Something Brighter

Having spent the last month more or less painting Prussian blue, grey and black, I thought it would be fun to try something more colourful.  I have had these French Guard Chasseurs a Cheval for some years and they were worn and faded and needed a face lift and rebasing.  In the end I almost completely repainted them but now they certainly add a splash of colour:

the figures are 25mm Miniature Figurines S range and they now take pride of place alongside my S Range French army.

Peninsular Warriors - French Chasseurs a Cheval

Tipped off by Jeffers (see earlier comments), that having developed some masters for John Holt, Warrior Miniatures would soon be producing some French Chasseurs a Cheval.  Although not yet in the catelogue on the Warrior website, they are available as FNC 37, 38 and 39. I just had to order some and when they arrived I realised that they were lovely figures and just had to be painted. So here they are - charging to head off those pesky Spanish hussars: