"My SYW French Cavalry miniatures" Topic

Now also images of my French cavalry, dragoons, and some light horse can be seen on my Blog. Have a look, if you like.

Cheers,
Christian
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Excellent work!

Stunning paint work and a marvel to see such animated poses. Thank you for sharing.

Cheers,
Robert

Well done, Christian. I admire your productivity.

Steve

This is really beautiful work but I have to stop myself from looking at it because it makes me want to start buying flats – and my three-dimensional lead pile is already depressingly big.

Wonderful animation in your flats, very appealing.

Absolutly beautiful !!!

Mike B

They are very beautiful and I love the animation. Of course
that is mostly all about Christian's fantastic painting skills. I have taken a look at some of the manufacturers and they do seem very expensive considering the metal weight/content is so low. But the urge to buy some, just to have a go, is proving to be deadly……….

Great Stuff ! Great blog!

Phil

Wonderful brushwork there, especially on the horses!

Are these figures based for any wargames rules, and if so, which ones?

Yes, they are based for playing. I play Volley&Bayonet rules with a converted increased inch scale. The usual 3 inch frontage for linear infantry or cavalry is 10 cm, to allow for all the figures to fit.

For painting horses I found one particular mass scene battle painting to be most inspiring and helpful. Its part of this massive Borodino panorama painting. It includes a scene where French cav including the Saxon Zastrow cuirassiers and Russian curiassiers are engaging. This serves as a most brilliant guide as to where to place the lights and shades.

Superb!

Those are beautifull, fantastic, had I known flats could look like that!!

But how do they look straight ahead?

Oh my, they are so nice. Thank you for sharing.

"But how do they look straight ahead?"

Ah, there's the rub! Some flat ranges include references sculpted front and back, usually at rest

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However I'm not even sure one can get all standard types of Horse and Foot in the pose (Artillery could still be side-on after all). Maybe Christian knows?

Hi Christian

Got out my Fechner figures last night and mocked up some bases as you use. I can see why you like them on a 10cm frontage and you choice of Volley and Bayonet is a good choice for gaming with flats.

I am going to paint a Prussian Grenadier unit and see what I can do.

Cheers

Mark

Why is it conventional for Flats collectors to use 3-D artillery pieces instead of flat artillery pieces? The same cannon model usually uses crew done with flats. I have always been curious about this. Can anyone explain?

@Musketier,

That's the point. The range of frontal characters is much more limited. Personally I don't like them so much. Basing the troops the way I do is much more challenging as it takes all of the real man. You cannot count your opponent when closing, But you get paid off with a tremendous sight – a wargamer's moment of real GLORY – that is, when you get in that all decisive flank attack :-)))

Mark,

I saw images of your very nice Imaginary Army "Erbprinz" Grenadiers. They are very well done and look really nice. There is basically only one additional turn of shading work and out-lining to do, and you'll arrive pretty much at what I'm doing. As said on my Blog, I'll do a quick and dirty tutorial within soon.

Cheers,
Christian

DAF,

I have been asked that question before. I guess, that's because on large tables with short to a 1000 miniatures in play, flat guns get lost. Most big battle dioramas I've seen here in Germany nearly all have 3-D arty models instead of flat ones. Often, also ammunition wagons, etc. are also 3-D. Once you have seen them, you wnat to have them as well. Besides, the range of 3-D models is also much larger than that of flat models. There aren't so many around, really.

P.S.: During Holiday season, I have redone all of my Allied Army's guns. News have been spread, My French Army will receive new ordnance before commencement of the 2014 summer campaign, shipped from far overseas. Ferdinand gave orders to salut the arrival of the artillery in the French camp with all possible pomp and circumstance the Holy Roman Empire can put on display. Really, the enthronement of the Asiatic Grand-Mogul only could be more pomp, as any serious historian would be quite sure of.