Monday, August 3, 2015

Grenadiers à Cheval

Here is my regiment of Grenadiers à Cheval de La Garde Impériale. Together with the Carabiniers à Cheval, these guys are my favorite heavy cavalry of the period. Their uniform look very impressive and elegant, and should make for a remarkable look on the battlefield.

The regimental colors I did with a conversion from another kit, as the Hat grenadiers kit doesn't provide a standard. 

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5 comments:

  1. Marvelous work on the "Big Boots". Tell me about the flag - the gold elements seem raised?

    BTW, for some reason the post o-n TMP doesn't allow comments; you might want to repost it correcting the URL error, and delete the existing one.

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    1. Thanks for letting me know, Peter. I reposted the thread there. Should work now.

      The flag I had to scrape the interior markings from a flag of Old Guards, so it's only painted in the middle. The rest of the flag is the original sculpt, so the golden elements there are indeed raised.

      By the way, I repainted the trumpeter's bearskin black. I was made aware the white version was a myth.

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  2. You have the best painted 1/72 I have seen. How long does it take to paint them? What color primer do you use? Do you layer two or more colors? Do you use a wash? Please share your technique.

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    1. Hi, Daniel, thanks for your kind words.

      It takes me about a week to paint each unit, working on them a couple hours every evening. My primer is usually white or light grey.

      My paint sequence is basecoat, wash and then 2-3 layers of highlight. Very simple. At this scale, you need sharp contrast between low and raised areas to create a good effect, so wash and a couple layers of highlight are essential.

      People have been asking me for a step-by-step tutorial on how I paint my 1/72, and I'll be doing one soon, just keep an eye out here!

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  3. As I commented elsewhere, I still like the white bearskin for the trumpeters (dates back to the Funken books of the 1970's, at the time by far the best [and most gloriously illustrated] uniform guides available at an affordable price!) My own Grenadiers a Cheval will certainly be retaining theirs! :-)

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