"Help: British Fusiliers in Bearskins" Topic

Apart from Old Glory and Connoisseur (Bicorne), does anyone know of any manufacturer who makes Fusiliers in bearskins?

Minifigs do. link

I know they left their bearskins at home, but to my mind the 7th and 23rd will always look better in a bearskin as opposed to a stock-standard shako.

I have a Minifigs 7th battalion in bearskin, but they do look rather short compared to figures such as Front Rank and Perry.

I thought they were otter?

And squirrel, stoat and ferret I'm sure, your Em.

Not to mention beaver by the way, as the 7th did serve in Canada.

I'm with plutcarch 64, my 23rd proudly wear their fur caps into battle. However, I have never been sure that I have painted them correctly. I have done all of them (centre and flank companies) with white cords and plumes. But should my centre companies have plumes that are white over red and my light companies have green plumes and cords even when in full dress? I tried it when I first painted them and green plumes just didn't look right on a fur cap.

Redoubt Enterprises have British Napoleonic Fusiliers in bearskins.

plutarch 64:

"Not to mention beaver by the way, as the 7th did serve in Canada."

And so did the 23rd (along with the 1/7th, 1/8th and 13th Foot). Landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 16th April 1808 and (with a break for the capture of Martinique)was stationed there for a year.

As far as I can ascertain, even though there were light and grenadier companies, the whole regiment wore the elite grenadier distinctions of white plume and elite company shoulder wings.

A description of the 1802 style fur cap is of it being of some 16 inches high (about 41cm.)'more rounded at the top', the fur running downwards. The cap had no coloured patch and was worn with 'a similar set of knotted cords'. It is not known if chin scales were worn before the end of the wars, though there is some evidence that they were and that they were often worn fastened up at the front or back of the cap. The plate of this cap was of a new pattern and was 5.inches (13cm.)tall and 7.inches (18cm.) wide. Other ranks had brass plates, NCOs and officers were of copper gilt and all of standard issue.

Paul :)

Thanks Paul. That saves me doing any more repainting. (I've already had to redo the drummers because I had assumed they wore reversed colours and so put them in blue jackets. They are now in scarlet along with the rest of the troops)

Brian's probably not going to thank us in the morning, his time, when he sees the directions that this thread has taken.

Well at least we did manage to come up with two answers to the original question before well and truly derailing the thread.

I am still whining over the fact that no one makes them for the AWI! Yes. I know.

I'm still googling fluffy goat mascots.

Fluffy goats?
Google "Daniel Bryan" the wrestler.

Thanks for that John, and I won't google that again.

Brian;
as stated Minifigs make them and I have about 50 of them in in six variations that I could sell to you. Note that they are true 25mm and unpainted in very good condition.
Rod