Tuesday, 12 December 2023

A Trumpeter for the Guard Chasseurs

With the Hut temperature back to a balmy 5 degrees I have once again taken up residence. No damage to report except that my tub of PVA glue froze solid and had to be chucked so something to put on my list for Santa.

As you can see, the trumpeter is finished and I’m rather pleased with the result. The pale blue dolman against the deep red pelisse is particularly pleasing, well to my eye anyway.

I’m thinking that the four chasseurs now sat on my desk do look quite Christmassy although that probably wasn’t the aim when the uniform was devised.

23 comments:

French Follower said...

Le tablier des trompettes du régiment des chasseurs à cheval de la Garde est vert.

Stryker said...

I don’t know what that means FF but I hope it’s good!

Donnie McGibbon said...

Very nice indeed, he looks great and it is a lovely uniform, lovely addition.

The Good Soldier Svjek said...

Smart looking chap there !

Rob said...

It means the trumpet ‘banner’ should be green.
I agree with you about the uniform colour choice that dark red, almost a maroon is lovely and sets of the pale blue rather well.
Who knows maybe they were meant to be Christmassy, unlike our homegrown dictator, Napoleon didn’t ban Christmas.

Rob said...

Actually I might have got that wrong as I think the shabraque should be blue.

Duke of Baylen said...

It means the trumpet banner should be green.

It's a lovely figure beautifully painted to my eye.
Stephen

Stryker said...

Donnie, thanks and glad you like him.

Stryker said...

GSS - he does look smart, I agree.

Stryker said...

Rob, I used Funcken for this one (The Napoleonic Wars Part 2, page 37) so if it’s wrong at least it is 1960s wrong!

Stryker said...

Stephen, thanks for that and glad you like him!

Rob said...

I like him, I was only trying to work out the French. I do Spanish and their uniforms are probably all wrong, but oh so pretty!

Stryker said...

Thanks Rob, he was certainly fun to paint!

Norm said...

Lovely job, very eye catching. Frozen PVA sounds very bad 🙂

Stryker said...

Thanks Norm, fortunately the PVA tub was nearly empty otherwise I would have been sad!

Matt said...

Another excellent addition.

Stryker said...

Cheers Matt!

Aly Morrison said...

Splendid Ian…
1960’s wrong is good enough for me…

All the best. Aly

David said...

One of my favorite figures are the ones Dick Tennant painted with black gaiters with a white sleeve over the knee. I can't remember what 1960s source had that two toned gaiter, but I remember it distinctly. Makes the unit all the more special, so Funken inspired colours seem perfect here. He's awesome.

Stryker said...

David, when I started collecting HH back in 1970 I only had one Blandford as a painting guide and that only had 8 pages for the whole Napoleonic Wars. Without the HH painting instruction sheets I would have been lost!

MSFoy said...

Great job Ian - beautifully done. If you have spare figures and can be bothered, it would be nice to convert a couple of these boys to be the Emperor's duty guard?

Stryker said...

Thanks Tony, that's a nice idea but I do think my French army is already a bit Guard cavalry heavy!

Wellington Man said...

He's every bit as gorgeous as I hoped he'd be, Ian.
Well done!
Best regards and Christmas Greetings,
WM