Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   I finished  the 54th  Ligne  Colonel  and gave him a wash  before  placing him on his horse   - will need the normal  flat coat sprayed over  later.

 

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Edited June 24, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[Old Collingwood]

Next I decided to have a look through my stash  to see  what else I could add/build   -  I decided to make a French Cuirassier  Bugler, and  a 2nd KGL  mounted  Captain  that was  positioned in the LHS  to support  Major Baring,  I also made up Two additional horses  for them.

 

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[Old Collingwood]

I will do a bit  of dust dry brusing  to the French Colonel  to tame down the wash.

 

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Edited June 24, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,  another figure  completed  in the shape of a injured 54th Ligne  Sapper  - he had  was going to attack the  gates  when he was shot,  its gone in my  "to be flat coated group".

 

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[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   busy  few hours on the bench  -  I  made up  Three  better  horses in better  galloping  poses, I then  made up a few different base coat fur colours, I also made up another British Hussar, then primed and  added his skin base colour,   I then placed the Five mounted  riders  together.

 

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[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   more work on the 10th Hussars  horses  - I painted the reins  and straps   and  painted the rest of the details  - then a quick dirty wash over the Three of them, they still need some dry  dust brushing  then in then  their riders  need painting.

 

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[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   more progress on the Hussars  - I touched up the horses  giving them some  red  detail  and the rolls on the back where  changed to Blue.

 

I then started paintong the hussar figures  - with the Shako's  that received their Red/White and Yellow  details, then I blocked in the jacket's with  Blue  and picked out the Yellow details  -  quite a lot of detail in these.

 

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[CDW]

Very fine brush work OC

[Old Collingwood]

5 minutes ago, CDW said:

Very fine brush work OC

Thank you kindly mate.

 

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[Canute]

Nicely done, OC. The cavalry of that era were the peacocks of the army.  In a time gaudy uniforms, the cav alry were the gaudiest.  Your detail painting is superb.

[Old Collingwood]

21 minutes ago, Canute said:

Nicely done, OC. The cavalry of that era were the peacocks of the army.  In a time gaudy uniforms, the cav alry were the gaudiest.  Your detail painting is superb.

Thank you so much Ken, its delicate work  - needs a steady hand, thats why it can't be rushed.

 

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[mtaylor]

Lovely work, OC.   Shaky hands would be a problem.   The gaudiness...  not sure why they did that.   Maybe strike fear in the unmounted enemy?  Or something the King liked for parades?  The reason is probably lost in time.

[Old Collingwood]

24 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Lovely work, OC.   Shaky hands would be a problem.   The gaudiness...  not sure why they did that.   Maybe strike fear in the unmounted enemy?  Or something the King liked for parades?  The reason is probably lost in time.

Thank you kindly Mark,   the 10th Hussars  was the Prince of Wales's Own Royal Hussars, so that may have had an influence over their uniform colour.

 

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[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,  Two 10th Hussars  completed  out of  Three,  they just need some  dry brushing  then put a way in the stash awaiting  flat top coating.

 

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Edited June 28, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[king derelict]

Its looking very nice OC. I think horses are very difficult to get right. The colours and the sheen of the coats. You have it down nicely.

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, king derelict said:

Its looking very nice OC. I think horses are very difficult to get right. The colours and the sheen of the coats. You have it down nicely.

Alan

Thank you kindly Alan,  I have a Flat coat  to be airbrushed  over them yet  - that will  flat all the sheen, but I may do some subtle  cloth polishing  of the horses fur after  to get a very subtle sheen  almost like a mat/satin sheen.

 

Or  I could get a small  bottle of Vallejo Acrylic  Satin Varnish  and just hand paint over the horses hair/main/tail.

 

 

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Edited June 29, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,  some more work done this  evening  -  I dry brushed  the Hussar horses  legs and put them a side,   I have also been working on my 2nd KGL  second in command  under  Major Baring, he is also  mounted  on a horse, same  level of detail  as the Captains  with some Silver detail  on his tunic and a Red  waist band sash,  he is  just placed on the horse  not glued down.

 

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[Old Collingwood]

I  have also made up some more sculpts  including another shot Frenchman  who has fell on his knee's,  and Three  other  54th/55th  Ligne regiment  - still  some more to go.

 

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[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   more work continued  on the Two horses  - I basically  changed their colour  to match a more  historically  correct  shade  of dark Chestnuts.

 

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[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,  my Third 10th Hussar  is  mainly finished  minus a wee bit of details and wash and  dusting.

 

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[Old Collingwood]

I have been doing a bit of reading on the net  on the horses  I am  displaying on both sides  -  the  British  Hussars  favoured  Bays  or  Chestnut  horses  and the French Cuirassiers  favoured  Boulonnais Horses,   from the reading  apparently  Napolen  purchased  Thousands of these breeds  in different colours  from their normal  White Marbal.Grey   to  dark Browns  and even Blacks, they are  Heavy  strong horses  with good endurance  and the cuirassiers  them selves  where  chosen  to be tall and  strong  men  - that combination must have been a real handfull against  infantry lines.

 

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[CDW]

The Hussar looks amazing. Great job on that OC.

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, CDW said:

The Hussar looks amazing. Great job on that OC.

Thank you  so much  Craig.

 

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[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,    Firstly can I say a Huge Thank You  for all the Likes and comments,    right  I made some good progress  today,   I finished off  both Major Baring's  second in command  and  my Third Hussar,   they both just need  flat top coating.

 

My  Satin top coat arrived  this morning , so  I tried it out on my Two  Cuirassier  horses  -  I did a good job of  creating a natural horse  coat sheen, but left the other  details nice and flat.

 

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[Canute]

Looks like you captured the appearances quite nicely. The horse and tack look very good. And all the riders are up to your usual standards.

[Old Collingwood]

9 minutes ago, Canute said:

Looks like you captured the appearances quite nicely. The horse and tack look very good. And all the riders are up to your usual standards.

Thank you kindly Ken,   I am quite pleased  with the Satin  top coat on the Two horses  I  re did, I will do the same  to the others  after I flat coat  them with my airbrush.

 

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[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   more figure work  with both the French and  KGL,   I decided to prime a few of the resin  KGL  wounded  - think they look ok,  also  I have started  detail painting  some of the 54th and 55th  Ligne.

 

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[Canute]

Those KGL wounded look pretty good. Will be superb with your paint job.

[Old Collingwood]

45 minutes ago, Canute said:

Those KGL wounded look pretty good. Will be superb with your paint job.

Thank you Ken,  yes indeed  they are very nice  figures  - only complaint  their Shakos are a we bit overscale, but  by keeping them in their own part of the dio, it shouldn't be that noticable.

 

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[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,    more work on my 54/55th   with Jackets  and Trousers  getting some colours  -  the trousers  were  in different  shades  based around an Off White  but often  the  basic  Fusilier  troops  would have what ever torusers were  available.

 

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