Gotta love ebay, i already placed the order of that wolf grey hahah.
Ps: on the other trooper i will use vallejo sky blue and light sky blue to add some slight variation between the two horsemen.
Reason behind that is we know each uniform will wear out different .
Cheers

Hello folks,
I have finished the sky blue dolmans today including the white lace.
I painted the cartridge box belt in the "Russian Red Leather" as prescribed on the regulation for this unit.
A good mix for the base is vallejo red Leather and few drops of Murderous magenta from formula P3
The leather pouch or cartridge i have painted in citadel charadonrn graphite

Glad you like'em Nap.
One color of wash i will recommend is GW carrobourg Crimson wash, i almost forgot i had and i have use it for the very middle of the x-belts, it provides a nice shade and dries out almost matt.
For the reds it's great.

I have finished the lemon Yellow pants today, still need to work on the white trim on the sides.
For the yellow i have used GW golden yellow, washed with vallejo burnt umber.
For light i've use the GW base color golden yellow and added vallejo Light yellow with a dilution rate of 5:1, added more light yellow progressively almost until pure light yellow.

Very nice work so far.

Marc

Thanks Nap, i may tone that yellow down a bit, probably will add an offwhite , just a tad so i mute that screaming yellow down .

Thanks Marc

Nap, i came across this color that i've never seen, maybe something to add to my already growing collection of colors.
I think it will be suitable for this regiment's yellow.
They were mostly germans recruited for French service, so, why not?, german yellow ;-)

I have added light sand to the mix to mute down the screaming yellow, fixed the white lace areas and painted the horse manteau in a combination of vallejo skye blue and medium blue.
The "thing " behind the mount ( sorry don't know the proper name) painted in formula P3 Cygnar blue base to resemble Royal blue.

I am starting the work on the horses.
For one of them i am using a base mix of english uniform and burnt umber, for the second horse i am using same mix but added calvary brown...

Ahhhh my friend, buy a lot of popcorn, beer and fish & chips, enjoy the show hahajhaahah
Cheers Nap

Daniel, first, it is great to see these Lauzun Hussars on your painting table! One term I've seen for the device behind the rider is portmanteau - basically a pack made specifically for cavalry. Years later, many of the Napoleonic cavalry had a similar device as part of their equipment. One question/comment about the French hussar uniforms: based on my reading, my understanding is that within the unit we know as Lauzun's Hussars, the Headquarters company wore red pants, and the other "line" companies wore the yellow pants. (There were a couple other minor distinctions, as well, I believe). Is this what you understand, as well? Or have I misinterpreted something? Anyway, the Trident sculpts are good to work with, the horses have some "heft" to them (thick in the hindquarters), and I am eagerly awaiting your completion of these troops (for some reason, my favorite RevWar unit and uniform)! Don

Good morning Don, and thanks for passing by !
I remeber this unit is one of your favorites of the AWI, and they are awesome looking fellas.
This is what i understand and there are many sources and not always very clear.
The compagnie génerale ( headquarters)wore scarlet pants with yellow lace, the rest wore yellow or "lemon yellow" pants.
There were 3 companies , the 1st was servin in the west indies, the second ( later lauzun's Hussars in scarlet pants) in the USA, the 3rd in Malaysia /India.
I think the confusion is because the 2nd company ( lauzun's hussar in scarlet pants) was at gloucester , while the 1st company was part of the Marquis de St. SIimon contingent and acted as his headquarters along with some dismounted Belsunce Dragoons.

As for the horses from trident, they are just ok, i'd prefer to use the ones from Front rank, they seem a little bit more robust and well balanced.
Anyhow, i will try to do my best on these 4 legged friends.

Best regards

Hi Nap, i believe you refer to the tassel end of the flying flap of the Mirliton?


As for the next project i will start the French Artillery, 2 12 lbs cannons and artillery crew plus gun position with gabions

Nap,



Hey Nap, for what i see, both companies had that tassel in white