Tuesday 24 March 2015

RP No 165 Napoleonic, Hanavarion - Prince Regent's Hussars



This unit was my 3rd entry into the Challenge apart from all the Bonus rounds of course, which is  not that good for the ol' lead pile!! The figures are for Postie to add to his massive 15mm Napoleonic collection.

They are the final unit he needed painting up for his Waterloo English Allies, these are The Prince Regents Hussars. Now trying to find any info about these boys was extreeeemly difficult! But I managed to dig this out... They were raised in Luneburg in 1813 as Estorffs Hussars or the Luneberg Hussars in the rebuilt Hanoverian army. But soon became known as the Prince Regents Hussars. They had several uniform changes, the one depicted is the uniform best guessed to have been worn at the time of Waterloo.
At Waterloo they were in the same Hanoverian Brigade as the Duke of Cumberland's Hussars and the Bremen & Verdun Hussars. Although the Breman Hussars and the Prince Regents were both detached to defend Hal before the battle.


 The figures are from Essex minis and bases from Postie!




50 comments:

  1. Splendid looking chaps there!

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  2. Very very nice Ray! Great looking unit to finish off Posties army.

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    1. Shhh! Don't tell Ray - now that Postie's got the Waterloo army completed he'll want the rest of the units of the 100 Days ;)

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    2. Its just the Hanavarians that are finished, he's got stacks more to paint up!!!

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  3. Hussars! Huzzah!

    Lovely work on these Ray :)

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  4. Nice job with the colors. They really pop.

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  5. While not interested in the Napoleonic period I am very interested in good painting. The colours and uniforms make me want to take an interest but alas we can't all like the same things. These though do look terrific.

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    1. Nope it'd be a boring world if we all liked the same thing Clint. That's the good thing about Napoleonic's, its just so colourful!

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  6. Good looking unit Ray and well done on the research

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    1. It took me longer to find the info than to paint the buggers!!!!

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  7. Splendid uniform and great job Ray!

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  8. Very nice on something so small!

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  9. Great work! Good to see a project finished with the last unit done!

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    1. Well its only the German side that's complete, and that doesn't include the Prussians either!!!!

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  10. Nice work. I like the animated poses, looks suitably Hussarish ;-)

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    1. Indeed, I'm not sure what nationality the figures are really, they just fit the Prince Regent's the closest.

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  11. Lovely brushwork, Ray. Flying red pelisse and upheld sabers are spectacular

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    1. Trouble is with the sabre's, they're so easy to bend in this pose???

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  12. Dashing hussars!
    Very good to see activity once again at your painting desk.

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  13. Great job Ray, lots of character.

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  14. Really nice work Ray!

    Darrell.

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  15. These are a great bunch, Postie should be rather pleased with them, will they fight as well as they look though?

    Ian

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  16. Another lovely unit Ray!

    I also liked your Cumberland hussars - good paint job on a bad subject.

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    1. Cheers Ken, yep they were a rather dodgy unit!!

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  17. Great paintwork ray, good luck in the painting comp.

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  18. Again a great paintjob from you!

    huzzah!

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  19. Great choice of unit - they look fab :)

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  20. Great work again Ray!

    Greetings
    Peter

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