"Brunswickers in 28mm....plastic?" Topic

I know of a couple of manufacturers who do them in metal, but does anyone know of any company doing them in 28mm and in plastic?

No, nobody currently makes them in 28mm plastic.

Nope, but dead easy working with plastic British Infantry and French style plastic shakos. The lace is almost right and you could add to it if you really wanted. A blob of Greenstuff at each tip of the lace, indent with cocktail stick. Gives it the hussar look. Personally I think not worth it.

Of course Lord Hill was too modest to say that there might be someone who has recently shown just this on TMP;

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The challenge then is to make black look realistic. Satin varnish on the leather, highlights everywhere. Easier than white though!

Thanks DH! I agree that Brit uniforms lend themselves well for Brunswick conversions (and also hussar bodies – look closely at my bugler in the cap).

The main knifework is 1) removing the coat tails and 2) removing the crossbelt plate. The former butchery is easily hidden under the cartridge box and canteen etc. but removing the plate neatly is more tricky.

Not sure I would have even thought of the crossbelt plate….I said dead easy above. Well almost dead easy…

I do love a good firing line and these are great. I've said this before, but pic 4 of 7. That chap third from the right front rank. His face is so realistic, I keep finding him almost disturbing. I simply know him from somewhere…

Found another example. He makes an interesting comment about the shako pattern, suggesting the Austrian better than French, and about this "distinctive" canteen. He did remove the crossbelt plate but seems to have left the coat tails trusting to the kit hiding it all;

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I can't say I can see the difference between the shape of a French shako and those Austrian ones.

I have also used the Austrian corsican hats for my Brunswick Avant Garde – pics to follow soon, hopefully!

I can see your point. It seems suggested that he only used the officer's cap (if so he must have had a lot of officers).

I have been researching that today….. the two Osprey books and various on-line sites. Some suggest a Kiwer style by 1815 (the coal scuttle look that many doubt even the Russians wore). Some suggest it was more bell topped than the French truncated cone, ie the crown flared out in a Late Regency style….but that probably tells us that was when the artist was working. There are museum examples, suggesting, if anything, that a less tall shako was the look.

The distinctive canteen instead of a blanket does crop up regularly. I know which I would rather have….I'd stick with my waterbottle filled with something fortifying and my knapsack stuffed with Mars Bars or Marathons