Painting 28mm (French Army) Malburians for Ramillies

The painting of my meager contribution to Ramillies over Christmas is coming to a conclusion. It has been an intense plunge into the fiery cold waters of 28mm Malburians where you can literally see the whites of their eyes. There were "horses" (see below, still in a WIP stage)

Almost finished (see below, at the pre-varnish [matte] stage):

The horses riders were a parallel production stream (see below, both still WIP):

Meanwhile the infantry [one infantry regiment and a combined Grenadier stand] are by comparison standing almost complete. At the last moment I decided I would paint the drummer in a different base colour as was the fashion in those days (see below, I need to remove the square bases to that they can receive their "rule defined" proper bases):

The varnish stage produced a hiccup as despite "shaken and then thoroughly stirred" the 'matte' varnish dried more to a 'satin' finish. No time redo them as they were about to be passed on to "the baser". I hope they are not too 'unfashionably shiny' on the table top (see below, the riders are still WIP so they will be added to the horses on "battle day"):

I received complements all round, even from the wife, who liked the chocolate soldiers look and feel to them (see below):

Rotated for a better view (see below, the top left six figures represent the Combined Grenadiers, the flag bearers two of the normal infantry regiment are missing):

Next stop Ramillies ;)