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Re: From Russian Dragoons to French III républic "Hussards ou Chasseurs"

Wow i think we will have much convertability discusion with teh advent of Strelets RTW range figures, and i mean that in a very positive way.

Yes what a breath of fresh air it is. Opens more doors in our hobby. Also we should think about other figures suitability coming back as well as forward in time.

OR WWI EARLY BELGIUM CAVALRY

Look at Osprey Ment at arms 452 plate c "trooper, 1st chasseurs à cheval".
the Belgian cavalry does not exist in 1 / 72, we will finally be filled oppose the German cavalry skirmishes for the beginning of the 1st World War.

Re: OR WWI EARLY BELGIUM CAVALRY

Here is a Belgian Chasseur à Cheval, 1914. The basic uniform style was standard for all cavalry (Chasseurs, Lancers, and Guides), differing only in colour. After a few weeks, even the different types of headgear were abandoned, all troops wearing the sidecap.

WWI EARLY BELGIUM CAVALRY

The masters for this set look like they are based on your pic, Warwick Hunt.

And I wonder if this is a good time to mention Human evolution. One of the distinctive features of Homo sapiens is their aprognathic face.

Re: WWI EARLY BELGIUM CAVALRY

There's never a bad time to discuss aprognathism. This chasseur appears in several other pictures in the series, mounted and dismounted, and seems to have been something of a poseur. It might be justifiable martial pride; then again he might suspect that he is a bit of a handsome devil, and he probably has a point. He certainly strikes a rather more flamboyant pose than the majority of his comrades. Either way, he seems to have enjoyed having his picture taken.

One wonders what became of him.