Dear Planeteers,

I have reached a major step of my new project: a Bavarian officer of the 3rd Regiment Chevauleger "Kronprinz". Head and helmet (a "Kasket") are done - more or less.

It's a lovely simple bust by Legion Miniatures (1/9 scale). The casting is flawless.

I am by no means an expert in Bavarian uniforms of the 19th century. After some research, however, I added a neck guard to the helmet and the metal trim to the visor.

Let me know, what you think.
Regards from Berlin


Sven

Excellent job so far
Marc

Excellent painting , love the detail on the face. 1st class winner look forward to seeing him finished.


Barrie(Newbee)

Lovely work Sven, he looks super, I shall be following this.

Cheers
Geoff

You have presented a good start in this great bust, go ahead.
Santi.

Nice start Sven. Great detail on the face on what looks to be a super piece from Legion Miniatures.

Neal

Very, very nice. I’ve picked-up a few hints from looking at this work, thank you.

Jeff

Marc, Santi, Neal, and Jeff - thank you so much.

Nap, thank you too for your kind comment. Shame on me, but I missed your (excellent) review.
With regard to the neck guard, I shall refer to Osprey - Men at Arms 106 - Napoleon's German Allies (4) - Bavaria.
I would not be surprised if they used both types - with and without the rear addition.
There are some more great pictures on the net of a surviving later model helmet with a pronounced rear addition.
The black leather is painted with a mix of black and yellow tone (all Andrea acrylics).
The fur center piece is painted black and brown, and the feather white with a variety of washes (dust, grey, and blue).

Happy bench time.
Sven

Great start on this, Sven! Looking forward to seeing your progress on this.

Kurt