"Perry Plastic French Hussars: Scabbard Parts" Topic

I am finalizing my Perry Hussars and can find only one scabbard part with the sword in it. As I have both a standard bearer and a trumpeter I assume I should need two of these. All the remaining scabbards are molded empty (without sword).

Am I missing something or am I short one part?

no…there is only one such item in the sets…both british and french.It would be nice to have two swaords in the scabbard ,but for myself ,I just have to over look this issue.

Runicus

ther is always a price to pay for using plastics..

Nonsense. There is no excuse for having too few scabbards with hilts. One can always cut off the sword hilt. If you have one in the set already, you've already done the sculpture work.

But here's a solution – just make an extra sword and have it hang from the sword strap on the wrist of the trumpeter. It would look pretty cool if you can pull it off.

But you are not missing something. You are short one part.

as I said…

Hi Dantheman,

I came across the same problem – and had to buy a separate sprue especially for this extra sword! (too difficult to make out of green stuff – at least for me). Another issue I found is that an eagle bearer made from a private has a rifle belt. I'd rather he didn't, as how can you use a rifle when you carry a flag? I left my eagle bearer without rifle anyway.

My (late) conclusion is that it's better to build either an eable bearer OR a trumpetter from the command sprue.

Are you going to paint the sabretache or use decals?

Blancard

Col Blanchard

I painted the sabertaches. Didn't know you could get decals.

All:

Thanks everyone for the input. I will take widowson's suggestion and use the spare sword hand from the trumpet bearer and make a hanging sword. I didn't think of that one. Thanks.

Colonel – The carbine belt could always be rationalised as some way of securing the Eagle to the rider?

The missing sheathed sabre is a lot more irritating, not just for command figures but for despatch riders, staff escorts etc. I can't fathom why the oversight was repeated with the British hussars. As Widowson says, once a piece is sculpted it should be easy enough to cast multiple times, and it's a simple thing to cut off the hilt if not wanted.

In my case, I only need one box of French hussars for Waterloo (since most of them were off towards Wavre with Grouchy). The only solution I've come up with, but not tried yet, is to give the Eagle bearer a combat pose , holding the staff (and reins) with his left hand while fighting off assailants with his sabre. Has anyone tried this by chance?

Hussars carrying eagles into battle….how novel..

The Cardinal makes a good point – the French Hussars wouldn't really carry eagles into combat – so, complete the trumpeter with the sheathed sword, and the second command figure as the officer, with sword in hand.

npm

I can't fathom why the oversight was repeated with the British hussars.

er it wasn't. The British box (correctly) has no standard bearer. There's one sheathed sword and that's for the trumpeter.

Cardinal:

Good point. The Perry kit has sword arms for all figures, probably for this reason. You have to replace a sword hand with the standard hand after a little surgery.

But like legere and others, they're not as pretty without the standard. If we painted how they really looked after fighting in the field, even Nappy armies would look dull. My figures are more dressed for parade ground with plumes and pelisses for this reason. With infantry I sometimes dull down….

Dan.

Col Blanchard

Where can I buy decals for the sabertaches?

The only solution I've come up with, but not tried yet, is to give the Eagle bearer a combat pose , holding the staff (and reins) with his left hand while fighting off assailants with his sabre. Has anyone tried this by chance?

Yes, but with a metal Foundry Russian Dragoon figure conversion, not a Hussar:

Hi, sorry to butt in.
Nohrmann, you can get decals made to fit Perry Hussars at littlebigmenstudios.com. They're uk based so don't know if that's any use. Haven't bought any myself but when I do get some hussars that's where I'll go.

Battle Flag, also in the UK do waterslide decals for all the French Hussar regiments' sabretaches, according to their website.

UnionJack and woundedknee.

Thank you. I will have a look.

My understanding is that the French light cavalry did carry their standards on campaign again in 1815, after having left them at the depots in previous years. Anyway, if you include both a trumpeter arm and a standard bearer hand in the kit, why only have one sheathed sabre?

Re. the British, I stand corrected, Lord Hill – or partly so: Indeed there is no standard bearer, but the lack of extra sheathed sabres still precludes easy conversion of supernumerary troopers (14 is such an odd number) to couriers.

Greystreak, thanks for the picture – nice conversion and paint job!