Showing posts with label dragoons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dragoons. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Color Enhancement Test

This post is a test to determine if I can use my photo editing software to make my pictures not so dark looking. Of course, it may just be my computer at work that isn't balanced enough, but we'll see. You've seen these units before in previous posts.

The Leib Squadron of the Hapnich Dragoons
(Old Glory Prussian dragoons on Litko bases)


The Carpanian Feldjager Korps Staffelddunkel
(Front Rank and Old Glory figures)


The Courland Pandur Battalion Tamnii Narod
(Front Rank and Old Glory figures)

So, can you see the pictures any clearer than in previous posts? Are they not quite so dark? Please tell me what you think. Thanks, Jim

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Carpanian Dragoons - in progress

And while I'm on a photographing roll, here is an in-progress picture of three of the twelve dragoons of the 1st (Leib) Squadron, Hapnich Dragoon Regiment, Margraviate of Carpania.

Wearing medium blue coats with orange facings and tan trousers (patterned after the 10th Dragoons), these Old Glory Prussian dragoon figures will soon be joining the Carpanian army. I use plastic soda bottle caps to hold the horses while the dragoons are handled individually (not my preferred choice, but I've not found a better one yet). The biggest challenge with Old Glory cavalry figures is getting the rider to properly match with his horse. I finally carved and clipped each rider and horse to match and then painted a colored dot on the back of the horse and the bottom of the rider so that I can rematch them when painting is finished. I really wish Old Glory sculptors would do a better job in matching riders to horses.