Another quartet of 28mm Napoleonic horsemen muscled its way onto the painting desk. Like the quartet of French Chasseurs a Cheval before (see A Few Napoleonic Cavalry), these French hussars are left over from the purchase of a dozen unpainted figures on the secondary market.
These four, finely sculpted Front Rank hussars have been lingering in The Lead Pile for a long time. Good to get them out of The Lead Pile, across the painting desk, and onto the "Painted" side of the ledger.
These four, French light horsemen muster out as the 3rd squadron of the 4th Hussar Regiment. The combination of red pelisse, yellow lace, and blue trousers is a handsome one; one of my favorites.
With the recent additions of the third squadrons to two French cavalry regiments, it seems only fair to push a British cavalry quartet into the painting queue. Having two squadrons of the 14th Light Dragoons already on the roll, adding a third just makes sense.
Before British light dragoons can make it across the painting desk, a dozen Judean spearmen for the Assyrian Wars project need my attention.
Love squadron, well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Robbie!
DeleteThey really are nice, I hope you enjoyed doing them.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Norm. I enjoyed painting these hussars very much. Four is a much nicer number to paint than a dozen.
DeleteLovely hussars! They look great, more Assyrians and more napoleonics sounds great too!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Much appreciated, Iain! More of a lot of different things on the painting desk including a Swiss pike block for the Italian Wars.
DeleteOh good, I've just primed up one of those, I look forward to seeing your's!
DeleteBest Iain
Great job Jonathan. You are right about that colour combination in really makes them pop.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mark! The French knew how to dress!
DeleteIndeed as my current projects are proving!
DeleteSo true! I am really enjoying your French in Egypt project.
DeleteThese are superbly well done Jonathon.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteDid you give the EEL rules a try?
DeleteYes, definitely a handsome bunch of lads in those smart suits
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteNice detailing on the trousers!
ReplyDeleteGood to see you stopping by for a visit, Markus!
DeleteThe hussars are handsome down to their trouser buttons.
They look just wonderful Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Thanks!
DeleteVery nice job! I know what you feel when you complete a task pending for too long... I won't have a look at my files, I might cry :-(
ReplyDeleteThank you, Phil! Luckily, I don't have 20,000+ unpainted figures like you. Well, at least I do not think I do...
DeleteVery very impressive close up Jonathan, what a wonderful job!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the close-up, Phil!
DeleteLovely job 😀
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteVery nice!
ReplyDeleteRay! Good to see your face popping up in a comment!
DeleteGreat work as always Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michal!
DeleteFantastic, well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rodger!
DeleteSplendid looking Hussars, Jonathan. They look quite nice wearing the pelisse too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dean!
DeleteBeautifully done, and I love the colour you have used for the horses.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lawrence! Candy Bar Brown is a favorite horse color of mine.
DeleteExcellent work, Jon, and my favorite regiment of french Hussars, the 4e.
ReplyDeleteShouldn't there be some yellow lace around the black fur on the cuffs of the Pelisse? One of the innumerable little bits of frippery that makes painting 4 hussars so much better than 12! :-)
Thanks, Peter! There probably should be cuff lace but the tailor neglected to sew it on.
DeleteThe Tailor of my Spanish routinely fails to sew on white piping around things that abut to something else white anyway. :-)
DeleteThey look glorious regardless!