Form IanW - Adler 6mm Prussian Cavalry and Limber (32 Points)

With so much of my Project Waterloo being done during the last two years' Challenge events I could not think of a better place to finish the project. I will still be painting up more Napoleonic's but those will be extra to the required troops.

The first up is the 6th Ulan's with their distinctive black uniform, these are I guess some of the Elite of the Prussian cavalry and will be a nice foil to the other two regiments I have painted up to go with them.

Each regiment is of nine figures and in all three cases I started with a black base coat but even the black uniform was treated to touching up with Vallejo black grey so that they would have some depth. Unlike all the other figures I added the ink wash only to the skin and the horses themselves.

Next up the 1st Silesia Landwehr cavalry with there far more common blue jackets and grey trousers. The figures are similar to the Ulan's but subtly different. So close that you can get away with mixing the two if you wanted to add even more different poses to the base.

I really like the way Lion sculpts his figures giving them a real feel of movement. This could not be better illustrated than how he has done the pennants on the lances.

The last of the cavalry is the 1st Pomeranian Landwehr Regiment all dressed in grey, three different shades of grey though!. So with these boys done this ends my commitment to the Prussian's at Waterloo though I still have plenty of other Prussian cavalry waiting for me to paint up including yet more Landwehr.

White and black pennants and white collars and cuffs mark these as rather interesting figures and really contrast to the colour of the bases.

Last but not least is an Adler limber, again I have a few more in the unpainted box and will get round to them at some point but this is the last piece in the Prussian jigsaw that will make up the forces I will face when we play the Waterloo game.

Yes you read that right all that work and I don't even get to play with them! Where does that leave me? Free that's where. After nearly three years with the need to paint up at least six battalions of infantry a week I can now paint what I like and ignore any project that I don't fancy doing that month. This should lead to a rather mixed offering from here on in during the challenge.

This little lot nets me 32 points based on 1 point per mounted man and half a point for the three unmounted horses and limber.

From Curt:
Wow! What an amazing achievement Ian! Three years at approximately six units a week? That is seriously impressive. As usual, your work in this scale continues to amaze. I find the Adler cavalry a real treat to work with and you've really played to their strengths. I particularly like the pennons on the Landwehr lances - they provide an interesting contrast to the typical cavalry of the period. 

Well, with this project coming to a close I'm really looking forward to seeing what you do with your newfound freedom! Again, congratulations Ian!