| Pijlie | 15 May 2012 12:02 p.m. PST |
My 1/72 conversions of some Zvezda and HaT Nap cuirassiers with Imex heads:
Whaddayathink? |
| OSchmidt | 15 May 2012 12:09 p.m. PST |
Not bad at all. Reminds me of the old days in the 60's to 80's before we had all sorts of metal figures come out for everything. Back then we converted ACW cavalry and Cowboys to the most bizarre of things. A uniform Nazi would pick apart the figures but I won't I think you did an excellent job. |
 timurilank  | 15 May 2012 2:37 p.m. PST |
Those are nicely animated troopers. Well done. Cheers, |
| Altefritz | 15 May 2012 4:22 p.m. PST |
I am the sort of person that can be defined an "uniform Nazi". Anyway I like them very much! |
 John the OFM | 15 May 2012 7:16 p.m. PST |
I had a friend who converted Airfix American Indians into Ancient Mauryan Indians.
He did a good job too!
Amd Airfix Zoo Set #2 didn't hurt either. I converted French Cuirassiers into Carthaginian HC, with thumbtacks for shields. |
| Pijlie | 15 May 2012 9:40 p.m. PST |
Thank you all. The uniform is loosely based on the Prussian 13th Garde du corps cuirassiers from the SYW. However the hat lace is wrong (but looks better…) and the sabretaches are missing (those are a PAIN to sculpt..) so there is at least some historical basis :o) |
| Garde de Paris | 16 May 2012 7:46 a.m. PST |
Another "Uniform Nazi" signing in, and for "occupied Paris" Texas, y'all! My miniature schnauzer Heidi and I march through Paris every day after 5:00 PM. Too bad the folks here only seem to know about the Alamo, the Mexican/American war, and the ACW! The figures look great, and could easily do double-duty as imaginations troopers! GdeP |
| Frederic V | 17 May 2012 3:09 a.m. PST |
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| Royal Marine | 17 May 2012 3:12 p.m. PST |
Are the scabbards the correct gun metal shade? |
| Pijlie | 18 May 2012 5:24 a.m. PST |
Yes. They are painted in Buttoncounter nr 1435c Prussian 17thct dunkelmetall. I cheated on the highlight though….. |
| Royal Marine | 10 Jun 2012 12:02 p.m. PST |
Yeah .. I can see it now I look closer. |
| AICUSV | 17 Jun 2012 7:40 a.m. PST |
"Back in the day" this type of thing use to be part of the fun of gaming. Since you had a limited choice of figures, you had to convert. Hey GdeP what scale is Heidi??? When you coming home??? |
snapped some photos of games he didn't get a chance to play in at Council of Five Nations.
