Wednesday 9 September 2015

Piedmontese Lancers .


My next order from Irregular arrive at the weekend comprising of 2 squadrons of Lancers and a gun, crew and limber/team . Spurred on I painted up the first of the Lancer units .


They are the Lancieri Di Novara , I've decided to go a bit more cavalry heavy with the Piedmontese force and as I haven't got any lancers in my Unification of Italy project they were an obvious choice . Just to make things a bit more interesting they had their shako covered with a 'yellow' waterproof cover . Irregular figures are not the most detailed but they do paint up quickly and at 'wargaming table distance' (about 3' ish) they look as good as any other manufacturer .


13 comments:

  1. Beautiful lancers, nicely done!

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    1. Lancers are one of my favourite cavalry types ! , Tony

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  2. Very fetching! Rather nice horse sculpts too.

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  3. Splendid looking fellows. Like the cap covers, gives them a business like look.

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    1. Sort of small detail gamers grab at to make figures different , Tony

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  4. Very tasty. I've been casting covetous eyes at the Sardinians in the Crimea.

    Those chaps would put a fellow to wondering.

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    1. Think they would do for the Crimea , don't think the uniform changed much,Tony

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  5. Excellent work, a fine combination of Kitchen and Kay.

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    1. Just found out they have been trading since 1981 !!! , Tony

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  6. Great job on the Lancers Tony- The Artillery sounds interesting- forces building- great fun! KEV.

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