The Blue and Red Dragoons? That doesn't sound very Bavarian does it?
The Blue Regiment
The Red Regiment
They are of course Essex miniatures and like the last Allied unit in the series the banners are unknown so I've made them up, all on my lonesome!
Ottoman Army under Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha
1st Line (Independent Commands)
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs
2nd Line indie command
Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs
Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs
Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs
Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs
(Already painted before the Challenge)
3rd Line indie commands
Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs
Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs
Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs
Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs
Janissary Brigade & Brigadier
Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12
Reserve & Brigadier
Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs
Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs
Vizier's Guard All Musket, Flintlock Guard 6
Great Gun Drilled 1 model
Great Gun Drilled 1 model
Holy League under King Jan III Sobieski
Polish Cavalry Brigade
Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs
Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs
Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs
Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs
Polish Cavalry Brigade
Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs
Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs
Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs
Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs
Imperial Cavalry Brigade
Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs
Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Veteran-Elite 12 figs
Bavarian Cav Brig
Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs
Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 12 figs
Saxons Cav Brigade
Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 6 figs
Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 18 figs
Field gun 1 model
Excellent looking dragoons. One final push and you're finished.
ReplyDeleteI agree! You are getting very close to the end. This is a concept foreign to me.
DeleteHopefully I'll get it all done and dusted over the next few weeks?
DeleteIts all foreign to me too, Jon........finish a project??? Its unheard of!
DeleteThe project is only finished once it reaches the table... then it's time to expand!
DeleteCough!
DeleteI do like Essex miniatures and you always bring them to life with your paintwork. Smashing cavalry, and as always, I wouldn't have known their banners were made up if you hadn't said so. They both look terribly fitting for their regiments, imho.
ReplyDeleteI love painting Essex 15's. They're so easy to paint up. Glad you liked the flags too!
DeleteVery nicely done Ray and a nice snippet of their background too:).
ReplyDeleteCheers Steve. I like to add a little background if I can.
DeleteFantastic work!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal.
DeleteThey fit together very well.
ReplyDeleteCheers Alex!
DeleteGreat work Ray, and the flags complete them beautifully. Can I see the launch of 'Ray's Flags' in the near future?
ReplyDeleteYou never know Lawrence, I did used to post my homemade flags, there's a link on the left of my page if you haven't seen it before?
DeleteNicely done Ray. I like the banners
ReplyDeleteThanks Neil!
DeleteLovely Dragoons Ray.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like 'em!
DeleteGreat work Ray though I think you got the drummers mixed up 😁
ReplyDeleteWonderful work on the flags. I am sure the historical commanders would have approved them. Considering how AI works I guess in a few years when someone googles for them these will be presented as the real ones. 😂
The world according to Ray.....I like it!
DeleteVery nice work Ray, both look the business, and the flags look the part, very well done. Your project is really coming along.
ReplyDeleteI'm very happily nearing the end, but that doesn't mean I won't paint up more figures of course. I will need some Allied foot figures as this OOB only includes Cavalry!
DeleteNice work on these and also on the conjectural standards, Ray! When do you start work on your 2000 wagons for this collection LOL!
ReplyDeleteWell now you mention it Keith, I think I've got a few to paint up!!
DeleteA very beautiful regiment!👍
ReplyDeleteThank you Alexey!
DeleteLovely looking units Ray!
ReplyDeleteCheers Chris!
Deletethey look great, Ray! I agree about Essex, very good to paint. Are you a 'black undercoat and leave a line between colours' man?
ReplyDeleteI sometimes undercoat in black, depending on the uniform colour, I mainly use grey, red's and blue's paint over grey better than black in one coat, then block paint and ink all over. I can't be doing with all the fancy painting methods anymore, my eyes just aren't good enough nowadays.
DeleteVery nice Ray 👍
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt, glad you like them!
DeleteVery nice indeed. The Essex 17th Century ranges are really good
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