Next off the painting table, a unit of Bavarian Dragoons. After 1810 these were all converted to Chevauleger, but pretty while they lasted! Also necessary for some 1809 refights. Perry figures again.
Bit of a nightmare to paint due to dog tooth border on the saddlecloth. The triangles were done with Vallejo Andreas Blue and white. I painted the white border, then the blue triangles, and then touched up with white. Perry page has them painted with diamonds which would be even more difficult to do, but reference material I have (Rawkins) has them with triangles. Thank goodness. The cords hanging down trumpeter's back have some quite fine detail too.
Weirdly I was sent three Chevauleger horses with this lot, rather than Dragoon horses. The horse equipment is different (see middle two rear horses). I assumed these Dragoons have had to requisition some spare Chevauleger horses so I just added them in!
Next up, and likely just before the end of 2020, will be a couple of units of Bavarian Chevauleger.
Impressive plumes and great looking cavalry unit!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil!
DeleteIf you tell the Perrys that three of the horses were wrong, they will send you the correct ones at no extra cost. They're good like that!
ReplyDeleteCheers yes, I decided to leave it in this case, but if it was something more significant I would have done so!
DeleteVery nice Mark. One of the regrets I has about doing the Bavarians in 1813 was that I could not include the dragoons - I like that uniform. I have to agree with you about the houndstooth pattern - it looks great when it is finished, but getting the pattern even can be a nightmare.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark, yes I procrastinated on leaping into doing it for a bit I must admit! :)
DeleteGreat work Mark, and it is amazing how much work a little difference between houndstooth a diamonds would create, with the houndstooth being difficult enough. I meant to comment on you General d'Armee post as well. Very useful, and another set sitting on my bookshelves I have yet to convince my group to try.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lawrence, yes the diamonds looked very challenging to do well at this scale not to mention incredibly time consuming if you did! Glad you liked the GDA review!
DeleteReally lovely Dragoon unit. Mark! A couple of Chevau-leger units to come? You're going to have the whole darned army! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe observations about the saddle cloths sent me to the basement to check my Minifgs Bavarian Dragoons, painted at least 30 years ago. I was pretty sure they had the blue lozenges as per Funken, and they did. I would say that it was more suggesting the lozenge pattern, with many closer to blue dots, but inapparent from opver 12" away! :-)
Thanks Peter, interesting to hear of that reference! I did take a look at your site but didn't see your Dragoons listed.
DeleteIf ever there was of being glad for conflicting references it was these I think! :)
LOL!
DeleteI checked, and it indeed seems that I haven't done the sections for Bavarian Artillery and cavalry (I have had a number of other uniform guides in draft for for 5+ years, just not enough time to get around to writing them up and posting them! Maybe some will get done in 2021?
Sounds like something to add to 2021 plans! ;) Best wishes!
DeleteLovely looking dragoons! Wargames Atlantic are going to do them in plastic as are victrix so maybe I'll do them at some point!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, that's interested to hear they are being done by Wargames Atlantic, hadn't heard that!
DeleteVery nice cavalry!
ReplyDeleteThank you Dean!
DeleteThose early Bavarian dragoons are a really attractive unit and you have made them doubly so Mark.
ReplyDeleteI bet the girls say, is that your plume, or are you glad to see me!
Regards, James
Thanks James, I've read that Bavarian officer crests steadily increased in size to quite unmanageable proportions, covering the unit insignia on the raupenhelm and so on.
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