I've been wanting to paint up some Grenadiers for my Donnybrook Shenanigans for some time, so during the lockdown I thought I'd take a small break from the Haitian Revolution and go Donnybrook once again.
Its all Martin from 28mm Heroes blogs fault. After getting the great pressie in the post a month ago, Martin mentioned that he had some Grand Alliance figures for sale, so I bought a few from him, they got a little damaged in the post So I tarted them up a little, then varnished them several times in matt to get rid of Martin's old style gloss.
After painting basing them up I decided to finally get around to doing a few more. So out came the mega pile of unpainted lead I bought from fellow blogger Dave Crook the summer before last (I think?)
They're all Dixon minis which are a little smaller than most nowadays, but they're still crackin looking figures. Mistake No 1, I should have checked the Donnybrook ruleset for numbers in units ( you'd have thought I knew this off by heart by the amount of Donnybrook posts I've done??)
I painted 6 figures when it should have been 8? Don't tell anyone......
The first unit represents Leslies regt or could be any other red coated and red cuffed unit in the English, Jacobite or Dutch armies.
Blue? I hear you ask? Yes blue, up until 1690 the Earl of Bath regt wore a blue coated faced red.
A very generic looking unit, mine are the 1st Guards commanded by the Duke of Schomberg, but again
they could pass for any blue cuffed regt in the 3 armies.
The buff cuffed unit is Charles Churchill's regt otherwise known as the Holland regt, later known as The Buffs. Incidentally Churchill was the brother of the other Churchill, The Duke himself.
Many regts had the cuff colour white, including many of the Scots regiments, so I've gone for the Earl of Levan's regt for mine. Of course it could also be any of the others.
Lastly, yellow was a popular colour for cuffs in the English army, so these could represent army units,
Mine is Trelawney's regt, otherwise known as the 2nd Tangier regt.
That's a wonderful addition! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like them Ski.
DeleteVery fine painting, Ray, and a lot of variety too!
ReplyDeleteCheers Jonathan.
DeleteThey have turned out rather well Ray...
ReplyDeleteClassic miniatures... sculpted by Mark Copplestone...
All the best. Aly
I like Dixons. They don't look much without the paint, then they come alive.
DeleteI like the ones in blue. That was a lot of figures.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alex.
DeleteTop job on these, glad you liked them. Sorry about the shiny varnish, it was a long time ago. Got rid of the rest as well, just in time to fill up the space with Challenge figures
ReplyDeleteGreat news. I would have bought more, if I didn't have ten ton already.
DeleteNice job on getting them ready for battle.
ReplyDeleteCheers Paul.
DeleteCracking looking minis and very nicely painted too. Nice one.
ReplyDeleteCheers ol boy!
DeleteWow, your grenadiers look superb, congrats!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil.
DeleteWonderful looking figures, Ray! Love the uniform details of this period.
ReplyDeleteNice bit of lace makes all the difference.
DeleteYou're obviously feeling a lot better and have been excued nursing duties in order to get this lot finished.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking units and multi=pse is always a good thing !
That's the great thing about this period, lots of multipurpose figures.
DeleteAnd yes nursing duties nearly complete too!
Nice Ray. Must get Donnybrook to the table sometime.
ReplyDeleteYes, you must!
DeleteVery nice Ray and timely too. I've just bought a 15mm French Army for the LOA/NYW. So I'll be revising my Grand Alliance collection.
ReplyDeleteOoooo I'll look forward to seeing them.
DeleteSplendid! My Earl of Bath’s Foot (in 6mm) is also in the blue coat—always good to find one’s mania is a shared, or to put it another way, to find a fellow maniac!
ReplyDeleteWho could resist a blue coated English regt? Not me!
DeleteTerrific work Ray. The grenadier uniform is definitely one of the nicest of the period.
ReplyDeleteSome nice detail on these Grenadiers, I've gotta agree.
DeleteNice work, Raymond!
ReplyDeleteThank you Steven.
DeleteThese are superb mate.
ReplyDeleteI erm...just so happen to have a pile of Grand Alliance lead that needs painting...erm...what are your prices like ;)
They end with lots of zero's!
DeleteLovely looking figures Ray.
ReplyDeleteThanks glad you like them.
DeleteGreat job on these! 😀
ReplyDeleteCheers Stew!
DeleteReally nicely done those Ray, I do love the uniforms with all that lace. Dixons are still lovely figures :)
ReplyDeleteThey are, just wish they were a little bigger, to fit in with todays giant 25's.
DeleteGreat looking figures.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much!
DeleteExcellent paint job
ReplyDeleteCheers Paul.
DeleteVery lovely work Ray!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Cheers Chris!
DeleteLovely looking grenadiers! Even if they're in the wrong sized units!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Doh!
DeleteThey all look great regardless of how many you need per unit.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Ross
Thanks Ross.
Deleteexcellent Ray, they look the business!
ReplyDeletecheers
Matt
Cheers Matt!
DeleteThese are all lovely looking figures Ray...great work! The eighteenth century grenadiers are one of my favourite uniforms
ReplyDeleteThe lace really sets them off IMHO?
DeleteDo you still have that can with red paint? :-D Serious, they look fantastic Ray!
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Peter
Cheers Peter! Yes I do!
DeleteNothing like a good Donnybrook! Wonderful figures Ray, splendid detail.
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
Cheers James!
DeleteWow. That's a lot of grenadiers and nicely done!
ReplyDeleteNeil
Cheers Neil.
DeleteNice work on those Grenadiers
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