More Snappy Nappy Figures Finished!

Got around to finally finishing my 'unit' of French Hussars today and I'm really pleased with them. I painted these figures up to represent the 7th Hussars and even though the uniform isn't 100% accurate (according to some on TMP!) I'm very happy with them... See what you think...

May not be historically correct but they look suitably 'Napoleonic' to me!

So, that's another set of figures down... What to do next?...More painting... Perhaps some scratch built buildings....

Also I'd like to welcome 'Millsy', my 130th follower!

Steve

French 7th Hussars (Work in progress)

Here's my attempt at painting up a few Italeri French Hussars as the 7th....

... Still quite a bit of tidying up to do and their mounts to finish. I'm still not 100% sure on the colour of their plumes. The plate 'm working off shows them as grey .... but I'm not sure. If anyone knows otherwise please let me know! A colourful bunch and I'm sure they'll make a fine addition to the already existing French cavalry I've put together for my Snappy Nap games.

UPDATE  There's been a few comments on TMP  regarding the actual uniform shown here and recommending the removal of the epaulettes and possibly the colpack's which were apparently only worn by officers. I considered making these alterations for all of ten minutes before deciding not to bother. I appreciate that some gamers take great care in researching their uniforms and making any necessary alterations etc but I'm afraid I'm not one of them... Life's too short to count buttons!  So long as the figures resemble what they are intended to represent and the paint job is tidy then I'm happy.

Just as a footnote, here are the early Austrians I painted up as Hungarian fusiliers last week all finished with their flocked bases...

Hopefully I'll have the Hussars completely finished in the next day or so and I'll pop a few more pics up then.

Steve

Italeri French Hussars Completed!

Tonight I managed to finish off the last 6 French Hussar figures to make up my French 4th Hussar unit ...

A colourful bunch I'm sure you'll agree!

The set also includes this bugler who wears the 'reverse colours' of his unit.... This gave me the chance to have my first attempt at a white horse.... Not too bad for a first attempt I suppose.

You may notice the base colours differ in shade slightly. This is due to the fact that some of them haven't had chance to dry out properly yet.....

Well, that's 4 x cavalry units completed now and I'm glad to see the back of them!... Time to get back to the foot-sloggers. It will be good to get back to doing line infantry after all this fiddly work...... Hope you all like them and please feel free to leave a comment.

Cheers!