While at times it seemed these guys were doomed to be a perpetual work in progress (WiP) they are finally finished. So, here's a quick lightbox session to show how they turned out.
Not the flashiest of the French hussar units when their red pelisses are not in view, but from some angles they're pretty enough.
As always, the command group and elite company are the showiest (is that a word?): as can be seen from the front ...
... the right profile ...
... and the left profile.
The trumpeter is a conversion of an elite company hussar resting his carbine on his thigh. The modifications included a head swap (from a Garrison French hussar) and a hand grasping a trumpet from Newline Designs trumpeter (I forget exactly what type of cavalry figure).
The officer figure was also made from same figure as the trumpeter but he kept his colpack, just having the carbine removed from his right hand which was raised as though giving an order.
In my first WiP post on these guys I said I was going to fix a trooper's broken sword. In the end I decided I'd use a spare elite trooper and just do a head swap. This showed that the elite figure is a better casting and not identical to the line figure. The main difference is the carbine. As can be seen in the photo below, the carbine is longer and better modelled and rests under his arm (he's the figure on the left of the photo.
I am pleased with these but it will be a while before I paint more hussars, something a bit simpler being in preparation for my next unit.
The 4th Hussars will be reporting for duty in another post to follow.
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I thought I should own up that the number '4' on the sabretaches is a home-made decal. I had several attempts at painting it on and they were all rather disappointing.
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