25/06/2015

Preparing for Ligny 1815 - Prussian cavalry rebased

More rebasing ready for the game, this time my Prussian cavalry. Generally it all went well, until I got started on my old Dragoons that are converted Airfix cuirassiers (back right). They were falling of their bases so I gave them new bases. Then one horse split down the middle and guess what, after years of having loads of spares I had no cuirassier horses to replace it! So a replacement had to be found. The whenever I worked on them an odd rider would fall off. This wasn't to bad as they could be refixed, but the collateral damage to the paintwork needed fixing as well. I also spotted a horse starting to split, but a dose of superglue seems to have fixed that. Overall it would have been nearly as quick to have started with new figures.

Subsequently I have bought some more Hat Prussian Dragoons as a long term replacement.
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5 comments:

  1. Stryker25/6/15 08:31

    Worth all the effort I think!

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  2. Andy Canham25/6/15 22:28

    Excellent. They have come up a treat.

    Cheers, Andy

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  3. Conrad Kinch26/6/15 02:16

    Great stuff Will - what do you use for late (ie non Bicorne) cuirassiers ?

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  4. Phil26/6/15 18:10

    Beautiful, well done!

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  5. Fire at Will28/6/15 06:40

    CK the late cuirassiers are the same Airfix figures as the dragoons with the helmet left on rather than replaced with a shako. Basically the cuirass detail and the epaulettes are trimmed off and the rest is just a painting conversion.

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