Some painting for a chum.

 Something different. Some German Paratroopers, a group of plucky english locals and a dodgy looking Nun all from Wargames Foundry.

Crann Tara Palatine Pfalz Kürassier. 1740s.

 These chaps are Crann Tara French Fitz James' Cavalry figures from their WAS/SYW range masquerading as Kürassier in the service of the Rheinish-Palatinate 174?. The Cornet is a WAS Savoy figure from the Lead Pile....I neglected to order a French Cornet figure. 

Crann Tara/Minden Miniatures Palatine Hohenhauser Dragoons 1740s.

 The Palatine Hohenhauser Dragoons from the 1740s. The troopers come Crann Tara Miniatures and are re-purposed Savoy cavalry figures. They look like generic Dragoon types with the important aiguillettes on the right shoulder. The figures on the Command stand come out of the lead pile and are from Minden Miniatures mounted on three available standing horses. There is a little artistic license with the uniform details (black turnbacks instead of red) simply for more visual interest. I am fairly agnostic about the details being perfect.

Empress MIniatures Jazz Age/WW1 British Cavalry.

I have had these sitting on the "to do" shelf since I first purchased them at Colours, Newbury in September, 2023. Painted up as the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars ready for service in Egypt and Palestine between 1915 and 1918. I used this unit to experiment with a different technique for painting horses. I am pleased with the initial results but the process needed a little tweaking which, I reckon, I had cracked by the time I did the final two horses. This year at Colours, I came across the M&C Model Painting stand tucked away in a corner. They had a box full of "bin ends" of older AK Interactive paints from their Figure range (now replaced with the excellent AK Interactive 3G range of paints) at a knock down price. A few minutes of rummaging resulted in a fistfull of bottles, two of which were "Desert Uniform Base" and "Desert Uniform Lights" which have been used here on the troopers' tunics over a base coat of either VMC US Field Drab or AK3G British Uniform Base. Lots of movement in these lovely sculpts from Paul Hicks as befits a regiment involved in the last "arme blanche" charge against guns in Britsh military history at Huj, November 8, 1917.

The Charge of the Warwickshire and Worcester Yeomanry at Huj, November 8th, 1917 by Lady Elizabeth Butler, 1918.

Age of Reason Painting Guide now available to order from Caliver Books.

 

Available to order from Caliver Books....just tell Santa!

This book gives palettes for various uniform colours common to the period. Palettes that can be applied to any white uniform, mid-blue uniform, red uniform, green uniform, straw uniform etc. Do not expect this book to have sections on "Bavarian Uniforms on the War of Austrian Succession". There are simply too many nationalities to deal with! 

Click on this link Age of Reason Painting Guide

Painting Guide: The Age of Reason.

 Coming soon. My latest (and possibly final) contribution to Road Safety. Final version off to the printers today. Available through CALIVER BOOKS shortly...just in time for Christmas.

WAS/SYW Crann Tara Miniatures - French Infantry Regiment Royal-Bavière.

I have had these on the go since February this year. The first battalion of the French infantry regiment Royal-Bavière, a German regiment in French service. Figures are from Crann Tara. The rank and file are the "Generic" infantry figures,  very useful figures with minimal equipment that, with the correct paint job, can represent a wide variety of nationalities of the period. The command figures are from the Crann Tara range of French figures. The flags are digital downloads from the Kronoskaf website, printed out onto paper. These will feature in my next painting guide that covers this period which is currently under production at Partizan Press.