Perry French 2/7th Hussars - Egyptian Campaign

After one of the players from last Saturday's Rebels and Patriots game suggested (actually more of a complaint) that the French should also have a cavalry unit, went ahead and ordered a box of Perry French Hussars. Painted a unit of six (the standard cavalry size for Rebels and Patriots) up as the 2/7th Hussars - prior to them being issued blue dolmans and fitting peaks to their mirlitons.

As I picked up a bug and had a slight cough I stayed home yesterday from the usual Wednesday game day and painted these up instead. The one draw back is my wife picked up my bug and is feeling pretty bad right now. To top it off she's leaving for a trip to Europe (Scandanavia) next Monday. She should be good by then, and we don't have fevers and it's mostly congestion.

They were painted up using the usual block painting and Minwax staining, the later bringing out details like the braiding on the dolman and pelisse. Highlights were added to some areas to make them pop a bit more as they are hussars.

Printed sabretache designs shared by a kind TMPer sent me years ago were used. These may be a bit later - First Empire - but thought the green looked nice.

They were painted up using the usual block painting and Minwax staining, the later bringing out details like the braiding on the dolman and pelisse. Below is how they looked after the stain was applied - a few hightlights were added later.

This unit will be used in another Rebels and Patriots "Napleon Lost In Egypt" game next month at another game day at Fort Steilacoom. For the record, the Brigade Games F&IW British Grenadiers and French Infantry recently painted have new owners - sold them last weekend. The funds from the sale were already used to order replacement figures from Redoubt. Until next time, thanks again for stopping by and checking out the blog.