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| DR3 von Meinicke Dragoon Regiment (click to enlarge all pix) |
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| I am particularly pleased with the way the musician's horse turned out. The flag is from GMB Designs. |
With the 3-day holiday weekend, I was able to put together enough painting time to knock out a 12-figure squadron of the DR3 Dragoon Regiment in the Prussian army of the Seven Years War. I have another 12 figures to paint before completing the regiment and I hope to do that over the course of the next week.
I decided that my Prussian cavalry contingent was heavily weighted towards cuirassiers, having 3.5 regiments of those and one regiment of Bayreuth Dragoons (which I count as two regiments because it is twice the size of a normal Prussian cavalry regiment at 10 squadrons rather than 5.
The Meinicke Dragoon Regiment is one of those units that probably finds a place in every Prussian wargame army. It has the unique Rose colored facings (cuffs, lapels and collars) and horse furniture that make it a very colorful addition to the otherwise drab looking Prussian dragoon uniforms.
Once the final 12 figures are painted, I will consider my Prussian heavy cavalry arm more or less completed, although I will need to add more hussars in the future. This new addition gives me plenty of cavalry to game Reichenberg, Prague and Kolin in the 1757 Campaign, which I will feature in my convention games at this year's SYWA convention in South Bend, IN at the end of March this year.
Lovely work Sir.
ReplyDeleteSpiffing indeed!
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
Nicely done, another great unit for your collection
ReplyDeleteSharp looking unit. Well done!
ReplyDeleteFantastic work old chap!
ReplyDeleteYou're right about everyone having this unit in their Prussian army. I have it in 15mm myself. Excellent paint job.
ReplyDeleteI also see some IR40 fusiliers in my future too.
DeleteExquisite
ReplyDeleteJohn
Lovely and picturesquely presented also.
ReplyDeleteBill P.
Lovely as always.
ReplyDeleteThe same horse with 1 head variant works surprisingly well too. Subtle. :)
Cheers
The standing horse with the head turned to the left is one of the Fife & Drum AWI horses.
DeleteI'll have to check if that's one of those I licensed from you. :)
DeleteYou can never have too much cavalry.
ReplyDeleteThat's what Frederick said too. :) I've had to subcontract some of the painting of Austrians to build up forces for the SYWA convention game and my Austrian painter is cranking out the cavalry at a rapid clip. I had to play catch up.
DeleteI like the musician's mount too! Nice work all around. Great addition to your collection.
ReplyDeleteI got tired of painting grey horses for musicians and have started using Reaper Oiled Leather for dragoon musicians' horses. I mix in a drop of cream color to make the highlight color. It contrasts nicely with the black mane .
DeleteVery effective and still allows the musician's mount to be easily identified on the battlefield.
DeleteVery nice paintwork !
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