After an awful day battling the Black Dog I finally got some peace through converting these 54mm French infantry in greatcoats to 1837 British infantry. The use of hand, eye, drill, knife and glue helped, as it has done before.I had one head left over and tried it on a Napoleonic British Life Guard figure to make an 1837 cavalryman. I know the plumes on the shako are not correct but after all these are toy soldiers so I am not bothered at all. I am looking forward to seeing how they paint up…
These splendid fellows arrived from Dorset Toy Soldiers recently. They have been assembled and prepared with an initial red added. At just under six pounds each they are not cheap but are splendid tin fellows . I picked up some bell topped shako cavalry heads at the same time. Need to think about potential conversions…
Meanwhile this blog’s American correspondent has been sourcing opposition figures in the form of Alamo defenders in plastic. They will form the core of the Patriots/Hunters force. I have also been thinking about steam paddle steamers in a smaller scale( probably scratch built) to add naval support, conflict and transportation. Still not clear where I am going with that idea..
Here’s a link to a Canadian tv series episode on 1837/38 amongst other things. I liked the way the battles were done-
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=69Gq2JykVbM
Many of you probably have seen this but it was new to me.
Picked these up recently for less than a pound a figure. They come with their factory paint job which will do for me very nicely. The top row might serve for 1838 but I am not certain. Any suggestions where to deploy them most welcome. The middle row( with another figure I have already) will make a unit for 1838 along with the Dorset 1830 marines I ordered making another. The bottom row will be added to my Albion army of the late nineteenth century.
As I mentioned yesterday this book was waiting for me on my return from Edinburgh. As I began to read it and look at the maps and illustrations I was aware this was an excellent purchase. Written by Donald E Graves, it reads well and is well written. Someone has recommended his 1812 books to me too but I haven’t read any yet. The pictures are very well chosen and will aid my wee 54mm project along very nicely indeed…
