Post by bellealliance on Feb 5, 2021 3:34:33 GMT
These are the HaT 8029 French Chasseurs a Cheval. When I started these, I made two regiments totaling seven squadrons of 3 figures. As my taste toward larger units developed, more recently I supplemented each regiment to 4 squadrons of 6 figures. Here's the brigade with La Haye Sainte in the background. They were supposed to be from the 2nd Cavalry Division 1815. By then, most Chasseurs a Cheval had a coat with lapels, and the 1st Chasseurs had the crested helmet of the royal army. Not to be deterred, here they are in habite a la kinski, more appropriate to 1810-1812.
In a (much) earlier post I describe making Netherlands hussars using the Revel Guard Chasseurs a Cheval with heads from HaT Line Chasseurs a Cheval. What happened to the bodies? You may ask. Well, they didn't go to waste - the 3 figure elite companies use the bodies with (you guessed it) heads from the Revel set! The bodies and the rest of the unit are wearing full dress with cords, plumes on their shakos, and I added plumes to the Colpacks using a pin built up with white glue, and red bags cut to size from paper. I might try painting on cords at some point, now I look at them.
Officers and trumpeters have their carbines trimmed off, and the officers have heads from the Nassau Grenadiers. I'll dig up some pics of my lancers as soon as I find them - may be quicker to find the lancers and make new pics.
Until then, be well and happy modeling!
Kay
In a (much) earlier post I describe making Netherlands hussars using the Revel Guard Chasseurs a Cheval with heads from HaT Line Chasseurs a Cheval. What happened to the bodies? You may ask. Well, they didn't go to waste - the 3 figure elite companies use the bodies with (you guessed it) heads from the Revel set! The bodies and the rest of the unit are wearing full dress with cords, plumes on their shakos, and I added plumes to the Colpacks using a pin built up with white glue, and red bags cut to size from paper. I might try painting on cords at some point, now I look at them.
Officers and trumpeters have their carbines trimmed off, and the officers have heads from the Nassau Grenadiers. I'll dig up some pics of my lancers as soon as I find them - may be quicker to find the lancers and make new pics.
Until then, be well and happy modeling!
Kay
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