Monday, June 6, 2022

Bourgogne Cavalerie

Following closely on the heels of the Bourbon cavalry regiment, two squadrons of the Bourgogne cavalry regiment muster out from the painting desk.  Figures are Eureka Miniatures. 

As mentioned in the prior post, a Eureka restock was expected on Saturday.  Like clockwork, the order arrived on Saturday.  Rob, of Eureka Miniatures USA, always delivers exemplary service.  This order was no exception.  Ordered on Thursday, my order traveled the breadth of the country to reach me on Saturday.  Great service.  My only complaint is that the figures I want are often either out of stock or not present in the quantities needed.  Oh, well.  I received enough to fill out a few more units.  I do not help my own cause when I make an error in the ordering process and order dragoon command rather than cavalry command.    

With some free time on Sunday, work continues on more SYW French cavalry.  My immediate goal is to field seven cavalry BMUs for a planned WAS battle.  Having three checked off in the ledger, four more to complete before thoughts can return to another Honors of War scenario and battle.

Besides, the handfuls of French cavalry, two dozen Sumerian skirmishers are seeing some attention at the workbench.  After these 24 Sumerians muster out, it may be time to consider fielding these armies for battle.  If not in battle, perhaps, a parade at least.  

41 comments:

  1. That was fast work Jonathan, lovely unit as always.

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  2. Beautiful work Jonathan!
    Best regards

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  3. Another lovely unit there Jon. I'm sure we've all made errors when ordering our toys; I know I certainly have! Looking forward to seeing these in action, all being well.

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    1. Thanks, Steve! Yes, we all make ordering mistakes. I need to be a bit more careful.

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  4. Amitious, but sounds like your productivity is keeping up. Cavalry look solid, and I'll look forward to the Sumerian parade ;)

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    1. *Ambitious. I should finish my coffee before commenting ;)

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    2. Thanks, Markus! With time on Sunday to get in a solid painting session, I made good progress. Having rain all day allowed me to delay a number of other tasks.

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  5. Great looking unit, what traveling those cavalry make to get to you!

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    1. Thanks, Joe! These horsemen were faster than the Pony Express.

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  6. A parade is always a good thing Jon....ask the Queen! As for Bourgogne ...I have akways liked their bouef.....their cavalry look pretty good too!

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    1. Who doesn't enjoy a parade? I may try to knock out one more battle cart before trooping the Sumerians. Beef Bourgogne? Well, I have not tasted that in years.

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  7. That was quick and looks great!

    Christopher

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  8. Another splendid French cavalry unit! Marvellous!
    Best Iain

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  9. Too fast too furious with the painting of Cav; don’t these guys count as 2 figures each?!!

    Nice job and continued production! 😀

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    1. Thanks, Stew!
      In my Painting Ledger, cavalry count as one same as infantry. When I am adjusting based on Painting Points, then cavalry count twice as much as a foot figure.

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  10. I'm loving these French cavalry Jonathan. Beautiful work. Thankfully Eureka are never out of stock here in Australia. I was down in Melbourne a couple of months ago and met up with one of our clients who, as chance would have it, asked to meet a couple of hundred meters away from the Eureka office. Rather annoyingly I couldn't think of anything I needed at the time which would have saved me the $10.50 in postage. Looking forward to the Sumerian parade.

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    1. Thanks, Lawrence! Since stock is limited, for the Year-end Eureka order, I sent my wish list to Eureka USA and Rob added my wish list into his regular restocking order from Australia. That way, I received exactly what I needed. I think it would be quite fun to poke around the Eureka home office.

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  11. Another nice unit, Jonathan. Good to see you bringing that head count up!

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    1. Thanks! A little break in the gaming schedule allows a little more time at the painting desk.

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  12. Another lovely…very French looking… unit.
    I’m looking forward to seeing a Sumerian parade.

    All the best. Aly

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  13. Lovely paint job as usual. Looks like the painting mojo is returning with a vengence.

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    1. Thanks, Richard! This week, the Gaming v Painting seesaw favors painting. Next week may be different.

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  14. Excellent mix of French horse in different colours.

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    1. It is good you like seeing a mix of horseflesh, Andrè!

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  15. Nicely done Jon and good progress on the French 👍

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  16. I'm really enjoying seeing these tricorne cavalry cantering off the painting table.

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    1. Great! You will be pleased to know that more French cavalry are forthcoming.

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  17. Excellent work Jonathan, I think you'll need to place another order and get some more Dragoons, to go with the extra command you ordered.

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    1. Thanks, Ray! Yes, another order will solve this problem.

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