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

Thursday, 31 January 2019

The War of Spanish Succession... Cadogan's Regiment of horse.

Hurrah! Hurrah!... My second unit of British Horse...


Cadogan's...


They were first raised by Charles Talbot the 1st Duke of Shrewsbury as the Duke of Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse in 1685...They became Cadogan's in 1703.
Renamed...
The 2nd Regiment of Horse in 1751,
The 5th Regiment of Dragoon Guards in 1788,
The 5th (the Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment of Guards Dragoon in 1804 ,
The 5th ( Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards in 1823,
And finally merging with The Inniskillings (6th Dragoons) to form the 5th/6th Dragoons in 1922.

They fought at Blenheim, Ramillies and Malplaquet.


Another nice colour combination of Red and Green...








Coats... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet.
Facings... Foundry... Forest Green 26B.
Belts... Foundry... Buff Leather 7B.
White bits... Citadel... Pallid Wych Flesh.
Wooden bits... Citadel... Mournfang Brown.


Osprey's Marlborough's Army 1702-1711 gives the braid as silver... I wasn't sure about painting them in a 'bright' metal colour so I mixed in some white to tone it down... I am rather pleased with the final effect.


The horses were painted the same way as I did Lumley's.


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


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
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23 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag1 February 2019 at 00:20

    Very sharply dressed regiment of horse with fab brushwork! Front Rank WSS figures are really nice.

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    1. Aly Morrison3 February 2019 at 10:44

      Thank you Jonathan...
      The Front Rank figures capture the period really well...

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Phil Robinson1 February 2019 at 00:55

    Fine job on a fine regiment. My Minifigs regiment was only ever bested by Dave's French once in our many games. Trust there will be no taming of the Shrewsburys when yours see action.

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    1. David1 February 2019 at 09:30

      If I remember rightly I hardly won any cavalry melees in those games!

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    2. Aly Morrison3 February 2019 at 10:57

      Taming of the Shrewsbury’s... nice... let’s see what you can do with Wyndham’s.
      I still have a fondness for Minifigs, I had a Marlburian/Great Northern War Ottoman Army... it didn’t win many... Any battles ... but it was very pretty.

      I shall try to maintain the regiments traditions...

      All the best. Aly

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  3. rross1 February 2019 at 04:44

    Another beautiful Front Rank cavalry unit Aly - is this your so called glacial painting - two units within a week?!

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    1. Aly Morrison3 February 2019 at 10:59

      Thank you Keith...
      Alas, my speed is illusionary... I started painting them at Xmas.

      All the best. Aly

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  4. Natholeon1 February 2019 at 05:09

    I've always just treated silver lace as white. Mixing white and silver together looks like a good compromise.

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    1. Aly Morrison3 February 2019 at 11:03

      I have always added a touch of orange to gold lace so it was worth trying the same thing with the silver... it gives you a decent contrast with the metal of the buttons.

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Mark Strachan1 February 2019 at 06:36

    Those look rather nice Aly. I too have always liked the red and green combination.

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    1. Aly Morrison3 February 2019 at 11:09

      Thank you Mark...

      The next unit, Wyndham’s has sea green facings... which I imagine has a bit more blue in the colour... this should be another nice combination.

      All the best. Aly

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  6. David1 February 2019 at 09:31

    Those have turned out really well Aly. By coincidence I have the SYW version in my painting queue right now.

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    1. Aly Morrison3 February 2019 at 11:10

      Thank you David...
      I look forward to seeing these...

      All the best. Aly.

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  7. Phil1 February 2019 at 14:59

    Elegant and beautiful...great job on this regiment ALy!

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  8. Ed M1 February 2019 at 18:59

    Nicely done, indeed! A well turned out unit for a most stately period.

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  9. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)1 February 2019 at 23:03

    Nice looking regiment!

    Christopher

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  10. Moiterei_19842 February 2019 at 10:43

    They look rather posh!

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    1. Aly Morrison3 February 2019 at 11:14

      Let’s hope that they are not to posh to fight when I am commanding them...

      All the best. Aly

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  11. caveadsum14715 February 2019 at 20:24

    Lovely looking cavalry unit,I don't know,I can't keep up with the speed your painting units now!
    Best Iain

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    1. Aly Morrison6 February 2019 at 08:36

      Thank you Iain...
      Sadly my speed is more illusionary than real... I started these at Xmas...
      I am aiming for steady as opposed to fast...;-)

      All the best. Aly

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