Flatboats and Dragoons

The evil butterfly is still at work on my painting table flitting between projects.

This week’s first task was to complete the third and final British flatboat that I intend to use for coastal operations in the Napoleonic Wars.

I am getting really good at these now and managed to complete the whole set in four days including the basing. It is a shame that I don’t need any more of these now that I have the process well practiced – it’s a bit like wallpapering…you haven’t done it for ages so it takes time to get back into practice, but the time you are finished you are an expert again…then you park that skill for another five years and go right back to the start again. The water effect is still setting - our recent cool wet weather has delayed the cure.

Again I have furled the flags and stored in their waterproof coverings. I have also changed the positions of a number of the crew that are sitting aft to get a little more variety. 

And here is the “fleet” of three models, packed on their storage tray.

Also coming off the painting table is a batch of reinforcements for the Russian Crimean dragoons. The main part of these unit, six figures each were done back in 2016, but three more figures have been added to each and the regiment have been rebased with three figures to a base.

Similar reinforcements for the Russian hussars will follow.