| Snowcat | 28 Apr 2013 10:59 p.m. PST |
Are there any better pictures of the Austrian 1754 Commissflinte musket than these…? Kronoskaf doesn't appear to have any.
Cheers
Paul |
14Bore  | 29 Apr 2013 4:58 p.m. PST |
You have my interest up but doubt I can help, I guess you're painting figures is there details you're looking for? |
| Snowcat | 29 Apr 2013 5:38 p.m. PST |
Hi Proper top, bottom, left-right side views. Photos of an actual musket ideally. It's for sculpting. Cheers
Paul |
| andygamer | 29 Apr 2013 10:05 p.m. PST |
How's this?
link Addendum: click on these to get enlarged versions.
link |
| andygamer | 29 Apr 2013 10:36 p.m. PST |
Or maybe you'd like to buy one?
link |
| Snowcat | 29 Apr 2013 10:36 p.m. PST |
Well done Sir! Top marks. Just what I've been looking for. My thanks. :) I've just found these 2 photos from auctions of actual items. Both are listed as the Commissflinte M1754, but only the b&w image is of the usual version. The colour photo shows a shortened version (143cm vs the usual 151cm length; the barrel 103.5cm vs the usual 120.5cm being the culprit).
The listing for the shorter musket states that 1 of the barrel's iron bands was missing, but with such a shortened barrel it's hard to see why it would have needed the full three. However, the great similarity (near-identical) of the main components makes this find very useful indeed. :) I've put the 2 versions together at approx correct scale for each other here:
Keep 'em coming!! Thanks,
Paul |
| Snowcat | 29 Apr 2013 10:40 p.m. PST |
@andygamer: "Or maybe you'd like to buy one?" You found the auction for the shorter one. :) See above. :) @andygamer: "Addendum: click on these to get enlarged versions" Great minds think alike! Again, see above. :))) |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 29 Apr 2013 10:51 p.m. PST |
thanks both of you..very interesting stuff. |
| Snowcat | 29 Apr 2013 11:16 p.m. PST |
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| Cardinal Hawkwood | 29 Apr 2013 11:46 p.m. PST |
Snowcat you designing a range of SYW Austrians? |
| Snowcat | 30 Apr 2013 12:07 a.m. PST |
Might be… (not quite what you'd probably expect though) :) |
| abdul666lw | 12 May 2013 11:51 a.m. PST |
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| crogge1757 | 12 May 2013 12:20 p.m. PST |
For clearification, one of the two models was designed for the Carlstadt Sluiner Grenz districts left-handers. A funny genetic mutation made most Carlstadt militia left-handers.
That should answer it all. Cheers. |
| crogge1757 | 12 May 2013 12:31 p.m. PST |
Now serious.
Both look quite the same. All deviations may be the result of the different fabricators. Not sure, but I doubt all muskets were supplied by a single company at that time. Furthermore, the M1754 may have undergone modifications but remained to be entitled the M1754 model, despite all this.
No expert here, Just my humble thoughts. Cheers |
| Snowcat | 12 May 2013 3:35 p.m. PST |
Thanks Christian – you almost had me there for a second! @abdul666lw – you're on the right track. ;) |
paints brigs for the British fleet.
