Following on from my first post today I have completed a batch of 18 x 15mm WW German Cavalry, the figures are Peter Pig, with 12 representing two Squadrons of Ulhans and the other 6 representing a squadron of Hussars.
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| The completed Uhlans & Hussars |
Confusingly at this time all German Cavalry seemed to carry lances and in the field Hussar units wore a standard set of fatigues - so no domains and busbies.
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| Close-up on the Hussars |
The figures here were all given a a white undercoat and horses painted in various shades of brown, using watered down acrylics so that they acted like a 'speed paint', uniforms were base painted Field Grey and then helmet covers were done in a lightish green, before dry brushing all with an 'Ivory' colour to highlight.
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| Another view of the Hussars |
Piping was added in red (very fiddly) as it was at hand and stood out nicely, additionally I gave the horses a brown ink wash go give additional shading effects before picking out the pennants in red & yellow.
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| And the Uhlans, I used Yellow & Red for the pennants just as it was a slash of colour - no idea what they were historically! |
As this was early war period, I opted for my usual fine sand and static grass basing to complete the figures after about 8 years sitting in a dark box!
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| And the other view of the Uhlans |
