| Tango01 | 02 Sep 2021 10:09 p.m. PST |
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| SHaT1984 | 03 Sep 2021 3:47 a.m. PST |
Coat looks a tad along the 'green' scale for their blue.
And um, I believe they wore bleu bonnets-de-police with red tassels and braid; not the white/linen depicted.
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| 4th Cuirassier | 03 Sep 2021 7:00 a.m. PST |
Are the white tape edges to the backpack correct? |
 deadhead  | 03 Sep 2021 9:58 a.m. PST |
The bonnet de police colour is indeed strange. Almost by default one would have expected blue. He is 54mm and does represent great painting skill, but there are other anomalies. He has two long service chevrons (15-20 years) but they seem to be in gold, not aurore. He is clearly not an NCO to judge by the plain fringed epaulettes and lower sleeve. |
| Tango01 | 03 Sep 2021 3:28 p.m. PST |
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| SHaT1984 | 04 Sep 2021 3:02 a.m. PST |
>>Are the white tape edges to the backpack correct? I've seen them depicted before, clearly a superior )and expensive) type of reinforcing. Now, did I see them in museums chez Paris, or depicted in drawings?
I'll have to look that up… >>but they seem to be in gold,
Indeed, though at least correct on scarlet cloth backing. But yes, I can't think of any 'rank' excuse thay would be gold. Since we're quibbling, I believe the bearskin plate should be copper, not brass, at least thats how I'd painted mine (twice in 45 years). There is missing gold however- no earring! d |
| deadhead | 04 Sep 2021 7:07 a.m. PST |
The brass plate on the bearskin bonnet. I too read "copper" years ago and painted my Hinchliffe figures thus. But every museum piece shows yellow metal and now I know why. Brass is an alloy of Copper and Zinc and I do remember somewhere reading that the French tended back then to call brass "cuivre" rather than "laiton"…ie "copper". No earring. Good shout that one! |
| COL Scott ret | 11 Sep 2021 1:47 p.m. PST |
On a personal note, I never allowed my Soldiers to rest any body parts on the muzzle. |
| Tango01 | 11 Sep 2021 3:25 p.m. PST |
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| dibble | 11 Sep 2021 10:35 p.m. PST |
On a personal note, I never allowed my Soldiers to rest any body parts on the muzzle. And no Artilleryman lean/slouch/sit on their gun (layer excluded and then, only on the layers seat). They are the colours. |
| SHaT1984 | 20 Oct 2021 6:31 p.m. PST |
>> They are the colours. Oh yes I got a "who put that horrible thing on my gun??" from the BSM one morning when I inadvertently placed a yellow backpack on the wheel of a 105mmH.
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