No, it's because of they service mostly during the WSS but also SYW.
I plan on doing the regiments for both those periods(and yes for Waterloo too)
First up is the WAS/SYW period versions. The miniatures are the wonderful Crann Tara.
I'm quite happy with the troopers but the horses didn't turn out well, I hate to paint white/gray horses. After trying several different techniques like dry brush I decided to try water downed paint. Sadly the highlights didn't have a big enough contrast and so the details get washed out. But I got the taste for it. And I'll keep at it, I've done 4 more horses now and I think the results are already better.
Next up is the Austrian dragoons(with the aforementioned horses) And I went all out with those. (more on that later)
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I don't like painting grey either, but your unit is splendid, great looking Scot Greys sir, hope they'll bo better than on Waterloo's battlefield! Very nice job!
Thanks Phil, yes I do hope they do more like Wargburg than Waterloo.
I have painted some grey horses recently and after looking and illustrations on the internet I painted the horse with and shaded with very thinned black ink then used powdered oil based pastels applied with a colour shaper, (a brush handle with a pointed rubber at the end). You can get the dapple effect of grey horses more easily.
Thanks for the hints, I'm always looking for new techniques for painting.
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