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

Tuesday 29 January 2019

The War of Spanish Succession... Wyndham's Regiment of Horse.





One more cavalry unit finished...


Wyndham's Regiment of Horse...


They were first raised in 1685 as Lord Lumley's Regiment of Horse... later renamed The Queen Dowager's Regiment of Horse.
1692 they became The King's Regiment of Carabineers commanded by Hugh Wyndham.
1740 His Majesty's 1st Regiment of Carabiniers.
1756 3rd Regiment of Horse (Carabiniers).
1788 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards.
1826 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
1922 The regiment was amalgamated with The 3rd Dragoon Guards to become The 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards.


They fought at Blenheim and Ramillies...


The facings are described as Sea Green...  not the easiest colour to define...
In the end I chose to use Foundry Teal Blue shade 24A which does look very nice with the red of their coats...










Coats... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet.
Facings... Foundry... Teal Blue shade 24A
Belts... Foundry... Buff Leather 7B.
White bits... Citadel... Pallid Wych Flesh.
Wooden bits... Citadel... Mournfang Brown.

Like Cadogan's these guys also have silver braid...


The horses were painted Citadel Skrag Brown and then given various washes of Army Painter Warpaints Quickshade... Strong ,Soft and Red tone until I achieved a colour that I was pleased with.


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


Yet another very pleasing cavalry unit...
I will probably paint the next two at the same time...
They are the Scots Greys and the French Grey Musketeers...
Both on Grey horses and both with a lot of red and blue in their uniform.


All the best   Aly








18 comments:

  1. Beautifully painted and a nice effect on their bases too.

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  2. A very impressive addition to the Project. But, two horse units at once? That's showing off you know. 😉

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    1. Thank you David....
      It’s only showing off if it works... ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Lovely cavalry, a beautiful uniform and a fantastic job!

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  4. Another fine addition there Aly, I am sure they will put the wynd up the Frenchies in due course.

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    1. Thank you Phil...
      Saw what you did there... very good...

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Another grand unit Aly. The unit count for this collection must be getting high now.

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    1. Thank you Mark...
      It’s beginning to look like a proper collection... still needs more cavalry though.

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Very nice work Aly - I like the size of your cavalry units too - six figures as opposed to the more usual ten or twelve means a quicker turn around painting wise and more bang for your buck unit wise - its a win/win situation!

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    1. Thank you Keith...
      To be honest it has a lot to do with the fact that painting cavalry is not my favourite thing to do...
      But fortunately it fits with what I want to do with this collection... and they look good on my 5x7 foot wargames table... so as you say Win/Win...

      All the best. Aly

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  7. These are lovely. I really like the last photo, the angle makes the horses look like an unstoppable wall of hooves.

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    1. Thank you Curis...
      The Front Rank cavalry have a nice weight to them which really helps...

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Another great looking cavalry unit storming along! Two more in the wings? Breathtaking speed!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you Iain...
      I have a few distractions coming up this month... but hopefully I can keep the pace up...

      All the best. Aly

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