A Second Attempt at Warlord's LancersI got to know Warlord Games's French lancers way back in 2017, and had some things that bugged me about the finished result. Since I had about a bunch of them left, nicely primed in my pile of unpainted cavalry, I put some time aside among the infantry painting to knock out a second regiment. 4e Regiment de Chevau-LégersI went with the 4th regiment, as they served in the same II Cavalry Corps as my previous 2nd lancer regiment. They wore a uniform with crimson facing and green coat and breeches. At Borodino they only had a single squadron accompanying the 1st Cuirassiers regiment, but it would feel a bit strange to just paint up 2 or 3 cavalrymen. Instead, I went for a 14 model unit (it started 15 strong, but one horse broke its leg and had to be put down halfways through the painting process). Unlike the first unit I decided to give the first rank lances and the second sabres, a common tactic for lancers at the time. The lance had an advantage as a scary impact weapon, but was at a clear disadvantage if the charge turned into an extended melee. If so, the cumbersome lances had a hard time against the more nimble sabres. So the second rank would ditch their lances from the get-go to be able to support their lance-wielding comrades immediately after the impact. This meant that I didn't have to use the diagonal lance poses, hopefully giving the entire unit a different look. Both ranks together. Sorry for the poor photography, I had a real bad time with the camera this session. The sabre rank. unfortunately the sabre hilts are molded onto the riders, which makes it a bit weird when they wield their sabres. Though, you hardly notice when they are stuck in the back row. The lance rank. Overall ImprovementI think you'll agree that they look better overall as a unit this way, compared to my previous attempt, where the lances looked a bit more messy: That said, I'm still missing a unit command, as I only had the basic plastic cavalrymen for this unit. That's unfortunate given how cool the command of the 4th lancers looked in 1812. I will probably end up getting command pack for them later on to paint. I have now painted up all the Warlord lancers that I bought a few years ago. Now I'll look towards other cavalry miniatures instead, Polish uhlans, French hussars and chasseurs, guard lancers... and that's not mentioning things I haven't bough yet! Cool reasons for getting the command models pictured below:
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