Hello Planeteers,
I am working on a figure i received from Front rank a couple of weeks ago, it is a mounted continental officer waving his hat.
I have a pending to receive order of 3 other mounted figures and realized i have order this figure again, so, problem solved and conberting this continental to a Commisaire de guerre ( war Commissar).
They were not an active fighting force but they were in charge of supervicing and enforcing the king's will on the battlefield.
Their uniform.was somewhat "antique" compare to the newer tight fit wear of the newer regulations.
The coat was of a blue-grey color with scarlet cuffs, vest and troussers.
The lace was gold all around.

And this is the original figure,
On the conversion, the Commisaire will be handing orders to an artillery officer.
I already clipped off his right arm and place it in a lowered position .

Glad you are on board with the Lace mate, cause i do not look forward to that hahah, very challenging.
Regards

Final pose fixed on the arm and lace on the pockets and buttons.

Thanks Kev

I primed the figure with the usual self etchimg primer .
I lay the base color using those 3 paint bottles to achieve the grey -blue coat.
For the red on the vest and pant i've use vallejo game gory red, for the cuffs i've used vallejo flat red.

Very nice conversion.Your historical knowledge on your chosen subject never seizes to fascinate me!

Oda.

Thank you so much for your comment Oda.
All the best

I have finished the coat , just few touch ups here and there maybe but virtually done.
Next step is the reds....
As for the lace, still some more details to work on

Thanks Kev, the lace work it is a painstaking job.
I am not familiar with NMM :-(

Coming along great and looking good!
Phil

Thanks Phil !!

Lace work done, i have brushed some mix of sepia wash with yellow ink on the lace, fixed some stuff and worked pretty much done on the reds.
Next are will be the hat and face..

Thankss Kev, yes, i want to see mor econtrast on the red as well.
Will hit it when i get home from work.
Thanks for your input mate ;-)