Tuesday, 31 May 2022

French 5th hussars Napoleonic 18

 Another French hussar unit, this time it's the 5th with their striking blue and white uniform, present at Wagram they were also part of Lasalle's brigade infernale together with the 7th regiment of hussars, I am tempted to get another box of Perry plastic hussars and make them up. I still have French chasseurs to paint and of course Austro-Hungarian hussars  but I can see it happening! Lovely figures that go together easily and are a joy to paint, they're now one of the earlier sets and maybe you would have removable sword arms for variety but they're still great sculpts as far as I'm concerned, I did of course want to paint Conan Doyle's Brigadier Gerard's unit but there is a bit of a sticking point as the unit he is meant to be leading defected to the allies at the beginning of the 19th century, the danger of fictional characters!







So here they are, I realise I've got to go back and touch up the commanders shako cords as I've got some red on them. As I  said they were fun to do , so when I went to Partizan  I  picked up another box of them, of course! Great show, lots of lovely historical games I had a nice chat with James Morris about his new dark age mass battle  rules Midgard which looks really  good .Next up some Austrian Napoleonic cavalry and then I need to knuckle down to painting more infantry for both sides , or maybe something different just for a change!

All the best 

Iain 





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43 comments:

  1. Michal DwarfCrypt31 May 2022 at 09:09

    Beautiful looking unit Iain!
    Best regards

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  2. Michael Awdry31 May 2022 at 10:05

    Cracking work Iain!

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  3. Zabadak31 May 2022 at 10:20

    Cracking looking unit Iain, no wonder you want more !

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    1. caveadsum14712 June 2022 at 10:23

      Thanks Joe, that and the fact I'm greedy!
      Best Iain

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  4. DeanM31 May 2022 at 14:54

    Lovely French Hussars, Iain! Here I though the 9th had a nice uniform, but these in white with blue are also striking.

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    1. caveadsum14712 June 2022 at 10:24

      Thanks Dean, yes I thought the same thing!
      Best Iain

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  5. Joe F31 May 2022 at 17:14

    Great looking unit!

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  6. rross31 May 2022 at 19:13

    Great looking Hussards Iain, they really are very pretty.....but can they fight?!

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    1. caveadsum14712 June 2022 at 10:26

      Thanks Keith, if I'm using them probably not , but you can guarantee if they're opposing me they will! They had a pretty impressive record to go with they're swagger and arrogance!
      Best Iain

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  7. Lawrence H31 May 2022 at 21:01

    They look great Iain. Far more interesting than chasseurs, although the latter do have a charm of their own.

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    1. caveadsum14712 June 2022 at 10:28

      Thanks Lawrence, coming from a man who should know after your massive French cavalry parade! I am looking forward to the chasseurs as I figure they will at least be faster!
      Best Iain

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  8. Jonathan Freitag31 May 2022 at 22:24

    The 5th has a striking uniform, for sure, with the blue dolman and white pelisse. Your rendering of it is equally striking. I bet most Napoleonic wargamers have this unit in their collections. I do!

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    1. caveadsum14712 June 2022 at 10:29

      Thanks Jonathan, sensible of both of us to retain their services then?!
      Best Iain

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  9. Anonymous31 May 2022 at 22:56

    Enjoyable as usual. I find this group fascinating, what a great composition!

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    1. Suber31 May 2022 at 22:58

      That one was me, I don't know why I am suddenly into the anonymity!

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    2. caveadsum14712 June 2022 at 10:30

      Thanks Suber, don't worry it's been happening to me all the time at the moment!
      Best Iain

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  10. Stew1 June 2022 at 00:54

    There was that strange phrase again…I hear it from time to time,,,’Joy to paint’. Such an odd thing to say.

    Nice job on these cav! 😀😀

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    1. caveadsum14712 June 2022 at 10:32

      Thanks Stew, no they were , but then I paint to relax, a game is just a bonus ( and a justification and target for painting 100s of figures!)
      Best Iain

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  11. Cyrus1 June 2022 at 03:57

    Great hussars Iain!

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  12. Fitz-Badger1 June 2022 at 06:52

    Dashing is the word that comes to my mind. Excellent work!

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    1. caveadsum14712 June 2022 at 10:33

      Dashing Hussars! Quite right Fitz and thanks!
      Best Iain

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  13. Ray Rousell1 June 2022 at 09:29

    Excellent painting Sir!

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  14. fireymonkeyboy1 June 2022 at 19:23

    They look quite dashing. Is a celebratory viewing of "The Duelists" in order?

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    1. caveadsum14712 June 2022 at 10:34

      Thanks Markus, I've never seen it, although I've wanted to,think now is the time!
      Best Iain

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  15. The Jolly Broom Man1 June 2022 at 22:37

    Nice one matey.

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  16. Mike Vella1 June 2022 at 22:44

    Lovely unit Iain! Perry’s plastic hussars are a fine box of minis.

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  17. Mark Strachan3 June 2022 at 01:34

    Very nice Iain. I have done a few units of these myself and really enjoyed them.

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  18. Aly Morrison3 June 2022 at 12:53

    A fine looking unit Iain.. one of my favourite hussar uniforms.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. caveadsum14716 June 2022 at 08:45

      Thanks Aly, yes a lovely uniform!
      Best Iain

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  19. Jason4 June 2022 at 21:11

    Those are fabulous Hussars, Iain! They really do look great. I have a box of them to paint and I pick them up and wonder about the time it will take and then put them down again. I really should persist and get mine done!
    Best wishes,
    Jason

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    1. caveadsum14716 June 2022 at 08:47

      Thanks Jason, I've been doing that for about 4 years since I primed them but they're actually alright when you get going and quite fun in the end!
      Best Iain

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  20. Ronin6 June 2022 at 08:32

    Bel lavoro lain !

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  21. Dave Stone13 June 2022 at 15:50

    Excellent work Iain.

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  22. Dai24 August 2022 at 19:14

    Hussars were always my favourite Napoleonic unit type with their flashy uniforms and impressive looking charging poses in the classic painting of their era.
    These sculpts are great for depicting everything I love about them and I really like the colours too.

    Between you and some other blogs and gaming podcasts I follow, I'm finding it tough to ignore the allure of starting my own Napoleonic collection!

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    1. caveadsum147125 August 2022 at 14:40

      Nice to hear from you Dai! I have to say I have been somewhat intimidated by these hussars but now I've painted a couple of units I want yo paint more! Come on in, you'll enjoy painting Napoleonics no end!
      Best Iain

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