Completed 150mm Chasseurs à Cheval en petite tenue

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MCPWilk

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There are plenty of models of the Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde in pelisse and dolman. The tailcoat was ubiquitous as a day to day as well as undress uniform across many corps and regiments in Napoleon's army, so I thought that I would model the uniform with a number of different headresses to suit different orders of dress and line as well as Guard regiments. The aim is to produce a range of similarly posed figures for Victory Miniatures with the aim of showing off the different uniform options. I have modelled breeches with the option of both the Austrian knot and chevrons. The options should include officers and a trumpeter in a pale blue uniform as well:

Colpack:
WIP Colpack, front view.jpg
WIP Colpack, rear view.jpg


Bicorne:
WIP bicorne, front view.jpg


Shako (1st Line Regiment):
WIP shako, front view.jpg


There is obviously more work to be done, but as a walking out uniform the left shoulder requires an epaulette and the medical officer a trefoil knot. The latter is unusual in that the 'plastron', collar, cuffs and lace are maroon and the collar and cuffs have gold lace and 'leaves'.

Happy modelling,

Mike
 
I agree it would make a nice bust but I feel fhe scale is a bit small for this option.

Nice piece of sculpting and I like the multi uniform choice.

Bill
150mm equates to roughly 6 inches or 1/12 scale. There are lots of busts available in this scale, for example, those produced by FeR.
I must admit they would be too small for my eyes and shaky hands!
 
Liking the details on the breeches

Certainly be interested if they are similar to the FeR busts

Just a thought ....a variation on the head facial hair perhaps ?

Nap
 
The lace and belt are made out of pewter sheet. 0.5mm solder wire was used for the Austrian knot and S buckle and 0.3mm solder wire for the fine 'scroll; work lace. Shep Paine recommended different diameters of solder wire in his diorama book for the pipe work on model aircraft engines (https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Build-Dioramas-How-do/dp/1853108391), and I now have a number of thicknesses for figure detailling.

Mike
 
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The solder wire certainly beats trying to use rolled out Magicsculpt. What do you use to hold it in place?

Cheers Simon
 
What do you use to hold it in place?

Superglue applied via the tip of a ball point or quilting pin (https://www.craftsy.com/post/types-of-sewing-pins/) which can be used to spread the glue between the solder and underlying limb/torso etc. Standard pins make good buttons, althought Plasticard buttons can be made using the smallest punch on a leather hole punch.

Mike
 
Superglue applied via the tip of a ball point or quilting pin (https://www.craftsy.com/post/types-of-sewing-pins/) which can be used to spread the glue between the solder and underlying limb/torso etc. Standard pins make good buttons, althought Plasticard buttons can be made using the smallest punch on a leather hole punch.

Mike

Cheers for that, I have used PVA glue up to now, going to have to try the superglue which I have shied away from where possible. I have stated using a punch and die for buttons, at 1/30 pin heads are too big.

Cheers Simon
 
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