28mm Chasseurs a Cheval

With the outside temperatures tickling 100 F, spending time at the painting desk in the coolness of the basement seemed the prudent choice.  One of the products of that time employed at the painting desk are eight Front Rank cavalry.  Having recently held a 28mm Napoleonics game, the motivation to follow up the game with an addition to the project was heightened.  The cavalry mustering off the painting desk represent two squadrons of the 13th Chasseurs a Cheval.  The burnt orange of the 13th's facing color is a pleasing contrast against the dark green of the uniform. 

A number of other units are seeing action on the painting desk including 25mm Mexican-American War Mexicans, 25mm SAW US regulars, 18mm SYW Prussians, and a trio of 15mm Sardinian artillery limbers for the 1859 project.

What motivated the artillery limbers to jump into the painting queue?  QRF Models are offering a 20% discount of Freikorps 15s.  Thinking I could use additional artillery limbers for the project, I dug through The Lead Pile to see what remained.  Finding three Sardinian limbers, I pulled these from inventory and set them aside for primering.  Good idea to paint what remains before new models arrive, right?  Well, I thought so and into the painting queue they go.