From Mike W: WW1 Early War (1914/5) German Cavalry (72 Points)

Following on from my first post today I have completed a batch of 18 x 15mm WW German Cavalry, the figures are Peter Pig, with 12 representing two Squadrons of Ulhans and the other 6 representing a squadron of Hussars.

The completed Uhlans & Hussars

Confusingly at this time all German Cavalry seemed to carry lances and in the field Hussar units wore a standard set of fatigues - so no domains and busbies.

Close-up on the Hussars

The figures here were all given a a white undercoat and horses painted in various shades of brown, using watered down acrylics so that they acted like a 'speed paint', uniforms were base painted Field Grey and then helmet covers were done in a lightish green, before dry brushing all with an 'Ivory' colour to highlight.

Another view of the Hussars

Piping was added in red (very fiddly) as it was at hand and stood out nicely, additionally I gave the horses a brown ink wash go give additional shading effects before picking out the pennants in red & yellow.

And the Uhlans, I used Yellow & Red for the pennants just as it was a slash of colour
- no idea what they were historically!

As this was early war period, I opted for my usual fine sand and static grass basing to complete the figures after about 8 years sitting in a dark box!

And the other view of the Uhlans

POINTS 

18 x 15mm Mounted Figures = 72 Points

There is a romantic doom to WW1 cavalry that you have captured here. The Uhlan pennants add colour to what can be a drab battle. Nice work!

Barks