1st royal Dragons Waterloo

[Phil69]

Gents

Any views as to which dragon figs from front rank to use to represent this unit.

Cheers

Phil

[Rob Herrick]

Ideally, you would be using a Dragoon figure with the helmet in an oilskin, since Waterloo was damp, muddy, utterly miserable piece of ground that would make a right royal mess of your horsehair plume and get you bawled out (and docked for damages) by your commanders.

Since Front Rank Doesn't make that figure (though they do bearskins in oilskins), the most accurate uniforms are their Dragoon / Dragoon Guards Post 1812 - In Helmet.

[Phil69]

Thanks for that just what I was after.

Cheers

Phil

[EvilGinger]

You could do some light conversion - remove the plume & cover the helmet with a skim of green stuff or similar sculpting putty to obscure the details of the helmet a bit. Paint this the same sort of dark greyish brown you would a British Shako in a cover & you are done.

The Liquid green stuff Games Workshop sells to fix its finecast ranges would be easier if you can stand the price as you could just paint it on with a nylon brush.

Ginger

[Phil69]

Thanks for that and not heard of liquid greenstuff am guessing it's not cheap.

Cheers

Phil

[EvilGinger]

a bit of hunting round found the blighter in the Paints range & here it is



& its not that hiddiusly pricey, if you only have a small number of figures to do.

Ginger