Gathering information for Belgian Carabinier...

Given the only difference between the Dutch and Belgian Carabiniers was the headdress, a good opportunity to combine the sets and offer a selection of heads. If you left out the blanket roll, you could provide French dragoon heads to provide for post 1812 elite company dragoons. (Horse furniture identical).

"If I ruled the world" or at least had final say in Hat decision making, I would produce these figures with the Bicorn with alternative helmeted heads. My reason for saying this is that the number of Carabineers in the 100 days were roughly 2/3 in bicorn, 1/3 in helmet. It would focus on the majority uniform and reduce the amount of conversion I would need to do.

The blanket roll could be separate as with the Netherlands light cavalry set in order to facilitate the French Dragoon elites but personally I like as little assembly as possible. Also I'm not sure if, as shown, the Dutch wore it over the right shoulder and the Belgians over the left but if so keeping them separate could be a solution to that conundrum. 

I like the format of separate arms for trumpeters, holding carbines and just the potential differences in pose it offers.

For horses I prefer a mid range level of movement, I'm not really keen on the full blown, full stretch charge or the static poses but that doesn't stop me using them.

To be honest after years of hoping these regiments would be produced, as long as they actually make it to the production line I'll be happy.

Hi,
BLANKET ROLL:
Unlike the infantry because of the musket, cavalry tend to wear blanket roll on the right shoulder. Simply because when facing another opponent the sword would try to smash your right shoulder.
I personally make my own blanket roll in green stuff.
Cheers.
CPN

Good idea!

Here's a cheeky suggestion.

Rather than producing a set of Belgian Carabineers AND a set of Dutch, instead produce, as many have suggested, a combined set in bicorne with spare heads wearing helmets. Nothing new so far.

This would then free up one set's worth of space on your planning board for Netherlands Hussars! Using the same horses as the Light Dragoon set number 8032 you would only need to design the riders.

Of course, Hat could always just do as it pleases, but if I ruled the world ............

There have been some good suggestions put forward here but we should be careful to get this right... 1 can you confirm did the Carabiniers have pioneers? 2 Did both of the Dutch regiments have round porthmantuers and the Belgium’s square like the French Dragoon’s? 3 Did the officers of all three regiments have the horse furniture of the French Dragoon style? 4 Were the colours of the French almost square pattern?

I’ll leave it there and await some feed back as the portmanteaus throw the cat amounts the pigeons...

The question about the portmanteau is easily solved. There are two methods:

1) Add on horse furniture like that of the WWI cavalry sets:


2) Make the portmanteau in a hexagon shape.

However, the bigger concern is that some members of this forum have stated that they do not wish to do any assembly of the figures. A combined set as suggested would include many tiny parts.