Monday, August 8, 2011

On the Workbench: Colonial Lancers

I was determined to get the troopers done over the weekend. I need to wait for some magnetic bases I ordered from Shogun Miniatures so I can mount them. I have been purchasing bases from Robert Knestrick for over two years now and find his product to be as good as GF9, but at about 2/3s the price.


As you can see I decided to take the simple route with the horses and painted them all one colour. I guess that the images of the RCMP escort of the Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge, as they arrived on Parliament Hill in the State Landau were still on my mind.

I will dig through my pile of lead to see if I can find some more spear tips to top off the lances of this unit. Eight of the figures came with the sharp end of the pointy stick, pennants flying , the rest did not.

I need to paint the two officers that came with this unit. While digging around in my minis a pack of three cavalry officers from the same Ral Partha/RAFM colonial line surfaced. Additionally I never painted the commanders of the Space 1889: Soldiers of the Queen. A total of 7 mounted figures. My project for the next week.
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14 comments:

  1. The Angry LurkerAugust 8, 2011 at 7:47 AM

    Nice work, you could say the lance tops are stuck in an enemy?

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  2. rhingleyAugust 8, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    Thanks. If worst comes to worst, I do know that I have some extra heads lying around in a compartment.

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  3. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comAugust 8, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    Always good to have an extra head or two.

    The lancers look good.

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  4. rhingleyAugust 8, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    Thanks Ross. True enough, two or three heads are better than one. Pour encourager les autres. Maybe the enemy will run instead of standing to fight,

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  5. Ray RousellAugust 8, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    Very nice painting, if you can't find anymore spear tops, why not just sharpen the poles with a Dremmel?

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  6. rhingleyAugust 8, 2011 at 5:56 PM

    Thanks Ray. That is indeed another solution.

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  7. LentulusAugust 8, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    Spiffing fellows! Who are the planning to skewer?

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  8. rhingleyAugust 8, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    Anyone who'd like to volunteer, at least until I get the Martians painted. Of course I have my Saracens, that could be used as substitutes for the NW frontier tribesmen, but I'd have to flesh out the units of bow and spear with some with firearms.

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  9. DeanMAugust 9, 2011 at 12:23 AM

    These look great; I love Colonials - although I've yet to really get into the period; too many projects left to complete. Best, Dean

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  10. rhingleyAugust 9, 2011 at 6:45 AM

    Thanks Dean. That's one of the reason I never got into Napoleonics, even though they were my main introduction to tabletop miniatures. We played using the Charge! Rules with armies of Airfix figures.

    PS: The other reason being it looked like too much work to paint them.

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  11. Chris C.August 10, 2011 at 7:52 AM

    Nice work!

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  12. AdminAugust 14, 2011 at 4:42 AM

    Really cool stuff.

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    Hi Robert,
    Nice looking blog and figures.

    Do you know what, where and who is gaming these days in Montreal?

    Cheers,

    Graham Wilkinson

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  14. rhingleySeptember 21, 2011 at 6:32 AM

    Morning Graham,

    Thanks for the comments. Mostly the gamers I'm involved with are board gamers. This weekend on Sept 24th we have a game day at the Comfort Hotel, 1600 rue St-Hubert, Montreal, cost is $10. Start time is 10:30AM until 2:00AM Sunday morning. Otherwise my minis come out, when friends come to town.

    Rob

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