Sounding the muster: English Civil War Cornish Horse

The concept of 'heavy horse' was certainly in existence during the 1642-51 English Civil War, for the continental armies of the 30 years war had been using them.

Only the Parliament actually had any Cuirassier, though many officers and some other notables in the ranks with their own means, wore the plated armour of the true Heavy Horse, I have decided to use the demi-lancers of an earlier period as part of my Cornish Royalist forces.  Partly to give them a distinctive look and partly to make note of the more limited arms that the Cornish Royalists had access to so they were making do with the older arms that were still around.

As usual, they all start out as bare metal castings:

bare metal

grey base coat

block 'under color' of dark brown mix, put on very wet and thick

a 'wet brush' of an off white, mostly eggshell like color mix of white and brown

under-coat of primary horse colors, red, orange (most of them are orange) and yellow

inks layers done and dolor sets on the horse blankets and troopers, now transferred to their mounts

gloss coating layer done, awaiting flocking