Footsore WW1 British Cavalry and Trench Raiders

A welcome return to the early war on the Western Front. These figures will be based when they reach their "forever home".  Footsore have recently withdrawn this range to do some work on the moulds and they tell me that they will be back later this year. To be honest, yes, the bare metal figures needed a bit of work before painting, particularly the horses, so I look forward to cleaner and crisper castings in the future. These are lovely sculpts to paint. Six more Lancers to come and this job is complete.

Yeomanry

I've often wondered if one of the heads from Woodbine Designs would work on a Great War Miniatures body. So.... here we have a Woodbine head wearing Wolseley Foreign Service helmet on a GWM early WW1 British Cavalry body. I think it works. Painted up as a trooper of Yeomanry, probably in Egypt, 1916... before Yeomanry regiments, lost their swords prior to Allenby's campaign in Sinai and Palestine.

Revisiting some old friends

A few weeks ago, a regular poster on the Steve Dean Forum posted some Great War Miniatures Late War German Infantry. I realised that it is quite some time since I painted one of these, so the roll was called and this Lance Corporal reported for duty from the depths of the lead mountain. A Great War Miniatures Early WW1 British Cavalry Trumpeter. I'd forgotten just what a pleasure they are to paint.

GWM Donkey Walloper

The first of a few of these Great War Miniatures BEF Cavalry troopers released just before Christmas. To be done at leisure as they are rather nice!