| Marc at work | 14 Nov 2016 6:58 a.m. PST |
link Along with some wonderful Baden cavalry and gendarmes for Spain. Forgive me for posting in "plastic figures" but these are 1/72 so the generals will lead my Saxon forces from HaT. Sorry for no pics (one day I will learn how) but if you like finely detailed, accurately uniformed and well posed figures, check out Francesco's page Marc |
| von Winterfeldt | 16 Nov 2016 3:16 p.m. PST |
Franznap figures, simply outstanding, the Saxon staff, I might get weak and get it, even a Hussar officer in Piekesche – very impressive |
| Marc the plastics fan | 17 Nov 2016 12:33 a.m. PST |
When people with your level of knowledge like a set, I can rest assured I made the right purchasing decision Just wish I knew what you were describing – I will look again at the pics to see what it is. And I really hope you weaken as I would love to see how you paint them Marc |
| Marc at work | 22 Nov 2016 6:48 a.m. PST |
Hmm, and Google cannot tell me what a Piekesche is – although it does suggest it is not spelt correctly. Closest I can find so far is a "beer tunic", but I doubt tat iswhat vW meant. I am guessing a peaked mirliton but be good to know |
| Scharnachthal | 22 Nov 2016 8:19 a.m. PST |
"Pikesche" or "Pekesche": de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekesche The definition as given on the English and French Wiki pages is too restrictive. This was not an overcoat worn by some Jewish groups only, actually this piece of clothing was of non-Jewish Polish/Eastern European origin. |
 deadhead  | 22 Nov 2016 9:14 a.m. PST |
Marc If you ever want pictures posted, happy to help. Takes seconds frankly….most formats I can convert to jpeg and put into imageshack and thence on to here, as a large image. I now know what I want for Christmas though. I have no idea what a "beer tunic" looks like, but that I must have! |
| Scharnachthal | 22 Nov 2016 10:54 a.m. PST |
Sorry guys, can't understand what your problem is. Von Winterfeldt clearly is talking about this figure:
What's the problem? Well, what I didn't check is how authentic this "Pikesche" is…But that's another pair of shoes… |
| deadhead | 22 Nov 2016 11:48 a.m. PST |
That is not a "beer tunic" that many men could wear to a pub in North Yorkshire these days. I shared the confusion. I thought we were seeing a chap in a dolman laced jacket riding on a blue shabraque. Just as I was typing this I went back and now see it is indeed a very long coat draped over his saddlery. We expect to see a traditional hussar rig, so that is what we do "see"…..until we look properly. Like Duke of Brunswick wore at Quatre Bras? Or Murat with a fur collar to it? How unusual… How about that dappled grey? |
| Scharnachthal | 22 Nov 2016 12:12 p.m. PST |
How unusual Not that unusual for Saxon officers when we take into account the "special relationship" between Saxony and Poland in the 18th century…: link ;-) |
| von Winterfeldt | 23 Nov 2016 2:49 a.m. PST |
Also the Prussian hissar officers did use this kind of garnment – it came out of use gradually after 1806 – I applaued producers such as the excellent Franznap to take on such figures and produce them
from the excellent home page of napoleon-online.de |
| Marc at work | 23 Nov 2016 7:31 a.m. PST |
Crikey – I did a Deadhead there. I had not seen it was a longer coat, and "saw" the hussar dolman so assumed the item in question was the headdress. Still waiting for mine to arrive though, so this has been useful. |
| Marc at work | 23 Nov 2016 7:31 a.m. PST |
And Scharn – thanks for the Wiki link, but not reading German definitely didn't help my search. Glad it's sorted now |
| Marc at work | 23 Nov 2016 7:34 a.m. PST |
And looking at vW's picture there – were the horses branded, or is that an artistic "thing" going on? I see an "E" and an "M" on the two main horses flanks |
| von Winterfeldt | 23 Nov 2016 1:15 p.m. PST |
also – look at the very long cavalry trumpet |
begins to think about terrain for Team Yankee.
