The fourth of five, and the third comprised of Foundry figures. I wanted to do one with pink facings as it gave me an excuse to finally open my Foundry shadow pink paint triad set which I purchased six or seven years ago, and the 11th fitted the bill nicely:
I must say I have always loved the heft of metal figures and, as I have mentioned before, it is quite noticeable how heavy these twelve-year old Foundry castings are. Very sturdy lads:
The flag is again from GMB, and I painted the trumpeter in reverse colours. The Foundry Shadow Pink is on the darker side (and bearing in mind my lighting here is full of shadows anyway), but it was a lovely colour to use. I wanted something solid and with some definition against the white straps and trumpeter's epaulettes as opposed to their lighter Nipple Pink, which I was concerned might look a little too washed out:
That's the 11th and fourth cuirassier regiment completed then:
Next up will be the fifth and last French cuirassier regiment in the form of the Perry's "at rest" figures.
You will be charging to glory very soon of all of these newly raised regiments, Lawrence. Continued superb brushwork.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. I can definitely feel a game or two with these will be in order within the next six months.
DeleteLovely work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Stryker, much appreciated.
DeleteMore great work Lawrence - pink is always a great facing colour for 18th and 19th century armies!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith. yes, it really does stand out, and especially against French blue.
DeleteLovely looking cuirassiers ! Love the pink facing colour!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain. As soon as I saw there were three regiments with pink facings, I knew I had to include at least one of them.
DeleteA lovely shade of pink too Lawrence. It looks particularly stunning on the trumpeter with the white horsehair to the helmet, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteWill the fifth be one of the colours that you have already done, or will you go for the lie de vin of the 13th or perhaps the original white coat and blue facings of the 14th?
Regards, James
Regards, James
Thanks James. I was thinking of lie de vin, partly because it is such a lovely turn of phrase if not that nice when you get a mouthful of it, but back to ecarlate for the last one, partly because it is one of my favourite Foundry colours to work with.
DeleteThe pink is fun to work with for a change, and looks great. It's probably a bit deep for the actual "Rose" color, but who cares?
ReplyDelete5 regiments, and you won't have one each faced ecarlate, jonquil, rose, aurore, and lie-de-vin? What sort of collector are you, Sir?! :-)
I did want to do a lie de vin, and even had the colour picked out, but got carried away with the ecarlate. I am quite happy to leave aurore out of anything I can do though, if possible!
DeleteThat shade of pink is growing on me, but I did go ahead an order the Foundry "Nipple Pink" for future use as well, which will no doubt be needed if I ever get around to painting my Austrian armies (and a few others besides).
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cavalry sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal, much appreciated.
DeleteThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDelete