23 March 2011

Heavy Dragoons (The Heavies!)

Been a bit slow to post recently, but I have been busy. For my La Haye Sainte scenario, I needed a large Lasalle unit of British Heavies. My favorite part of the film Waterloo is when Wellington tells Uxbridge "now is the time for the heavy cavalry".


I thought a nice unit would be the Union brigade under the ill fated Ponsonby.
Lasalle requires 6 bases for a large cavalry unit, and I usually go with each base representing a squadron.  The Union Brigade was made up of 9 squadrons or around 1000 troopers at Waterloo, so her are 2 of the 3 regiments, I need to order the Northern British (Scots Greys) figures. These represent the 1st (Royals) and the 6th (Inniskillings) regiments.
I used the midtown AP here, I thought it would be better on the red than the black pigment. The horses were done with various Inks and Washes from Vallejo and Games Workshop. I like how the horses came out.

Information on the uniforms of the British cavalry can be found here. I know of course that British Heavy Dragoons wore helmets at Waterloo, but I wanted bicorns.......

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12 comments:

  1. Curt23 March 2011 at 12:18

    They look great, John! I personally prefer the bicornes. The horses look very good with the mid-tone Quickshade. Looking forward to seeing the Greys.

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  2. Steve-the-Wargamer23 March 2011 at 13:32

    Very nice indeed....!

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  3. Ray Rousell23 March 2011 at 14:19

    Very nice, The inks certainly work well on the horses, they look great!

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  4. Anonymous23 March 2011 at 14:35

    The uniform depicted was changed in 1812. This one would be fine for the Peninsula War.Not only are the bicornes wrong - the jackets are wrong too.

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  5. Curt23 March 2011 at 15:07

    Gee, and using the cloak of anonymity to be pedantic wanker seems somehow 'wrong' too...

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  6. john de terre neuve23 March 2011 at 15:27

    Wow a flame war on my blog!! Really though, I do find it odd that even though I note that I do realise that the uniform is wrong for Waterloo, someone feels he has to still point it out.

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  7. Pat Grognard23 March 2011 at 16:27

    Very nice. I really like your style.

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  8. Ben Gilmour23 March 2011 at 18:01

    I love the heavies in bicornes and the lights in tarletons of the earlier Peninsula period.

    You've done another excellent job on these, John. Well done!

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  9. Lord Hill23 March 2011 at 18:43

    Very nice John

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  10. jmilesr23 March 2011 at 21:16

    John - these look great. As a French player, I tremble at the thought of these lads thundering across the table top at my lads.

    Great job as usual.

    As for Mr Anonymous and his opinion, well lets just bear in mind he's a knucklehead.

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  11. jim23 March 2011 at 21:58

    Found this link;
    http://empire.histofig.com/Les-troupes-anglaises.html
    Maybe that'll help

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  12. Paulalba31 March 2011 at 02:55

    These are very nicely done.
    I have always struggled doing loads of red uniforms.
    Well impressed.
    Cheers
    Paul

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