Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Folly
What can I say? I always had a soft spot for the Airfix French Cuirassier walking his horse. Seeing similar figures during the Bautzen game got me thinking and I went looking through my plastics collection. What I had in this respect would have been painted forty years ago, and while I was fond of the horse colour - from memory Humbrol Service Brown enamel, I decided that maybe I just could repaint them as a treat. I decided to add in a few dead horses as additional markers just for the fun of it.
Great stuff - I haven't seen this figure for... a very long time.
ReplyDeleteBrings back memories, we finally departed with our mountain of painted and unpainted plastic earlier in the year at the falkirk bring and buy. Sad to see it go but needed the space.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on a timeless little figure!
ReplyDeleteI've never really known what to do with these myself. But they do make good markers, don't they? Occasionally the horses have served as mounts for otherwise horseless officers needing one, but what to do with the orphaned Cuirassier? Maybe (dismounted) guards for HQs, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments guys, it was a fun trip down memory lane, except that I've got some higher priority projects, I'm tempted to do some more old Airfix figures.
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