJust glorious. I wonder when the brigade was last fielded in HHs. I have just read from the letter of a young cornet purchased into the Greys in early 1815. He says that the” regiment is composed of excellent fellows, only three of them being scotchmen, the officers, that is. Most of the privates, however, are scotch.” Please don’t ban me, I’m hiding behind parenthesis.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, wonderful to see whole brigade.
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Lee, the dappling technique is straight out of my Kevin Dallimore Bible - about the only technique of his I have managed to pull off!
ReplyDeleteNigel, excellent fellows indeed, I wonder if the 'scotch' officers survived Waterloo?
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul, now I have to move on to the Household Cavalry.
ReplyDeleteIt’s just possible that the answer is in the book. If so, I’ll report back.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent Ian! Such an impressive looking brigade and the Greys leading them, just superb.
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
Stirs the heart!
ReplyDeleteThanks James, let's hope they live up to their reputation on the table!
ReplyDeleteIndeed it does Ross!
ReplyDeleteWell now that does stir the blood! Pity the Greys never made an appearance in the Peninsula. I will get to model the lifeguard eventually though, but I don't think they will be a match for those big men in bearskins. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteWhat a glorious and stirring sight, by Jings!
ReplyDeleteMy sincere apologies. I've been in the deepest of deep NZ the last few weeks where the phone reception was virtually nonexistent, so it was a marvelous treat to see these on my re-emergence. Just fabulous.
All the best
WM
Thanks David.
ReplyDeleteWM - glad you made it back to civilisation! I'm pleased with how these turned out as it never seemed right to only have half a unit of Greys!
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