WIP 40mm General Washington & Rochambeau

MarquisMini · Feb 23, 2018

Gettimg there...

Nap · Feb 24, 2018

Daniel

Nice to see your not overworking the dapples

Thanks for picture update

Keep painting

Nap

MarquisMini · Feb 24, 2018

napoleonpeart said:
Daniel

Nice to see your not overworking the dapples

Thanks for picture update

Keep painting

Nap

Thanks Kev, yes, i'd rather be a little bit subtle on that.
Cheers

Nap · Feb 25, 2018

MarquisMini said:
Thanks Kev, yes, i'd rather be a little bit subtle on that.
Cheers

Bit like me then ...subtle !!..lol

Nap

MarquisMini · Feb 25, 2018

napoleonpeart said:
Bit like me then ...subtle !!..lol

Nap

Hahaha

MarquisMini · Feb 26, 2018

Almost finish on the horse and rider...

Nap · Feb 27, 2018

Hi Daniel

Good work on the horse a dapple gray makes for a real nice contrast against the uniform......

Mr Washington is ready to gallop onto the bench I take it !

Thanks for sharing

Nap

MarquisMini · Feb 27, 2018

napoleonpeart said:
Hi Daniel

Good work on the horse a dapple gray makes for a real nice contrast against the uniform......

Mr Washington is ready to gallop onto the bench I take it !

Thanks for sharing

Nap

Indeed Sir!

MarquisMini · Feb 28, 2018

Now working om Washington's mount, Nelson.
So, here i am painting a chesnut horse.
A little bit of background on this horse taken from HorseTalk Magazine:

Washington had many horses, but two in particular were his favorite mounts during the Revolution. Nelson, a bright chestnut born sometime between 1763 and 1769, was a gift from Thomas Nelson of Virginia and thus named for him. Nelson (the horse) was reputedly calm in battle and was Washington’s mount for Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown in 1781. After the war, Nelson was retired to Mount Vernon. His death was reported to Washington (then serving his first presidential term) around Christmas of 1790.

Nap · Mar 1, 2018

Daniel

Well that's something I never knew about Washington ....like the chestnut choice going to work really well next to the dapple

You mentioned 2 horses what was the other favourites name ?

Thanks for sharing

Nap

MarquisMini · Mar 1, 2018

napoleonpeart said:
Daniel

Well that's something I never knew about Washington ....like the chestnut choice going to work really well next to the dapple

You mentioned 2 horses what was the other favourites name ?

Thanks for sharing

Nap

Kev, here is the article, very interesting info:

http://horsetalkmagazine.com/horses-in-history-george-washingtons-horses/

Nap · Mar 1, 2018

Cheers Daniel

Certainly makes for interesting reading

Thanks

Nap

MarquisMini · Mar 2, 2018

And the commander in chief of the Continental Army is almost done...

Nap · Mar 3, 2018

Hi Daniel

Certainly looking the part , horse lookng good and of course the uniform details as well

Be nice to see a version like this as well !!

Nap

MarquisMini · Mar 3, 2018

napoleonpeart said:
Hi Daniel

Certainly looking the part , horse lookng good and of course the uniform details as well

Be nice to see a version like this as well !!

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Nap

Absolutely!, that could be a great version.
I decided to stick true to historical info and went with the Chesnut "Nelson" since GW use as a mount at Yorktown, but the one with the white horse looks very majestic, in fact, if you see many portraits of that era , they portray most of these Leaders in a white Horse
General.San Martin ( our Washington for Argentina) crossed the Andes on a mule, but he is portrayed in a white horse lol