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Re: The Strelets Christmas list

I am missing more the next WSS infantry sets: the austrians and bavarians - and hopefully soon austrians firing+attacking too. I will cheer the older WSS dragoon-sets and the russian napoleonic jaegers in the next delivery batch.

It´s a fact, that the infantry was the main army body. and not quite rare horse guards. So I am missing still some more new infantry sets than cavalry in 2022.

And I think besides all WW2 desert troops some marching WW2-or WW1-sets would been wonderful for many collectors and diorama builders. Marching sets with a great variety of poses like the old Preiser ones which are unfortunatly not any more avaible.

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You're of course right, the Elite cavalry was not the main force on any battlefield - they're just very nice to paint and look at :slightly_smiling_face:
The Cuirassiers however were a very important force and they are very difficult to obtain through conversions, while infantry of the period - except for grenadiers - looked very similar (uniform colors aside), so you can use almost any set and paint it as the army/nation you like (My Bavarians, Danes and Dutch are Zvezda GNW Russians).

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Flambeau
You're of course right, the Elite cavalry was not the main force on any battlefield - they're just very nice to paint and look at :slightly_smiling_face:
The Cuirassiers however were a very important force and they are very difficult to obtain through conversions, while infantry of the period - except for grenadiers - looked very similar (uniform colors aside), so you can use almost any set and paint it as the army/nation you like (My Bavarians, Danes and Dutch are Zvezda GNW Russians).
Flambeau, I agree with you that these cavalry sets are very nice to paint - and the cuirassiers too.

I disagree with the simple reuse of Zvezda infantry sets for the dutch or austrians. Theirs hats and also theirs coats were quite different - especially the dutch ones which were using older hats before 1700 which would been wonderful suitable for the first succession wars of Louis XIV.

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Flambeau
You\'re of course right, the Elite cavalry was not the main force on any battlefield - they\'re just very nice to paint and look at :slightly_smiling_face:
The Cuirassiers however were a very important force and they are very difficult to obtain through conversions, while infantry of the period - except for grenadiers - looked very similar (uniform colors aside), so you can use almost any set and paint it as the army/nation you like (My Bavarians, Danes and Dutch are Zvezda GNW Russians).


Agreed, converting these figures takes time. BUT....the WoSS range has already provided figures which we could have dreamt about even 5 years ago. If we add in the Zvezda GNW range of figures (and these cuirassiers are based on those) then we have a tremendous resource for the early C18th European wars. The forthcoming Strelets releases simply add to this.

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#Minuteman
Where did you get the helmets from? Waterloo 1815 Ironsides?

#Sansovino
You're probably right about the hats, at the beginning of the war not all units were wearing the tricorne as we have come to know it. Perhaps Mars Saxon Army set comes closer to the real thing. At the time of Malplaquet however the tricorne was probably fairly common.
As to the uniform proper, with the exception of Hanoverians and Prussians who might have sported turnbacks, the coat was fairly generic (disregarding pocket arrangement), at least judging by contemporary pictures. The haircut might have varied. British troops are usually shown wearing their hair very short.

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Flambeau
#Minuteman
Where did you get the helmets from? Waterloo 1815 Ironsides?

Thanks James. These Bavarian Cuirassiers (Regiment of Costa) became a bit of a 'labour of love' earlier in the year: I started them about 2 months before Strelets previewed their glorious Austrian Cuirassier set...and having started I had to finish them. It took a while though.

Flambeau: The heads are by Tumbling Dice (1/72 metal ECW Cavalry Heads set...most are 'lobster pots' or burgonet-style, circa 1640 vintage, but capable of becoming early 18th century 'zischarge' style; but the fiddly bit is adding the nose guard!! The horses and cavalrymen bodies are mainly Zvezda GNW Swedish cavalry (plus some Italeri 1806 Prussian cuirassier horses with added pistol holsters). The Zvezda figures need a little carving to form the impression of body armour, and Milliput (or green stuff) full coats as the Zvezda Swedes have turned-back coats. Fitting metal heads to plastic bodies requires an internal wire spigot (drilled into the figure's neck, and careful application of 5 minute epoxy. All in all a case of 1/72 surgery.

Buying boxes of the Strelets Austrian Cuirassiers when they come out will be a whole lot easier!!

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Wow, those are fabulous conversions Mark.

Great. We have a back-up plan in the unlikely eventuality that 257 Austrian Cuirassiers is not forthcoming; you go into commercial production and take orders!! :grinning:

An amazing part of the early 18th century armies to me is the near equality of foot and horse (sometimes more of the latter), so we 'need' both. I'm not certain whether 260 Austrian Infantry on the March is in the release. It was not in the list from my supplier, but is on Hannants, so I chucked a few on the order, for justin'.

If not, better save up big time for the next release with likely Austrian and Dutch cuirassiers, Austrian and Imperial (nominally Bavarian) infantry, not to mention the German field kitchen and, of course, more Russian Napoleonic infantry that I just know Strelets will be producing! [Plus, goodness knows what other beauties they have planned...]

Oh dear, I am intending to be slowing down the collecting...

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Fabulous work indeed on those cuirassiers! But there's an easier way to go commercial with these: Look for someone with a 3D Printer, copy, paste, voila, you're in business! :relaxed: