Saturday, June 23, 2012

Sappeur du 16me Reg Chaseurs

Hello all. Here is a little project I've been working on. He is a Sappeur du 16me Reg Chaseurs of the French army. I've been recieving advice on improvements on the various forums and this is I hope the final result. The head is from Italeri wagon crew, the body of Zvezda grenadiers. Have a great weekend!



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  1. Ben B.June 23, 2012 at 12:35 PM

    My apologies to all who happened to look at this post this morning! It was supposed to be "Hello All," but it came out without the "o" at the end! That's what I get when posting at 4:30 AM before work huh?

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  2. Ben GilmourJune 24, 2012 at 7:07 AM

    :)

    Nice work, Ben. Though you might want to change the gauntlets and apron to white as most were that colour/

    http://www.napoleon-series.org/images/military/organization/guard/sapper3.JPG

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    1. Ben GilmourJune 24, 2012 at 7:32 AM

      Sorry, I just saw your post on Benno's with the picture you based it on!

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  3. Ben B.June 24, 2012 at 7:35 AM

    Thanks Rosbif, I actually found a plate of this figure in the Otto manuscript. My reason for painting him was that his uniform is so odd looking. The writers of the text in the manuscript weren't even sure how widely this uniform was used. Of course it may have been Otto day dreaming and doodling in a french camp one day fooling all future generations! Thanks for the reference, I'm by no means an expert in Napoleonic uniforms so your help will always be appreciated, thanks for looking!

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  4. peterJuly 11, 2012 at 3:15 PM

    Very nice conversion!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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