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Wurtemburg Cavalry finished, I wake up and smell the coffee, and, you can expose an error….What more do you want?

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The only drawback to that method is that you will never have a perfect bond between the horse figure and the rider. It just won't be possible no matter what glue you use because of the paint/primer/coating in-between the metal. Best you can do is get a fairly good bond. Does that matter? 50-50. Depends on how rough your miniatures get handled. You're sacrificing some durability for a substantial increase in looks.

Pin them. If the pin is long enough, you really don't need glue. It's what I do with my plastics. That way if I really really want to I can swap horses & riders.

not really…underneath the figure doesn't get sprayed, and before gluing I just rubbed a file over the back of the horse exposing the metal…My mate John has used this method for years on thousands of figures (which I continually drop) and he doesn't have any trouble.(except when I sometimes stamp on them as well)
Personally I think the "you must have an eletro-magnetic/araldite bond or the world will end" is a bit overrated…in the rare event of a rider coming off then superglue it back on.
Its not rocket surgery.

Like the use of the oils, I'll give that a go myself.

I've been painting cavalry like this since I read a painting article in "Military Modeling" magazine back in the late '70s. I drill a small hole into the bottom of the rider, glue a round toothpick (for 15s)and insert the toothpick through the top of a margarine tub. They stay vertical and dry without any accidents. I can usually pin about 8 riders to a regular size top.

Before I mount them to their horses, I'll scrape off any paint or primer and get to the bare metal.

I have cavalry that have been glued like this to their horse for decades and they fall off!

Should've read "…and they DON'T fall off!" Sorry 'bout that!

Wow, these are awesome. I'm going to start trying to put through an order now. Sizewize, how do they measure up to foundry and front rank. They look slimmer than front rank.

Firing Line are probably most (totaly) compatible with Elite, they are A LOT slimmer and taller than Foundry, they are a bit slimmer than Front Rank. Some folk would find them incompatible, I have a friend who's collection is split between Elite and Front Rank and it doesn't bother him (or me), but it all depends on how fussy you are.

Do you have to glue on both heads and the sword arm? That is my recollection of the range. They are nice figures, especially the horses. I might have to buy a regiment of them for my army.

All heads are seperate. Troopers have seperate sword arm with a choice of a pistol instead (these are a really good fit). Trumpeters and officers/ std bearer have cast on sword arms.
The horses are indeed excellent, better than Elite/Connoissuer horses IMHO

Thanks for the info guys. I've just put through an order for a squadron's worth of figures to add to my 1:10 1809 project. As long as they're relatively close height wize to my Front rank stuff, I'm sold on them. It's not like I'll be mixing them in a unit with anything.
Can't wait to get my brush on em.
Oh, and christot, as nooone seems to be pedantic enough to spot the error, what was it?

The Mounted Jager didn't carry standards. However, orginally when I asked Noel what he wanted in this unit neither of us knew this, and he specified a standard bearer..I ordered the figures. When I started painting them I discovered this, which was sort of too late. The flag is actually for the 1st cheveau-leger, and sort of works given the yellow jackets of the trumpeters.
The second error is less heinous, apparently the horse furniture used steel metal, not brass.
I am a terrible sinner.

That's funny mine even seem to dismount while safely packed away in their box's.

Nice figures and full of action!

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