"Wargames Factory plastic WSS infantry conversions" Topic

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Cardinal Hawkwood	13 Sep 2012 1:27 a.m. PST
Captain van Helsing and a corporal's guard
abdul666lw	13 Sep 2012 4:00 a.m. PST
A fine group of determined-looking men: great work & paintjob! And a promising name But then… where is Anna Valerious?
abdul666lw	13 Sep 2012 12:46 p.m. PST
Speaking of WF plastic WSS conversions.. Were to receive a tricorne and (at least for some?) a backpack to conceal the details of the Amazon backplate link
Cardinal Hawkwood	13 Sep 2012 2:23 p.m. PST
a lot going on there, very ineresting..
andygamer	13 Sep 2012 4:28 p.m. PST
She shouldn't have a (North American) Indian-style backpack. It's out of period. And shouldn't the Captain be armed with a wooden stake? Ash, IIRC. Silver bullets are expensive.
Paint Pig	13 Sep 2012 11:31 p.m. PST
She shouldn't have a (North American) Indian-style backpack. It's out of period. Primary resource please
Cardinal Hawkwood	13 Sep 2012 11:47 p.m. PST
Abdul seems to be having some problems with the pics
abdul666lw	14 Sep 2012 5:43 a.m. PST
The pictures appear only you have opened them (from the post linked to) on your computer; not the first time I observe this irritating phenomenon. So let's try an url link: bare-headed private Works, thus: bare-headed officer unit seen from the back: like the knotted ribbons; the embarrassing details of some Amazons backplate are obvious; standard-bearer to be with tricorne
spontoon	22 Sep 2012 7:17 p.m. PST
I agree, the square set knapsack is post SYW/FIW.
abdul666lw	02 Oct 2012 7:06 a.m. PST
A more expensive solution would be to use only the amazon torsos with 'smooth' backplate, eliminating the need for a backpack. The cuirass can be painted as a *soubreveste* (a cloth false cuirass, indeed) as worn e.g. by Frederick's Gardes du Corps in indoors 'gala' dress. With a fabric rather than metallic cuirass I suppose adding nipples (a micro-drop of glue, it works) to be perceptible through the dress to would be… too much? The only difficulty would be that such were richly decorated with embroideries (think also of the hoquetons of French Gardes de la Manche and de la Porte, of the casaques of the Mousquetaires… and it would be a challenge to paint consistently such decoration with 'free hand'; may be decals for 10mm shields (Roman, Byzantine?…) would be helpful?