"28mm dismounted French napoleonic dragoons; where?" Topic

Perry, boxed plastics set, 8 per box !

I can't see my question, so probably THE BUG is striking again (also not on the Front Page)but I asked for dismounted dragoons in the pré 1812 (open fronted) coat.

Camcleod, the Perry figures are sadly in the post 1812 Bardin uniform (but you couldn't see the question, so thanks for the information)

That's what I get for answering without a question :)

Redoubt makes pre 1812 dismtd. Dragoons. A bit rough looking though.
I can't tell if they are in gaiters or boots.

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Cliff

Cliff,
thanks. Will look at these

What exactly do you mean by "dismounted dragoons"? Dragoons who have their horses with them but have dismounted in order to skirmish? Or actual "Dragons à pied", i.e. dragoon units without horses? In case you want to represent the latter (who didn't wear boots but gaiters or trousers) one could possibly use line infantry figures (such as the Victrix early French) and add the Perry dragoon heads, for example. Didn't try it out, though.

More dismounted Dragoons than you could ever need. castingroomminiatures.com

I think Bicorn Miniatures have them . Think they were made by Firing Line but not sure. Check them out.

Scharnachthal, I mean the first catagory; dragoons which have dismounted to skirmish, not the 1805/1806 dragons a pied.
Rivoli veteran; it seems de castingroom miniatures are of the dragon a pied type (in gaiters and not in boots) but as I doin't know the casting room figures; thanks for the link.
Tyler; thansk, will check them out

So the Bicorne dragoons appear to be just the ticket for you, indeed:

palousewargamingjournal.blogspot.ch/2015/10/french-dragoons-dismounted-in-28mm.html

Numbers BIC-FN078/…079/…080/…081/…082

bicorne.net/acatalog/French-Napolionic-Infantry.html

Thanks.
A friend told me that Brigade games also have these.
So will look at these also

I think Schilling Figures has a set of dismounted Dragoons. They're a bit oldfashioned but very affordable and they look certainly good if well painted.

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But these Schillings are dragons à pied, so not what Brownbear is looking for ;-)

The Brigade Games minis look ok but appear to be chunkier than the Bicorne ones.

What gets me is how many manufacturers make these not how few. Let's face it. Dragoons did not often dismount to fight and Dragons a Pied were a fairly transient thing!

I had never heard of Casting Room Miniatures…impressed by what I see. Even Mamelukes….OK, no Gendarmes d'Elite but…impressed.

Redoubt are indeed "rough". You would struggle to identify their footwear, indeed their unit!

The schilling dragoons are also in the post-1812 uniforms

Well observed. So these Schillings are quite useless as no dragons à pied existed after 1806.

BTW (and just for the record):

There are more odd Schilling figures, such as these two in 1/72 scale, meant to be sappers of the old guard grenadiers…

schilling-figuren.de/product_info.php?products_id=129
schilling-figuren.de/product_info.php?products_id=130

Now, what's wrong with them? ;-)

The casting Room Miniatures are in fact part of the Foundry miniatures but they contains the ranges that were designed at a later stage and not by the Perry's (mainly to fill the Perry gaps, then expanding rapidly). They never caught on, the style is quite different and in my view inferior to the Perry designs. But they do have some very good dragoons to form 1805 foot dragoon regiments

Ah, my bad! :--)

The schilling figures look great but the post-1812 uniform is imho an oversight