Adding to my 18th Century Palatine force.

Although having been painting a lot of commission pieces over the past few months, I have managed to squeeze in some painting for my (very slowly) growing 18th Century Palatine army and finish off three units that have been gently worked on over the past year. Here we have the Regiment of Reiter commanded by Graf Eliot von Port-Eliot, Comte de Morhange (an English soldier of fortune in Palatine service). The riders are Minden Miniatures Hanovarian Dragoons, repurposed for the task, mounted on plastic horses from Wargames Atlantic. I was keen to see if these plastic beasts could be utilised. They are slightly too big in scale for these Minden figures, but not wildly so.  I also completed the 1st Battalion of the Infantry Regiment von Baaden, the oldest regiment in the army of Pfalz  (figures from Crann Tara with a Minden Miniatures mounted officer). Finally, a battery of mixed calibre heavy guns (guns from Minden and gunners from Crann Tara). I now need to turn my attention to a combined battalion of Grenadiers. All flags are prints from files by Frederic Aubert.

White Russian 3rd Kalmyk Horse Regiment.

 Read all about these fine fellows here. This will explain the sheep, the heads impaled on their lances, and the Buddhist Lama. Figures, gently modified, from Copplestone Castings. The sheep come from Wargames Foundry. The unit's standard is being painted by Mark Allen and will be added when troops and flag are brought together in a couple of weeks.

A Big Sudan Project. Part 6.

Some Algerian Spahis. We had to bite the bullet and use the much heftier Gringo40 miniatures. Lovely figures to paint. These are the first six of a unit of twelve.