more 28mm Napoleonic Cavalry squadrons: 12th Light Dragoons, Red Lancers and 2nd Hussars.

more 28mm Napoleonic Cavalry squadrons: Continuing with my attempt to boost my Napoleonic armies regularly I have been mostly painting:

the British 12th Regiment of Light dragoons 1st Squadron 1815,  Waterloo/Hundred Days Campaign.
These are 28mm Perry miniatures metal alloy which paint up a treat..

the wooden blue painted water bottles have relevant regimental insignia on them: XII LD

and French Imperial Guard Regiment of Lancers 2nd Squadron 1815,  Waterloo Hundred Days Campaign.

By 1815 the Imperial Guard Lancers comprised 5 squadrons of with the 1st squadron was Polish in their blue uniforms with crimson facings the remaining squadrons being the 2nd through to the 5th squadrons were Dutch 'Red Lancers' as below.

Imperial Guard Lancers in campaign dress.

The lance pennants are made from aluminium foil which can be folded after painting to give it a 'flying pennant' effect.

also to fund my Napoleonic projects I have just sold a squadron of French 2nd Hussars on eBay over the weekend.

28mm Plastic Perry miniatures from their boxed set of Hussars.

and a bunch of other stuff:

a French aide de camp (ADC)

French Infantry officer which could be used a s a colonel or ADC. I converted the head to give it a 'shouty' look.

An Imperial Guard Horse Grenadier.

A Prussian Hussar of the 2nd Brandenburg Regiment 1815.

 Royal North British Dragoons later known as 'Scots Greys'.

Any how a Bavarian contingent of line infantry are next on the painting bench together with some Bavarian artillery.
All the Best,
Peter

28mm Napoleonic Cavalry squadrons: Life Guards, Chasseur a Cheval, Chevaux leger and officers.

28mm Napoleonic Cavalry squadrons: In an attempt to boost my Napoleonic armies regularly I have decided to break down the proposed regiments into squadrons of six figures, that way at least I can field some well balanced armies quickly without having to wait a long time. So this month I have been mostly painting:

the British 2nd Regiment of Life Guards 1st Squadron 1815,  Waterloo Hundred Days Campaign.

The red uniforms come out nice and bright, whilst painting these I realized the crest wasn't very different from Austrian cuirassier helmets of the period.

and painted the
French 4th Regiment of Chasseur a Cheval, 1st squadron 1812-1815. 

One of my favourite French Cavalry regiments because of the colour schemes, green seems to go well with a lot of different facing colours, I'm going to want some more of these Chasseurs regiments.

and finally I bought the Bavarian command base from Perry miniatures to complete the:
Bavarian 3rd Regiment (Kronprinz) Chevaux-leger, 1st squadron.

The Command stand

the troopers were completed for my previous blog post.

and painted a squadron of the 1st Regiment of French Hussars for ebay...to fund the buying of more Stuff :) I got some bids on these Hussars already from some fantastic ebayers.

Also some French Infantry officers.

 this officer and the next are both the same code, it's interesting to see how different the faces can look, and of course the different horse colours help

This guy definitely has attitude.

Next will be a few Austrian squadrons comprising Cuirassiers, Lancers and Hussars.
Anyhow all the Best,
Peter.