"when will there be the french cavalry overcoat ?" Topic
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| just joe | 15 Aug 2021 11:50 a.m. PST |
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| SHaT1984 | 15 Aug 2021 2:13 p.m. PST |
Hmmm, are we asking when did it happen?
Or where are the models? "French cavalry overcoat"- capote, manteau existed for decades.
Men can hide under cover from rain and snow, a horse and rider, particularly those on scouting or sentry duty, not so much. Some model makers have done these for later in period, but few mess with what sells in Napoleonics- pretty uniforms. The Perry Russians aside… I've had a go at creating a few custom figures for myself,
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| Bohdan Khmelnytskij | 15 Aug 2021 9:36 p.m. PST |
Hinchcliff made some years ago. Easiest cav I ever painted. |
| SHaT1984 | 15 Aug 2021 10:09 p.m. PST |
Yes I couldn't remember if it was the Gilder range or Connoisseur- I still have the Austrians in covert capes, only troopers tho not special figs.
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| just joe | 16 Aug 2021 5:39 a.m. PST |
i bought one perry chasseur a cheval with overcoat 1812 model wrong figuere? |
| SHaT1984 | 17 Aug 2021 12:53 a.m. PST |
joe I would think the 'coat' can never be 'wrong'.
What will be more 'wrong' would be the shako, its shape, its decorations and eagle plate. Most early regimwnts still had the diamond plate, but you can paint over that or file it down. Overalls (over-trousers really) were worn all the time (Empire) on campaign so thats not unusual either.
cheers dave |
| just joe | 23 Aug 2021 7:25 a.m. PST |
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| just joe | 23 Aug 2021 7:31 a.m. PST |
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| SHaT1984 | 23 Aug 2021 8:47 p.m. PST |
Yep make your own. Milliput works well, just fidly.
[I'd caution using some of the more modern illustrations; they tend to project images of military men that just wasn't common- eg Conrad and Courcelles.]
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| just joe | 30 Aug 2021 10:19 a.m. PST |
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| Greuthungi | 21 Sep 2021 11:44 p.m. PST |
Steve Barber Models sell French cavalry in overcoats. link |
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paints the Dogman from the Flintloque starter set.
