Old Collingwood

Thinking about how these figures must  look a bit  repetative   but I can tell you  - so much work goes into each one, firstly by attaching the arms/heads  weapons etc,   then they need a bit of a clean up  to remove the mold seams, then after priming with a flat coat  and drying, they then need all the various shades of paint followed by the re touch ups where my fine brush has strayed.

And dont foreget the size of them  - just 28mm  tall  making a strap  for example  needing the finest brush I own  a minus 10 size  with what looks like just a single hair.

Think its going to take a bout a year to make all the figures........

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Evening  all,  right  I spent the whole day painting horse number Two  (yep it takes that long)   this one is a dirty white colour  with very muddy feet.

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6 hours ago, ragove said:

I have more kits around that I probably don’t have enough years left to build. And now your beautiful army is urging me to try figure painting 🤯

You should deffinatly  do so.

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9 hours ago, Backer said:

Beautiful painting.

Congrats 👍

Thank  you kindly.

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That is looking a treat Mark,  love the  shaping you made  of her.

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Excellent work my friend  - she is looking superb, full credit to you.

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Excellent work  -  so worthwhile doing all the alterations, takes me back to my Pearl  build.

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Evening all,    I decided to make cuirassier  number Two, slightly different pose  with a more pulled up  ready to strike  pose,   the figure and horse are just assembled  awaiting priming  with  flat black  then the paint layers.

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Another 55th Infantry  fusilier  done, and a pic of Three of the clan so far.

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1 hour ago, Canute said:

Edward, all too true. Too many interests, too little time. And no, I never did get into his Starbuck novels.

 

Hmm, better get cracking on your defenders, OC. Your two Frenchmen are looking good.

Thanks Ken,  I have a  couple of  Perry Rifleman  that I could do as either  KGL Light   or  Sharps 95th, as they have basically  the same uniform  - just grey trousers for the KGL, but share the same rifle, I have another  Four on there way  next week.

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Evening all,    Curry and his mate  are now finished  (well thats Two  out of perhaps One Hundread to go)   just messing about with  my cutting mat  - upside down and a section of grass base.

The Grass  section  has a story behind it  -  I was sent a section of slabs/grass  from someone  with my other bits  for my Mossie build, anyway  I found out who made them and contacted them to find out how much a small extention might cost,  anyway  the company sent me out a test  piece (F.O.C)   and I said to them they could use my mossie pics  for thier adverising  if they wanted.

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My other main love was English Civil War  in the 17th century   was once a member of the  ECW   English Civil War  society, hower I never got as far as to actually own uniform or  going to events,   my main interest was a Royalist Dragoon.

My obsession started as a young child being taken to this  - 

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Cuirassier swords were more like English Broad swords  as they were long (nearly  4 feet)   and  strong, they also used to be used more in a thrust  motion than a sweep,  they were also quite heavy.

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I am chuffed at the moment  - have only found a website were some of the reinactors of the Waterloo 2015  are from  -  joined and left a message as you do.

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3 minutes ago, Roger Pellett said:

Heavy Cavalry were shock troops that existed to break infantry formations by charging.  Hence, big men on big horses.

 

The other cavalry missions screening, scouting, etc. were performed by light Cavalry.

 

The terms heavy and light were, therefore, defined by mission.

 

Dragoons, were more like mounted infantry using superior mobility to position themselves to fight dismounted.

 

The American army has had Light Cavalry and Dragoon regiments but not Heavy Cavalry.

 

Roger

 

 

Indeed  - the heavy  (cuirassiers)  were a lot like tanks on legs.

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18 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

That's a grey area, Ken... "heavy cavalry".   Some were called "heavy" due to the size of the horses.   Others, it depended on the amount of armor and even sword size.  It was easier to sort out back during the middle ages.... 

Indeed Mark  - still some grey areas  around Waterloo,   what I have been reading and remember   the  heavy cavalry  Cuirassiers    -  I quote  

Cuirassiers were cavalry equipped with armour and firearms, first appearing in late 15th-century Europe. This French term means "the one with a cuirass" (cuirasse), the breastplate armour which they wore. The first cuirassiers were produced as a result of armoured cavalry, such as the man-at-arms and demi-lancer, discarding their lances and adopting the use of pistols as their primary weapon.

I think they were kind of  the  "No Bull"   cavalry  ruthless  and a very effective  fighting  force.

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Thank you Ken/Edward,     yep they  were  Napoleons  best cavalry  tall well built  soldiers on huge horses,  infantry  didn't stand a chace against them  apart from if they could make a decent square,  at Waterloos defence of La Haye Saint  a squadron of German troops were sent down to bolster the men defending it, when out of the blue some cuirassiers  appeared and chopped then to pieces, it was slaughter.

They were used to back up the attacking French on the farm  stopping the KGL  from making more defence from outside the buildings, incase the cuirassiers  charged.

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26 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

making great progress with the Sea Harrier    very nice work!

Thank you Denis,   Curry has taken my attention away though😉

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16 minutes ago, CDW said:

A gun like this begs for a diorama. 

 

Yep!   thoroughly  agree.👍

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Starting to put some colours on Curry  -  quite a process  as there is a lot of detail hidden away that is brought out with the different colours  - still more to do to him, he is about 2/3rds  done.

He is just placed on the horse for impression  - not glued on it yet.

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3 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Those figures are so much better than the old airfix napoleonic ones from the 1970's.

Your painting is looking fine, the saddle cloth and sheepskin are great OC

Thank you kindly Edward,  I started with a basic flat white then added a dirty wash and when dry a very subtle white dry brush, the whole horses body had the same treatment.

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Good  day all,   curries horse is finished  minus the base  and let me introduce you to a cuirrasier  called mr curry, just undercoated with flat black  ready for his different colours.

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3 minutes ago, lmagna said:

I am almost certain that they would have flown out of seperate fields, at least if they were stationed in England. Later on, as things progressed through Europe, there may have been a shortage of airfields causing a little more mixing. BUT, when returning from missions with either mechanical issues or battle dammage, any landing field would do, and getting on the ground in one piece more or less was more important than who was already stationed there. So I am pretty certain that at some point in time, seeing a Spit and a Mossie next to one another would have been possible.

Thanks Lou,   my farther used to tell me of all sorts of  crash landings  at the various fields he worked at  so I agreee  - deffiantley  possible, in fact at RAF West Maliing  they were deffinatly  both  serving at the same time.

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Should be like this  (not my pic)

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Evening all,   next stage trying out a  few Cuirassiers  I got  on a single spue  (cheaper that way only a couple of quid each)    I started with the Horse  After cleaning the two sections up just a couple of seams  but not realy an issue, then I did a couple of coats  of Oak Brown, then some washes  followed by the harness in Black..

The lighting makes it look darker than it is as my lamp is dead overhead.

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