"No Grenadiers in SYF1?" Topic

I bought from Old Glory 15s SYF1 "French Musketeers & Grenadiers no Turnbacks", but there are no grenadiers inside. I think the Grenadiers must wore fur caps, so there is not a single figure with fur cap inside.
Any comments?
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Hindu

Most French grenadiers wore tricorns rather than bearskins. Check for figures with moustaches and possibly a different cartridge box, they'll be the grenadiers.

IIRC, OG grenadiers also hold their muskets at a different angle than regular musketeers. I was able to single out mine, but it took some close inspection.

Yep, a bit deceitful, especially if you want to model the French army from 1760 on, when most grenadiers wore fur cap. You can then use Old Glory Austrian grenadiers for proxies, or French grenadiers with fur cap from Eureka.

and a sabre rather than a sword

Not exactly my area of expertise but weren't some units just called Grenadiers rather than being elite companies? I am thinking of the Grenadiers de France who were basically militiamen and so wore a tricorn…

Line grenadiers wore tricorne with sword belt worn over shoulder. Grenadiers de France wore bearskin. Grenadiers Royaux were the grenadier companies of the militia companies and were brigaded with the Grenadiers de France.

Thanks for your answers. I just checked the whole bag of figures but i cannot just find differences. Maybe 2 (of 50) carried a sabre but it could also be a bad cast. Cartridge boxes are all the same. I looked in my ospreys and found that there are minimal differences between musketeers and grenadiers till 1760 (before the fur cap) so the painting will do the differences (moustaches and so on).
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MightyHindu

If you look closely, or give your figures a wash prior to painting, you should be able to pick out those that have a moustache. Unfortunately the other details referred to above are not really reflected on OG figures.

THX
so only the moustaches are the difference, i hope i can pick out the right figures