DukeWacoan   | 09 Nov 2009 3:55 p.m. PST |
After completing the MillenniumCon12 game of Waterloo this weekend, I am determined to finish out the OOB. I had to use Hussars for Lancers, etc, so am back to getting it right. Now that Lancers and Red Lancers are released by Redline, I can fix that. But need some advice. 1. 1815 Empress Dragoons – can I use regular 1815 Dragoons? Still trying to fill out my Rivoli 28mm OOB (Eureka figs). 2. 1797 French Cavalerie – what figs can I use for these. Front Rank SYW Prussian Dragoons have been suggested? 3. Austrian Uhlans/Hussars/StaffDragoons – how far back can I use 1805 Austrian Cavalry into 1796-97 for these? 4. Gyulai Freikorp – what I can convert for these? |
| DukeWacoan | 09 Nov 2009 3:56 p.m. PST |
One other question – what works best for 1815 Young Guard, Ligne or Legere? |
| DukeWacoan | 09 Nov 2009 8:02 p.m. PST |
And another question - What would convert best to Spanish under Wellington – French, British, Nassau, Brunswick, Austrian, Prussian or Russian? |
| (religious bigot) | 09 Nov 2009 8:57 p.m. PST |
Don't Minifigs make all that stuff? |
| Camcleod | 09 Nov 2009 9:15 p.m. PST |
"1. 1815 Empress Dragoons – can I use regular 1815 Dragoons?" The Empress Dragoons had an older style coat open at the waist so the waistcoat was exposed and a 3-cover pistol housing.
link Regular Dragoons had a Bardin style coat that was closed to the waist and a 2-cover pistol housing.
link |
| DukeWacoan | 09 Nov 2009 9:17 p.m. PST |
I can't find 10mm British Peninsula Allies, ie Spanish or Portug Also I can't find 1790s French Cavalerie, predecessors to Cuirassier |
| DukeWacoan | 09 Nov 2009 9:18 p.m. PST |
Cavalerie in 28mm that is |
| Widowson | 10 Nov 2009 12:47 p.m. PST |
Actually, the Empress Dragoons wore a surtout at Waterloo--like the Horse Grenadiers. It was the only campaign in which they were so dressed. The modification was a Restoration idea. They also had cording (aigrettes ?) on their right shoulders. That's the more important consideration. I cannot believe that nobody makes guard dragoons. I would not expect them to be wearing the surtout, and I wouldn't worry about it for Waterloo. No sense making major conversions like that for a single campaign. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 14 Nov 2009 5:02 a.m. PST |
(aigrettes ?) aiguillettes (I think aigrette is a small eagle, so not entirely inappropriate!) |
| Duc de Limbourg | 14 Nov 2009 1:03 p.m. PST |
ai·grette or ai·gret (-grt, grt)
n.
1. An ornamental tuft of upright plumes, especially the tail feathers of an egret.
2. An ornament, such as a spray of gems, resembling a tuft of plumes. |
