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Hussars in time for Christmas?

Tonight I really had a chance to get some stuff painted so I pushed on and got a fair bit done…

Really only the pennants and facial features to do on the riders. Still a fair bit to do on the horses, but again they are getting there.

Hopefully I should get them finished tomorrow night.

Today was a rare one up here…

A completely still day.

I did take a few more photos, but somehow I managed to take a photograph of my feet and my elbow! Looks like the phone’s camera takes a while to operate after I pressed the button.

Tomorrow is meant to be showers with some more wind. Christmas Day is meant to be like today, so hopefully a chance to get some more photos then.

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Hussars…Getting There

Today has been super busy, lots of running about and very little Christmas related.

But tonight before butchering various beasties on Hunter ‘Call of the Wild’ I managed to get some painting done.

Still a fair old bit of work to do, but the majority of painting on the riders is done (really just hands, weapons and cockade to do). Bridles, saddles and hooves etc for the horses. I think I am going to add some Greenstuff to the saddle to help bed the riders in properly.

Tomorrow is going to involve loads more running about so hopefully I will get the chance to get some more done on these. It would be good to get them all done by Christmas Day.

Regarding this, in case some of you reading this are disappearing for a while. I just wanted to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a prosperous new year.

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Hussars.. A Smidge Done

I managed a bit of painting tonight…not a huge amount but a little bit. I did all of the horse manes as well as all of the boots and breeches on the Hussars that needed doing.

Not that you can really see on the Hussars.

A lot of today was spent tidying up and sorting out for Christmas. I also added a glass shelf unit underneath the TV. This thing has to be screwed into the wall…

First of all, the lower part of the wall was damp, so we will have to repaper the wall and secondly I was having to drill into a stone wall, this was an absolute swine, it wouldn’t have been too bad if I had to drill a couple of holes, but no… six were required. A few times I had to put my full weight behind the drill to make any progress, but at least it is up now.

Hopefully tomorrow I might get the chance to do some more painting.

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Hussars… Further Work

Tonight I am knackered, so haven’t done a huge amount, but I did a bit more colour testing.

I decided on yellow for the sash and turn-backs.

A fair bit of tidying up is required on the sash ends, I only realised there were white bits when I took the photo. The officer pelise needs another coat of black paint.

The other thing I did was a quick face colour. Eyes and noses need doing, but not tonight.

I am off out with my good lady tomorrow evening with our friends, my eldest is going to be a baby sitter, just hope she doesn’t expect paying!

The gloves are going to be a pale tan

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Hussars… Adding some Braid

Got in after 22.00 tonight, so not much time to do very much.

So with such a short window of opportunity, I decided to paint up all the braid I could find. I did white for the officer, this will eventually be silver.

Once I got the braid done I touched up various bits to allow the Contrast paint to go over it.

The other thing I did tonight was to round up the lizards for the kids in school…

The lizard breeding programme worked well, I managed to finish the black with about a metre left on the spool.

I think I am actually going to be in the house tomorrow night. Hopefully I will get some time to paint some more.

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Hussars.. looking Colourful

Tonight I decided to test out my colour combo….ooh it is hard being a fashionista…

The red dolman and black shako. I think I will leave it all black as opposed to putting a coloured top on it.

the blue pelise with the black fur.

I am going to go for white lacing, but am still undecided on the turn backs and sash. I was thinking yellow for the sash, just to add another bright colour 😂

Really tired tonight so keeping this short and sweet.

However as I mentioned yesterday, I had entered the painting competition and duly voted and there was some great miniatures on there. Stretching from a relative beginner up to a contract painter and that got me thinking, who should I vote for.

Someone who is new on the road or someone making some money out of it. I actually found it quite awkward. In the end I went for what jumped out at me the most. Fair play to the lad for putting some of his first models in, but in a way I kind really felt for him as in all honesty he may not get many votes. I don’t want his confidence knocked

It was an open competition in that it was six different categories that anyone could enter, it might have been easier if there were categories, newbies, intermediate and then professional. But I suppose it becomes tricky with beginner etc, what exactly does that mean.

Not sure what this rambling end to the post means, I think I am just tired.

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Hussars… Fashion Decisions

As I expected I didn’t make it in until near enough 22.00. So after some tea, I only had a short while to paint anything at all.

I managed the shabraque on the horses.

As mentioned in an earlier post these will have gold braid on them as befits light cavalry.

I really like this light blue so I then went on a hunt for a picture of something I liked.

I eventually found something I wanted to do. In my stupidity I shut down the page and now can’t find it any more, but I did find something close…

Mine will have the grey breeches, long black boots, a red dolman with the bright blue pelise edged with the black fur. I will go for the black shako with either a red or blue top.

Hopefully I will get some more bits painted tomorrow.

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Ostarian Hussars…Slapping the Paint About

Tonight I got a bit done on these…

I got them sprayed white and then made a start on the horses.

I decided that they would all be bays, as there are a lot of bay horses out there, I thought why not.

As you can see, not a huge amount done, but a start is a start.

My eldest daughter turned 14 today and as she likes gaming (she gets miffed when we don’t go to the wargames club) and Harry Potter, We got her this for her birthday present…

The miniatures are rather spiffy…

However I think Hermione looks a bit possessed in this pose! You get, Harry, Ron and Hermione as well as four Death Eaters and a big spider and three spider swarms, not to mention lots of cards, spells, potions, objective cards and all sorts of tokens too.

She did want everything painted by the club time this Sunday, I know I can be fast, but there is a limit. The Death Eaters will be ideal for her to paint with Contrast paints… tomorrow I spray them all white and then we can make a start.

Voice is still shot, which was a bit awkward teaching today and answering the phone was an absolute hoot!

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Ostarian Hussars… Making a Start

Just can’t be bothered to do the teeny hounds, so decided on some more Flintloque miniatures. This time I am going for half a dozen Ostarian Hussars armed with lances.

Again these are some lovely miniatures that I have had for a good old while. I have a real liking for the dog miniatures, of which I have a few.

I will have to get some bigger bases in the long run, but at least these will give me something to hang onto whilst I paint things.

I will get them sprayed white tomorrow and take it from there.

Tonight my voice has totally gone, I mean gone to the point where no sounds are coming out, but to be fair it will stop my kids hearing my bad language as the election results start to come in.

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Undead Guard Hussars… All Done

Tonight I decided enough was enough and got the bases done on these. They are finished now, with only a varnish layer or two and some dilute PVA on the bases.

I decided on a different approach to applying the flock to the bases.

I went for superglue…. This was for two reasons, one I didn’t have enough PVA inside the house and secondly the winds were up to 65mph and the rain drops were the size of marbles and the rest of the PVA was in the bottom shed.

I have never tried superglue as a basing glue before so who knows what it is going to look like in the long run.

Anyway the stuff has stuck, so here are another couple of photos from different angles…

And finally from the lance side…

You can just about see the sheepskin on the nearest one. It really has made them stable.

As I said in an earlier post I have missed off the wings and made these terrestrial cavalry.

I really do like the red on these, definitely different to most of the rest of the undead forces.

As I enjoyed painting these the. I might just have to make a start on the Ostarian Hussars. I am still miffed with the hellhounds (childish I know) but right now I really cannot be bothered to paint them.

I was thinking about it today and I have never seen a manufacturer photograph of the hounds near any other miniatures in the range. Scale creep is a thing, but this is the first time I have seen scale creep getting smaller.

Tomorrow I might get the doggies out and make a start on them.