"Perry Miniatures: Napoleonic British Army 1800-15..." Topic

… – Stovepipe Shako Introduced.

"The original 1815 range is now being extended back in time to 1800, when the stovepipe shako was first introduced.

The codes up to BH 67 have been designed for the Waterloo campaign; however, there are many codes that can be used prior to this particular campaign. These include the Highlanders, Riflemen, Light Infantry, Light Dragoons, Royal Horse Artillery and the named Staff officers. All of these can be used for the Peninsular War and most for the American war of 1812. The extended range will encompass the British troops who served in Egypt, India, South Africa, Denmark, Hanover, Italy, North and South America, the West and East Indies as well as the Peninsula…"

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Armand

British light infantry skirmishing by the Perrys? I don't think I've been this excited about new figs since Airfix brought out Prussian Landwher in 1979! My order has already been sent off.

Only the hopefully imminent arrival of plastic British heavy cavalry will beat this (sorry, I have to drop this hint at least once a month – a war of attrition on Alan's will power)

+1 on plastic cavalry,

and very excited about British infantry for Copenhagen and India – as if I needed another distraction…

Lord Hill – Impressed with your "Waterloo Everyman" project, I made a point of also bending his ear about it at Partizan back in May.

The option for "Sergeant 'motivating' his men" is a superb sculpt.

Agree!

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Armand

Thanks SM!
I live in hope – I think the Brit Heavy Cav in plastic would be a fantastic set, so many possibilities.

Trouble is, they have a dilemma now – do they go for the pre-1812 uniform, or the useful (but chronologically limited) post-1812 version?

… although they seem to have solved that for their Light Dragoons quite nicely?

It's an interesting point to ponder. Personally (and of course I'm biased), I would have thought there is a much bigger market for the later uniform.
As far as I know the dragoons and dragoon guards all wore overalls from 1812 onwards and all wore big gauntlets so the minor difference in cuff detail would not be an issue. Thus, one set of figs could be made for all the heavy dragoons and dragoon guards from Vitoria onwards (possibly even from Salamanca onwards?).

The only difference in uniform between the dragoons and the household (Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards) was that the latter had a plain button front to their tunics. These could be added to the sprues as an alternative torso, just like on the new Light Dragoon box.

So, if you added this household torso option, and 3 different head options – dragoon helmet/Scots Grey/household helmet – (the legs, arms and horse furniture being all the same) you could have a fantastic box which would make ALL all heavy dragoons, ALL heavy dragoon guards, and ALL household cavalry – that's 3 or 4 regiments in the Peninsula and all six heavy regiments in 1815.

I live in hope!

What a great idea!.

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Armand