Goodnight my little pal. I'll miss you.
Sleep well, cheeky boy...
Friday, 14 November 2014
Sad news
I can only just bring myself to report that the blog mascot, Jethro, has passed on, aged 16...
Goodnight my little pal. I'll miss you.
Sleep well, cheeky boy...
Goodnight my little pal. I'll miss you.
Sleep well, cheeky boy...
Monday, 10 November 2014
French Dragoons
I recently recruited into my collection a unit of cavalry figures- French Dragoons- from the collection of John Ray, whose work will be known to many readers.
All I needed to do was add horses, and base the unit, and hey presto...
Originally the Orleans Dragoon Regt, these chaps sport the uniform of a period slightly later than that which I am depicting with my 18th century Pils Holstein collection. I love the green coats and helmets, and although I'm not a purist with this and am happy to leave these anomalies so that the project reflects uniforms from 1740-1760 ish, I wanted to rename this unit, and have labelled them The Chevaliers de Rouen - a fictional regiment, and I'm sure you get the pun. They are lead by their Colonel Theophillis d'En (Theo d'En) for those who need a nudge to get it...
More news on the project soon...
Phil
All I needed to do was add horses, and base the unit, and hey presto...
Originally the Orleans Dragoon Regt, these chaps sport the uniform of a period slightly later than that which I am depicting with my 18th century Pils Holstein collection. I love the green coats and helmets, and although I'm not a purist with this and am happy to leave these anomalies so that the project reflects uniforms from 1740-1760 ish, I wanted to rename this unit, and have labelled them The Chevaliers de Rouen - a fictional regiment, and I'm sure you get the pun. They are lead by their Colonel Theophillis d'En (Theo d'En) for those who need a nudge to get it...
More news on the project soon...
Phil