Although the Royalist were not known to have many fully armored cavalry units, went ahead and gave them a conjectural Royalist flag. Hope to get a box of Scots Lancers to oppose them someday.
They painted up fairly quickly being mostly armored, except for the musician.
In keeping with the rest of the Royalist cavalry, their saddle cloth are painted blue with white trim. This simplifies identification of units on the table.
I've been using a brown spray paint to basecoat the horses, and then brush on varying browns over it. This really speeds up painting cavalry. I vary horse tails and manes with black and buff.
Building back up my ECW collection is a longterm project, which I am not in any rush to finish. It's enjoyable, and a sort of hobby within a hobby.
Thank you for your visits and kind comments as always. Best regards to you all.
Beautiful work Dean!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Michal. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteExcellent cuirassiers! It turned out very nicely. I didn’t know the Royalists had cuirassiers in 3/4 armor.
ReplyDeleteThey might not have in actuality, but wanted them to have a unit for game play. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteThere is something wonderfully sinister about their appearance. Great job Dean.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words, Michael. Yes, might be because of the close helmets. Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteNice! I agree that each army ought to be able to field a body of cuirassiers.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Jonathan. Yes, I think for gaming it should reflect the Royalists' superior cavalry, at least in the early stages. Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteDean, great work, the unit is splendid.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Joe. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteNice work Dean hard not to have at least one unit of fully armoured cavalry even if they were very rare in the ECW
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for your kind words again, Matt. Yes, a little deviation from history should be allowed for gaming purposes. Warmest regards, Dean
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