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

Thursday, 8 November 2018

The War of Spanish Succession... French Ligondes Cavalry Regiment

Greetings...


I have finished one more unit for this project...


The French Ligondez Cavalry Regiment...




This is another unit that I bought on EBay... I have a few more in the sprucing up pile... I only had to add the standard bearer.


These guys didn't need a lot of work... I repainted the faces and cleaned up the white a bit... then gave them a wash of Aly's Brown Liquid.
Everything was given a highlight... once varnished and the leatherwork was glossed.






I must admit that the main reason that I picked this unit was the 'pale crimson' (pink) standard.


I will be posting a few more spruced up units... and then a unit of Bavarian Infantry I think.


The miniatures are Front Rank...
https://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/spanish-succession/
 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

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  1. StuartInsch8 November 2018 at 22:02

    Looking forward to seeing your take on Bavarians !

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    1. Aly Morrison9 November 2018 at 07:25

      I am looking forward to painting them...

      All the best. Aly

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  2. David8 November 2018 at 22:13

    Super unit there, as always, Aly. I am so tempted to give the WSS in the Peninsula a go next year. I really like the Casting Room Miniatures range.

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    1. Aly Morrison9 November 2018 at 07:33

      Thank you David...
      The war in Spain is an interesting subject... lots of pretty uniforms... and not dominated by Marlborough’s war machine... and genius.
      I would recommend ‘Marlborough’s other Army’ by Nicholas Dorrel.

      The only company I can think of that actually makes Spanish figures is Ebor Miniatures... they are sculpted by Paul Hicks so worth a look.

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Jonathan Freitag8 November 2018 at 22:32

    A very fine job of refurbishment, Aly! Are these Front Rank cavalry?

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    1. Aly Morrison9 November 2018 at 07:35

      Thank you Jonathan...
      Yes they are Front Rank cavalry... I am going to try and stick to Front Rank for the whole of the project.

      All the best. Aly

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  4. The Jolly Broom Man8 November 2018 at 22:54

    They look beautiful Aly. The job of refurbing these was obviously well worthwhile, did you rebase them as well?

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    1. Aly Morrison9 November 2018 at 07:36

      Thank you...
      Yes I did rebased them... it’s one sure way of tying different painting styles into one collection.


      All the best. Aly

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  5. Phil Robinson9 November 2018 at 00:50

    Splendidly spruced Sir.

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  6. Mark Strachan9 November 2018 at 02:00

    What a great bit of spit and polish work, Aly.

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  7. rross9 November 2018 at 06:42

    They are very nice Aly - maybe with the next eBay unit you could do a "before" and "after" photo, so we can see what difference your tidy up makes?

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    1. Aly Morrison9 November 2018 at 07:43

      Thank you Keith...
      I have a French unit in the sprucing pile that would make for a good before and after...
      My one worry about putting it ‘under the lens’ is that I will go to far and therefore defeat the object of the exercise... :-0

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Steve Casey9 November 2018 at 09:39

    Could you tell me what ground cover you use on the bases Aly? They look great! Thanks.

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    1. Aly Morrison10 November 2018 at 01:11

      Hi Steve...
      Here is a link to the basing tutorial I did last year...
      This is still how I do my bases... hopefully it will be of some help.

      All the best. And thank you. Aly

      https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2017/07/basing-tutorial.html

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  9. caveadsum14719 November 2018 at 15:08

    Lovely looking bit of refurb! Very nice unit!
    Best Iain

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  10. Phil9 November 2018 at 15:50

    Beautiful painting...and beautiful uniform!

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  11. RogerC9 November 2018 at 17:16

    Cracking job, amazing what you can get from ebay!

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    1. Aly Morrison10 November 2018 at 01:14

      Thank you Roger...
      I am constantly surprised at what EBay offers...
      All the best. Aly

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  12. Rick Priestley10 November 2018 at 17:48

    Aly's Brown Liquid sounds miraculous... does it come in pints? Whatever it is it obviously works wonders!

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    1. Aly Morrison11 November 2018 at 11:55

      Hi Rick
      It does work wonders... and comes it whatever quantity you desire...

      The recipe is on the right hand side below ‘my blog list’

      If you change the mix a little... you will have Rick’s Brown Liquid... a similar but slightly inferior product... ;-)

      All the best old chap. Aly

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  13. Rick Priestley13 November 2018 at 18:07

    So it is... I shall have to don a suitable disguise if I'm going to step into a Games Workshop store though!

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    1. Aly Morrison13 November 2018 at 18:28

      I am more than happy to do the deed for you...

      With a suitable commission of course...;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  14. Grey Heron15 November 2018 at 19:31

    Your WSS collection is looking lovely Aly.

    Best wishes for your project.

    All the best,

    Helen

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