Jordan
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Post by Jordan on Aug 29, 2018 23:54:23 GMT
Having completed a pack Hat's Napoleonic Brunswick Advante Garde's set I want to look at their brothers in arms in the light Infantry as my next target. I see that I am supposed to head swap from Hat's Napoleonic Brunswick Leib Infantry set but does anyone have any ideas that I can use the leftover shakos with the dropping horsetail plumes when I am done converting the figures to the Brunswick Advante Garde Light Infantry? (Beside the two that I plan to use for ADC's to the Black Duke and the Colonel who replaced him)
Thanks,
Jordan.
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Post by Steve W on Aug 30, 2018 1:16:50 GMT
You can make Brunswick Horse Artillery by combining the removed heads with Airfix RHA. Don't use the Italeri set as the figures have coattails which is incorrect. From memory there are some spare light infantry heads in the Leib infantry set...
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Post by Graeme on Aug 30, 2018 2:11:41 GMT
Yes, Brunswick horse artillery.
Also a quick look at Haythornethwait's "Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars" and Uniforms of Waterloo" shows shakos with similar plumes on a Prussian General staff officer in parade dress (Italeri or Waterloo 1815 prussian staff figures), An officer of the Prussian Garde Jager Battalion (HaT's Prussian volunteer Jaeger figs), an officer of the brunswick foot artillery (but not the other ranks) and an NCO (so, presumably also the other enlisted men) of the Netherlands Guides te Paard, the personal body guard to the Commander in Chief so perhaps a few figures for the Prince of Orange's escort.
"Battle dress : The Uniforms Of The Worlds Great Armies" shows a Chasseur volunteer of Von Reiche's Foreign Chasseur Battalion ( again haT's Prussian Jaeger and sharpshooter figs).
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Post by cpn on Aug 30, 2018 9:42:44 GMT
Good morning,
I am personally be making Bavarian cavalry with it.
Regiment created in 1813-1814, includes this type of shako. For the body, the closest are French chasseur a cheval or Austrian dragoons. At this scale it should make the trick.
Cheers
CPN
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Post by Brian on Aug 31, 2018 22:51:28 GMT
I liked this Brunswick Artillery conversion so much that I kept the link link |
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Jordan
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Post by Jordan on Sept 4, 2018 2:41:43 GMT
Thanks, everyone. Looks like I will be giving the Brunswickers a battery of Horse Artillery after all. Hmmm, I think I will have to ponder more on the idea of Prussian Staff officers in Parade dress, but I guess an officer from the Prussian Garde Jaegers would be fun to paint up while working on any Volunteer Jaeger detachments...
I will have to think more about the Dutch Guides te Paard, as I have a Dutch ADC figure and I am thinking about a General Constant-Rebecque figure to tie up my I Corps command stand...
Bavarian cavalry ? You mean their Hussar regiments?
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Post by cpn on Sept 4, 2018 6:53:05 GMT
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