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

Sunday 14 April 2024

Shiny Napoleonics…. French Foot Dragoons.

Greetings….

Another shiny thing…

The French 6th Regiment of dragoons… Deployed as infantry…

I got these lovely Garrison Foot Dragoons from Rob Young and absolute age ago… And typically when I decide to paint them my Sarcoidosis ( look it up if you must but take my word for it… it sucks. )decides to flair up and just for fun it has affected my right eye… 

It is a condition that just keeps giving 

They took a lot longer to paint than I thought they would….But I persevered and now they are done.

Maybe not as slick as I would want them to be…

Anyway…Here you go.



To add insult to injury as the varnish was drying on these I discovered that at the battle of Jena there were two composite regiments of Foot Dragoons that were attached to the Imperial Guard… Meaning I could have mixed the facing colours instead of just using red… Ha! Well… maybe next time 😁



The Tunics are… Foundry… Forest Green 26B.

The Breeches are… War Front (Scale Colour)… Braun SW28.

The Waistcoats are… Citadel… Pallid Wych Flesh.

The Gaiters are… Citadel… Corvus Black.

Everything was the given a wash of Aly’s Brown Liquid… Then highlighted with the original colours… some of the lighter colours were given an extra highlight…

The paints are Wargames Foundry,Citadel and Scale Color.

The bases are as always…

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/round-cornered-bases/mdf-rc/

I am going to take it easy for a while as my eye issues calm down…but I have some nice shiny Irish Legion on the go… plus all the other butterfly nonsense 

All the best   Aly




54 comments:

  1. I have always liked Garrison and these look great to me

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  2. Sorry to hear about your health travails, I had to look it up and it does not sound nice at all, but back to shiny, they are very nice indeed. Garrison figures are really lovely and you have done a very fine job on them.

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    1. Thank you Donnie…
      Shiny is infinitely better than sarcoidosis 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Despite your eye problems, you managed to complete a shining regiment. Dragoons on foot?! You never stop learning! If we looked carefully, we noticed that in your miniatures only the officer has the typical helmet decoration in (fake) leopard fur, while the troops have a generic brown fur - as in the artwork. Is this a simplification or was there really a difference in equipment?

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    1. Thank you…
      In the Line Dragoon regiments only the officers wore the faux leopard skin ‘turbans’ on their helmets…
      The Imperial Guard Dragoons however all wore the leopard skin.

      All the best. Aly

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  4. You shouldn't beat yourself up about either the painting or the fact that they all have identical facings. They look gorgeous! As has already been said, Garrison figures are lovely and you've painted them magnificently.

    All the best and get well soon
    Matthew

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    1. Thank you Matthew…
      I reckon I now have a good excuse to paint more 😁…
      All the best. Aly

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  5. Well even with your health problems they look damn fine to me Sir! I hope the flare up subsides soon.

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    1. Thank you Phil…
      Things are improving…all be it slower than I would like.

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Another fine addition and the dragoon helmets are a nice change from the shako.
    I'm sorry to hear of your helth issue and hope you recover or are in remission soon.
    all the best
    Stephen

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    1. Thank you Stephen…
      Thinks are slowly improving…
      All the best. Aly

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  7. Lovely work Aly shiny as always 👍 and now you have me thinking I have quite a few unmounted dragoons from my Perry cavalry sets and didn’t know I could have them as a unit I need to rethink how I’m going to base them 🤔

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    1. Thank you Matt…
      The foot dragoons were formed because of a lack of suitable horses… I think … at their peak… there were about 6000 of them.

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Lovely shiny old school splendour! Hope the eye problem clears up soon.
    Neil

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  9. Sorry to hear you are crook, hope it clears up soon! These are not my cup of tea of course, but still look fine and ready to join your collection!

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    1. Thank you David….
      I am slowly improving 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  10. Lovely as always - sorry to hear about the flare up and hope things sort themselves out soon.

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  11. Hopefully that is a medical condition that can be treated and cured in time, Aly? The Foot Dragoons look good, I remember having a unit of Les Higgins figures, once upon a time, about 50 years ago!

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    1. Thank you Keith…
      Although not entirely curable sarcoidosis can be controlled/subdued with steroids… which seem to work well with me…
      It is a swine when it flares up though 🙄

      All the best. Aly

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  12. Look pretty damn good to me. You didn't go with a unit drawn from several regiments then?

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    1. Thank you Rob…
      There was no way I was going to repaint the facings after I had varnished them… although I now have an excellent reason to paint more 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  13. Dear Aly they look amazing and I hope you recover asap. Thanks for posting these love the colours and six figures on a base is classic

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    1. Thank you Quinn…
      I am on the mend…As we say around these parts 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  14. I habe a soft spot for the dismounted Dragoon figures , I had a long time ago a similar group. Very nicely done. They will no doubt be gracing your table top soon.

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    1. They are indeed lovely figures Joe…
      I need to get some terrain made before I can play a game… which I am rather looking forward to…

      All the best. Aly

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  15. Mow don't they look nice! Crackin brushwork Aly!

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  16. To my eye, they look more than fine. Always good to find ways to get a unit like this on the table. Hope your vision issue clears up soon!

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    1. Thank you Ed…
      Things are improving…

      All the best. Aly

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  17. Very nice paint work and I hope this rather nasty sounding flare up passes quickly.

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  18. Looked it up - doesn't seem to be very nice! Hope it clears up soon. As for the figures - glad you like them, look good to me!

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    1. Thank you Rob…
      I avoid looking it up too often… but one thing is for sure …It’s not very friendly.
      Unlike Garrison Foot Dragoons… which are lovely 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  19. Sorry to hear about your eye problem Aly, but these minis are as slick as ever.

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    1. Thank you JBM…
      Fortunately the drugs do work and things are slowly improving…

      All the best. Aly

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  20. Sorry to hear of your problems Aly...the next ailment I get I want to be curable by wine or brandy!

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    1. Thank you Mark…
      I wholeheartedly agree with you 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  21. Fantastic painted and smart looking unit Aly, always like the look of dismounted dragoons.

    Willz.

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  22. They look disciplined and superb, lovely foot dragoons Aly!

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  23. Splendid,slick and shiny, lovely dragoons, glad to hear you've sourced some drugs!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you Iain…
      Yes fortunately the dugs do work…all be it slowly 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  24. As always, a smashing battalion and tour de force of painting technique. I think it worth repeating however, that I hate you, as now I am going to have to find some extra figures and base mine up as a small battalion! :) Well, maybe not, they look really good in skirmish order...

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    1. Thank you David…
      I can think of worse things to be hated for 🤣
      All the best. Aly

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  25. Aly, they look pretty damn slick to me.

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