Monday 31 October 2011

Prussian Halloween Hussars

Completed 12 Death's Head hussars, I was a bit apprehensive of painting black uniforms but a bit gray drybrushing seems to have done the trick. Figures by AB, no flags since the hussars didn't carry them. These guys did not take part in the 100 days but played a role in Germany 1813 and then in France 1814. Every Prussian army must have this unit!












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10 comments:

  1. Ray Rousell31 October 2011 at 19:55

    An excellently painted unit, whether it fought in the 100 days campaign or not its a damn fine looking unit!!!

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  2. Andy McMaster31 October 2011 at 20:45

    They look excellent! Really well done. Black is hard to get right.

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  3. Paulalba31 October 2011 at 23:05

    Very nice Ken,
    Have these AB figures myself to paint up. Totally agree, no late war Napoleonic Prussian army would look right without them!
    Cheers
    Paul

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  4. RazorOne2231 November 2011 at 00:40

    Wow very nice! I too have a unit of these in the "Too Paint" part of the collection...does it ever end? lol

    cheers

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  5. Rodger1 November 2011 at 08:50

    Very nice hussars.

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  6. Ken1 November 2011 at 18:24

    Thanks guys, I'm quite pleased with the way they turned out - although as usual I spot mistakes when I see them up on the blog!

    Cheers

    Ken

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  7. Paulalba2 November 2011 at 01:05

    That Macro button is a killer Ken ;-)
    Razor1 a fellow wargamer/figure painting friend of myine said to me when I asked him "when will he have enough 15mm Naps?", He answered me "when he is dead!". He has 12.000 15mm Naps!!!

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  8. Ken2 November 2011 at 10:15

    Somebody on another blog said collecting miniature soldiers like Imelda Marcos and her thousands of shoes - we cant help ourselves. She couldn't wear them all and we couldn't paint them all!!

    Cheers

    ken

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  9. peter3 November 2011 at 20:10

    That's true! But we can always try to paint as many as we can!
    These came out very well. The drybrushing did it. Myself I don't paint black uniforms in black but in a very dark grey. Belts and other parts I do in black. I hope to show this in the near future with some Brunswick troops I've painted that way.

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  10. Galpy4 November 2011 at 07:28

    yes i have to agree that look really great well do
    cheers
    Kent

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