Lace 'n Big Hats

Lace 'n Big Hats is a diary of my lead adventures. The title comes from a remark of Martin Rapier, a member of TMP. Lace 'n Big Hats aggregates historical periods such as the Lace wars, Seven years war, Napoleonic Wars etc, which had this elaborate dress as one common factor. I like the phrase so much I am thinking of using it as a name for a rule set I am working on. My historical interests are actually a bit broader, so I will be throwing in bits and pieces from WW2 and even the Modern era.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

28mm Napoleonic Dutch Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard

I painted the whites on these figures with oil paint because I wasn't satisfied with the "whiteness" of the Vallejo white I'd used. Then I glossed them with Damar varnish, which is a natural resin. I just fancied using these materials. I really like the depth of colours with this finish. The red looks particularly fine to my eye.

The figures are from Front Rank. They have a very nice range with lots of variety. Compared to Connoisseur they look like they followed the burger van on campaign which would be eminently sensible.

I love the dappled horse I did for these. It has taken me years to get this right.

I forgot the chevrons. So I will have to go back and do that now!

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GonsalvoJune 5, 2014 at 12:23 AM
They look superb! I just starteded to paint my 2nd unit of Old Guard Grenadiersas the 2nd Regt, but will have to add the 3rd (Dutch) myself eventually, especially after seeing these!
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DeanMJune 5, 2014 at 1:15 AM
Excellent looking Grenadiers and the dappled horse is very nice too.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

28mm Napoleonic Dutch Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard

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