Heatwaves! Don'tyajustluvem?

Well, unsurprisingly the answer here in GHQ is a resounding no! We arrived home this time last week from our jaunt Oop North, from breezy mid 20's to stifling mid 30's! Not really the kind of weather conducive to time spent wielding the Brush of Doom, hunched over my painting desk. Despite all that I have managed both to finish the baggage wagon set for my Wars of the Roses collection {see my previous post if you missed it, Paul😉} and to make a start on my War of the Spanish Succession project. Naturally following on from my conversation with Matt I decided to start with the Danish Livgarde til Fods, the famous Custard Men! 

It has soon become obvious that research has moved on exponentially since my Minifigs Franco-Bavarians of yore! My recollection of Phil's chaps is that their uniform coat was yellow, quite bright I expect back in the day. Surfing the net I came across the same unit painted more recently for one of his customers. The yellow is a much more muted straw yellow. Looking around others have chosen a similar shade also, some using Foundry's Boneyard triad. After mulling it over I have opted to go back to the future and chosen their Ochre, Shade and Mid. You will no doubt have your several opinions on my choice, but for me its a compromise in honouring their predecessors. As I asked before, where are they fighting now? Anyway, I have one completed base to tease you with ~

One complaint about the figures - missing buttons, especially on the cuffs, due to poor mould making or poor casting, but either suggest poor quality control.

The figures are from Wargames Foundry, sculpted eons ago by the Perrys. They are generic figures in the main which would have necessitated painting on the red ladder effect lace. You will have noticed I'm sure that I didn't take that route. They will do for me. Their range comes with a mixture of informal round hats and later tricorns. I have mixed the two in each of my first two units, though these sport a majority of tricorn hats, they are the Guards after all. Out of interest, I'm just the texturing, colour washing and vegetating the base away from completing the second base, hopefully later today when its cooler...

I have a second Danish infantry unit all ready to face the Brush of Doom along with a command base for the brigade. I will need to order a third battalion at some point to round out his brigade but first I need to replenish the warchest! On that point some explanation is due: I have orders in place with Warfare Miniatures for a cavalry squadron and some Staff officers and with Ebor Miniatures for my first British infantry battalion. They should help keep me busy for a couple of months...