| HarryB1961 | 16 Feb 2018 3:01 p.m. PST |
Just prepping some Bicorne ecw figures. Puzzled by a ball shaped attachment to the bandolier on some of the figures. It's next to the musket ball bag, on the right positioned just above the apostles.Proportionally, it seems to be about the size of a satsuma. I've looked in Osprey elite no.25 and a few of the plates do show such an attachment, in fact they look to have a 'lid' or 'cap' (plates C/G/J). The figure sculpture ( Nick Collier?) has managed to get this detail spot on however i can't find an explanation as to what it actually is. Can anybody help ?? |
| advocate | 16 Feb 2018 3:08 p.m. PST |
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| HarryB1961 | 16 Feb 2018 3:27 p.m. PST |
Hi advocate. Thanks for the input, i'm totally in the dark here. I would say looking at the Osprey plates, the 'ball' object seems very small to contain enough priming powder for any extended firing in battle. Also found another reference to this object in figure 94 Arms & Armour of the English civil wars by David Blackmore. The 'ball' in this plate is even smaller so i'm really confused now. |
| Drunken skunk | 16 Feb 2018 3:40 p.m. PST |
Waddling pouch? Or an error replicated? |
| Drunken skunk | 16 Feb 2018 3:41 p.m. PST |
Grrrrrr, auto correct! Wadding pouch |
| Mollinary | 16 Feb 2018 3:42 p.m. PST |
I think there is a slight error in labelling Plate J in the Osprey Elite 25. They have two drawings of bandoliers labelled J3 and J4. In the descriptive text they get these the wrong way round. The text referring to your object is as follows: ‘The small metal container seen on J4 (sic) contained oil.' Hope this helps. Mollinary |
| Sobieski | 16 Feb 2018 5:35 p.m. PST |
What does a "waddling pouch" look like? It sounds sort of cute. |
robert piepenbrink  | 16 Feb 2018 6:32 p.m. PST |
Waddling pouches were sort of predecessors for the electronic wallet. The money just quietly disappeared while you didn't think you'd spent THAT much. I think they kept the feet tucked up unless they were actually moving. |
| Balin Shortstuff | 16 Feb 2018 7:23 p.m. PST |
Probably an oil bottle. link |
| HarryB1961 | 17 Feb 2018 3:47 a.m. PST |
Oil bottle !!! Yes that's brilliant guys, thank you. Just re-read that text mollinary, and you're right, your explanation makes perfect sense.
I presume the oil was for maintenance, maybe to wipe on metal parts of the musket to keep rust at bay ?? |
| Balin Shortstuff | 17 Feb 2018 9:23 a.m. PST |
The matchlock mechanism is finger powered, the weak spring is only used to return the "hammer"(serpentine) to it's original rest position. Since any friction resistance created by rust or dirt is annoyingly noticed, it gets oiled when needed. |
