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

Sunday, 27 January 2019

The War of Spanish Succesion... Lumley's Regiment of Horse.

Hurrah! my first regiment of British Horse...


Lumley's...


Originally formed as The Queens Regiment of Horse by Sir John Lanier in 1685.
After he was killed at the Battle of Steenkirk in 1692 the regiment was commanded by the Honourable Henry Lumley till 1717.
Renamed...
The King's Own Regiment of Horse in 1714,
The 1st(The King's) Dragoon Guards in 1751,
The 1st King's Dragoon Guards in 1921,
And finally merging with the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) in 1959 to become he 1st Queens Dragoon Guards.


They fought at Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet .


A lovely unit in a classic British look of Red coats and Yellow Facings.








Coats... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet.
Facings... Foundry... Ochre 4B.
Belts... Foundry... Buff Leather 7B.
White bits... Citadel... Pallid Wych Flesh.
Wooden bits... Citadel... Mournfang Brown.


The horses were painted Citadel Doombull Brown and then given various washes of Army Painter Warpaints Quickshade... Strong ,Soft and Red tone until I achieved a rich dark colour that complimented the scarlet coats.


The standard was home made based on Robert Halls uniform plate... available from The Pike and Shot Society...
http://www.pikeandshotsociety.org/


I am not entirely happy with the definition on the cypher and crowns but I am very pleased with the colour.


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
The Army Painter...
https://shop.thearmypainter.com/products.php?ProductGroupId=21
And Wargames Foundry
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint
Bases from Warbases...
https://warbases.co.uk/?product_cat=premier-bases-metric


All the best   Aly


Any errors in my potted history are of course Wikipedia's...











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26 comments:

  1. rross28 January 2019 at 00:01

    Very nice crisp paint job on these cavalry Aly - lovely Front Rank sculpts as usual - and the basing is fantastic and really sets them off!

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  2. Aly Morrison28 January 2019 at 00:05

    Thank you Kieth...
    For some reason I always find cavalry harder to paint than infantry.... but I am always really pleased with the end result.

    All the best. Aly

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  3. Matt28 January 2019 at 00:29

    I believe the history clearly shows that Joanna should therefore be a real Princess. I always suspected as much.

    Lovely work!

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    1. Aly Morrison28 January 2019 at 19:58

      I think you are on to something there Matt...

      All the best. Aly

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  4. Natholeon28 January 2019 at 03:31

    Nice paint jobs and fantastic work on the standard!

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  5. Jonathan Freitag28 January 2019 at 03:40

    These troopers look terrific, Aly!

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  6. Mark Strachan28 January 2019 at 07:00

    Another superb looking unit Aly.

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  7. Phil28 January 2019 at 07:30

    Beautiful mix of yellow and red colors, wonderful unit!

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  8. Matt Crump28 January 2019 at 07:55

    Splendid unit Aly, standard looks great 🙂

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  9. Phil Robinson28 January 2019 at 07:58

    Lumley jubbly, you are amassing a fine looking force.

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    1. Aly Morrison28 January 2019 at 20:05

      I saw wat you did there...

      The next unit is Cadogan’s... see what you can do with that...

      All the best. Aly

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  10. Springinsfeld28 January 2019 at 08:33

    Ahh no I'm being tempted into putting in an order with Front Rank.... I must resist. Lovely painting there.

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    1. Aly Morrison28 January 2019 at 20:06

      Thank you...

      You know you want to ... it makes perfect sense.... go on...

      All the best. Aly

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  11. Ed M28 January 2019 at 13:05

    What a spot-on representation of an essential unit of British horse--lineage to the Nine Years War in particular. Don't think I would have the patience for the multiple washes, but good on ya: the effect is marvelous.

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    1. Aly Morrison28 January 2019 at 20:07

      Thank you Ed...
      The washes aren’t that painful... I have plenty to do while they dry...

      All the best. Aly

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  12. David28 January 2019 at 16:40

    Just Wonderful.

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    1. Aly Morrison28 January 2019 at 20:08

      Thank you David...
      More cavalry to follow.

      All the best. Aly

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  13. Moiterei_198428 January 2019 at 20:28

    Very well done! They look like they‘re about to dish out some well deserved beating to all those who happen to stand in their way.

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  14. Aly Morrison29 January 2019 at 08:18

    Thank you Moiterei...
    They do have a purposeful look about them don’t they...

    All the best. Aly

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  15. caveadsum147129 January 2019 at 21:02

    Lovely looking British cavalry! They look great! Nice standard.
    Best Iain

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