1st French Hussars

I dread having to paint hussars, their intricate uniform translate into slow progress on the paint desk, but I have been postponing this project for too long now. 

I even did a couple regiments of russian hussars already, one last year and another a couple months ago, but let's face it, a single regiment of hussars a year won't get my collection anywhere. I just had to start painting my stash of hussars, and that includes a bunch of french units.

So here it is, my first unit of those french marauders , the 1st Hussars.

These are Italeri's, and I really like their varied look. Very "hussarly". Some of them wear the pelisse, some have it hanging over their shoulder, some don't have it at all (the pelisse, not the shoulder. They all have shoulders). Some wear the early shako, some wear the late version.

The fact the dolman and the pelisse of the 1st hussars are the same color help give them a more standardized look, but the lack of uniformity will show more on my next regiments (yes, there will be more!)

Swedish Cavalry - Smaland Light Dragoons

Here's the second cavalry unit done for my incipient swedish army, the Smaland Light Dragoons.

As with the Hussars, here the trumpeter also had his original sword hand removed and replaced with a proper trumpet.

Swedish Cavalry - Von Mörner Hussars

I'm starting a Swedish army on this second half of the year, and here is the first unit I painted for them, the Von Mörner Hussars, with figures from the Hat Industries Swedish Cavalry set.

The trumpeter had his sword hand converted, so now he's holding his instrument of office proper. For this I used a spare hand from the Hat Wurttemberg Cavalry set.

French Cuirassiers - 7th Regiment, yellow facings

Another regiment of french cuirassiers done, this time the 7th Cuirassiers, with their yellow facings: