Starting with a vintage casting of FN/102 Cuirassier trooper (mounted) charging I removed the sword (not too terrible as this was a stubby one) and bent his arm into a suitable position.
Next I super-glued a small length of wire to his mouth, hand and my fingers – doh! The trumpet was then built up using Green Stuff which was tricky, mainly because my Green Stuff is well past its best having dried out somewhat.
I also carefully carved away at the figure to remove his cartridge box and carbine and filed down a few bumpy bits to remove his cuirass. I forgot however to remove his epaulets which I should have done according to my Osprey.
So I’m pretty pleased with this one and I may now be asking for a soldering iron for Christmas – who knows what might happen then?
10 comments:
Nice conversion ! , Tony
Very nice Conversion- fine work. KEV.
Thanks for the comments - I really had fun doing this one!
Good conversion work
Cheers Allan!
Good conversion, look forward to seeing all the cuirassiers en masse.
Paul
Hi Paul - me too. The game has been pushed back to the end of November so I'm hoping that my Cuirassiers will be ready in time to join Roy's host!
Top job! Well done
Good man. He looks great.
Thank you kindly good sirs!
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