ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Tuesday 21 August 2018

The War of Spanish Succession... Holstein-Ploen Infantry Regiment

Greetings...


One more unit finished...Hurrah!


This is another of the units that I picked up on eBay...
As before all I needed to do was add a second standard bearer and do a bit of sprucing up...




Again I had no problem matching up the colours...


The Coat... Citadel... Administratum Grey.
The Facings... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet.
The Belts... Foundry... Moss Light 29C


I painted out the eyes and re-did them in my own style and re-painted the buttons in a shinier silver
They were then given a coat of Aly's Brown Liquid and highlighted with the original shades.


I was very pleased to find out that Holstein-Ploen had grey coats and red facings... they have such a nice flag...








Yet another pleasing unit for this project...


The miniatures are as always Front Rank...
https://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/spanish-succession/
The paints are Citadel...
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling

And Wargames Foundry
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint
Bases from Warbases...
https://warbases.co.uk/?product_cat=premier-bases-metric
And last but not least Flags are from Maverick Models...
http://www.maverick-models.com/flags.htm




All the best  Aly

18 comments:

  1. Fine refitting and refurbishment, Aly! I really like the combination of grey coats and red stockings, small clothes, and cuffs. I have been very tempted by thoughts of a WSS project, myself, but I lean towards 10mm if I were to pull the trigger. BUT, I have too many projects already!

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    1. Thank you Jonathan...
      Have you seen what Van Dyck Miniatures are planning...

      http://www.10mm-wargaming.com/2018/04/war-of-spanish-succession-from-van-dyck.html

      You won’t like them... ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Love this uniform, and you've done a great job on this unit, superb!

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  3. Splendidly spruced Aly, natty looking flags too.

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    1. Thank you Phil...
      The flags are rather nice...

      All the best. Aly

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  4. A grand addition Aly! You should market your special wash!

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    1. Thank you David...

      Yes... Aly’s Brown Liquid... it Washes and Stains at the same time...

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Another great refurbishment on the lovely Front Rank miniatures Aly - I have a couple of units of these in amongst the Reiver, Ebob and Wargames Factory plastic figures

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    1. Thank you Keith...
      I am trying to keep everything Front Rank... but I would quite like to add a Spanish unit to the collection collection... I may end up adding something from the Ebor range.

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Another lovely unit, the red and grey is a great combo and a splendid flag!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you Ian...
      I am becoming rather fond of these grey coated units.

      All the best. Aly

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  7. Lovely unit, but be careful now Aly. By my count that us two units in a month...you are in danger of completing this project before the butterfly effect kicks in.

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    1. Thank you Mark...
      Ah!... the butterfly effect has kicked in... a little bit...I’ve just not posted any pictures yet.

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Good to see that I'm not the only one who "spruces up" ebay additions: nicely done!

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  9. Thank you Ed...
    It does save a lot of time doesn’t it...

    All the best. Aly

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