Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Monday, 9 April 2012

Chasseurs à Cheval - Work Completed

After what seems like an age , these two regiments are now complete as far as I am taking them - looking forward to seeing them based & flagged. Very happy with the end results. The "Elite" miniatures give some real life to a unit. I think you have to remember these are designed to be fielded as large units en masse , all mixed in with a load of their mates. They are not hyper detailed, super anatomically correct - and i love them all the more for that. I see loads of Perry Napoleonics,all beautifully sculpted and individually well painted  yet very few have really struck me as delivering units that really look the business - but maybe it is my "old school" goggles that cause that.

One thing for sure is that these two units are truly individual with the extra conversion work done, so no other collector or gamer will have ones quite like them.

 24th CaC
 
 24th CaC

24th & 23rd CaC


Work progresses on the 18mm AB miniatures French Line Lancers - very nice they are too. So here are the trumpeters as a little taster.

Also next up is a Connoisseur British Line battalion - proper old school miniatures. 

 Also taken delivery of some Fireforge Mounted Teutonic Knights , and some Testudo Personalities (from PD Miniatures in the UK) to go with them.



Also got my eye on the Great Escape type Stalag Luft set by E-BOB - you gotta love the personalities. Sometimes you just have to paint for the fun of it.

Personality set picture taken from the EBOB website

Doug C will be pleased to hear his AWI Highlanders are about to get a serious looking at too ...

And less than 2 weeks to Salute - who knows what goodies that will turn up..

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13 comments:

  1. Silver Whistle9 April 2012 at 16:12

    You really have done these figures justice as they look superb. The guy about to get thrown over the front of his horse but determined to hold onto the eagle shows the quality and originality of this unit.

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    1. DaveD9 April 2012 at 16:17

      Cheers. And the best bit is the worst posed horse is the one that works best for achieving that. It's becoming a bit of a speciality!

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  2. TamsinP9 April 2012 at 16:17

    Fabulous dahlink, fabulous! Love the horses (OK, love the riders too!) :)

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    1. DaveD9 April 2012 at 16:21

      Why thanks you. There has been a bit of an equine development facilty work going here too..

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  3. Ray Rousell9 April 2012 at 17:55

    Fantastic work there Dave, love the falling standard bearer. I like Elite figures, on there own they look like monkey men, but on mass they look very, very cool!!!

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  4. Battlescale9 April 2012 at 18:47

    Those are really excellent!

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  5. Paulalba9 April 2012 at 19:52

    Superb Dave,
    Agree with the elites, always liked their dynamic look. I'm sitting swapping some heads of Russian officers at the moment trying to make my wee army unique to me so I know exactly what you mean.

    Thanks again for the Band of Brothers DVD, love it to bits!!!
    Best
    Paul

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  6. Michael Awdry9 April 2012 at 20:30

    Well done Dave, a superb unit, unique a beautifully painted. I am also a little envious at your forthcoming projects I've had my eye on those Teutonic knights for a while and as for the ebob miniatures - they are very, very tempting.

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  7. Dan10 April 2012 at 02:06

    Yes Dave, they are unique, and very dynamic, I love uniqueness in a unit, and these look great, the ABs look great to.

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  8. Rodger10 April 2012 at 09:50

    Great work Dave. The Elite figures do look great when bunched up a bit, which is the way they are designed, I think. Your conversion work and painting is unreal and makes for an amazing looking unit. Very well done Sir!

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  9. Curt10 April 2012 at 18:16

    Beautiful work, Dave - Bravo! (I'm with Ray in that I quite like the Eagle bearer who's about to take a header - ouch! Poor lad.)
    Curt

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  10. Phil10 April 2012 at 18:56

    Very nice work! Love the 24th!

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  11. BFG15 April 2012 at 20:39

    Loads of variety, a great paint job and conversion work. Great stuff Dave.

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