Saturday, 13 February 2021

1st (Royal) Dragoons

These have been on a slow burner these past three weeks, but finally the 1st (Royal) Dragoons are ready for inspection. The figures are all rather lovely sculpts for Brigade Games done by Paul Hicks. My daughter Jasmin bought them for e for my birthday last month.

Here is a view that the British Generals and Infantry were more than used to in the period as they gallop off into the distance after their fox.



And there they go again in the other direction, they would be dangerous if they obeyed orders!


Some close-ups of a few of the bases.


The standard is from GMB Designs, a delivery from the UK arrived this week allowing me to complete the unit.


These have been a long time on the painting table, as one of life's natural infantrymen I find painting cavalry can be rather a chore and these seemed exceptionally so. 


It's not the horses that take the time, it's all the fuss that goes into the riders.






I have the rest of the Union Brigade "on deck", but will paint some infantry next as a palette cleanser.

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15 comments:

  1. DeanM14 February 2021 at 01:33

    Those are beauties, Scrivs. Can't go wrong with Hicks' sculpts. Interesting how Brigade Games picked up those ranges.

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    1. Jonathan Freitag14 February 2021 at 04:39

      These troopers are beauties, for sure. Hicks is one of the best sculptors in my opinion.

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    2. Paul Scrivens-Smith14 February 2021 at 14:33

      Thanks Dean, Paul does do quite a bit of work for Brigade and I'm happy these great figs are available.

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    3. Paul Scrivens-Smith14 February 2021 at 14:34

      Cheers Jonathan, I'm inclined to agree

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  2. Michal DwarfCrypt14 February 2021 at 03:11

    Beautiful looking unit!

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  3. Jim14 February 2021 at 04:01

    Great job! Great to see some heavy cavalry. The new helmetes were a so much better than the old bicornes. Funny that they adopted helmets the French started using during the seven years war.

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    1. Paul Scrivens-Smith14 February 2021 at 14:35

      Thanks Jim,
      It was a strange time, the light dragoons swapped the Tarleton for a shako while the heavy dragoons went the other way and swapped a bicorn for a helmet.

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  4. Phil14 February 2021 at 07:31

    Nice details, wonderful looking cavalry!

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  5. Neil Scott14 February 2021 at 10:06

    Superb looking regiment

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  6. Bluewillow14 February 2021 at 18:29

    Lovely brushwork mate, and a great looking unit.

    Cheers
    Matt

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  7. Phil Robinson15 February 2021 at 08:10

    You have done Mr. Hicks sculpts proud Sir.

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