I haven't been positing work in progress on my Syldavian army so far; life is busy enough and, as well, I liked the idea of a dramatic review of the troops when they are done, kind of like "roll 'em" poker. That is a game that the Bordurians can understand... In any case, I think it is time to make an exception to my not-so-formal-plan. I'm working on one of the senior regiments in the Syldavian army, Cav. Reg't 1, the Könikstzrwa (King's) Kürassier Regiment. I have the horses and men primed and blocked out for half the regiment (12 men per unit, 24 for the reg't) and finished painting one trooper almost to completion as a test figure. Here he is: Trooper of Cavalry Reg't 1, Könikstzrwa Kürassiers 18mm Eureka The model is a Eureka 18mm Austrian Kürassier trooper. Big, impressive horses on these figures; they tower over the poor bloody infantry, just as a Kürassier really should. I painted him fairly quickly and I'm not entirely s
News, plans and plots regarding my 18th century Imagi-Nations campaign set in the fictitious nations of Syldavia and Borduria, my variations on a theme of Hergé