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Thursday 17 June 2021

Horse Grenadier Trumpeter

This is my trumpeter conversion for the Horse Grenadiers of the Guard. The horses’ legs have again been modified to provide greater height and the trumpet has been added in my usual way.

The figure is DK 46/1 Guard Grenadier-a Cheval which of course is pretty much a straight copy of Hinton Hunt FN/56 Horse Grenadier of the Guard (mounted) charging.

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20 comments:

  1. Anonymous18 June 2021 at 00:07

    Very nice. I like the blue.

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  2. David18 June 2021 at 00:13

    I have a few of these DKs hanging around for my Old Guard expansion. Thanks for showing me the way to handle them. I plan to shamelessly copy your height manipulation of these (if I ever am able to get to them...).

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  3. Wellington Man18 June 2021 at 06:09

    He is fab, Ian!

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  4. Rob18 June 2021 at 07:32

    A GáC trumpeter blowing the charge - that'll put the willies up the Holy Alliance.
    That's a nice shade of blue - what's the code?

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  5. Stryker18 June 2021 at 08:30

    Thanks anon it is a very nice shade of blue.

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  6. Stryker18 June 2021 at 08:31

    David, I think it was definitely worth the effort to give them that extra bit of height otherwise I don’t think it would have worked mixing them with the HH ones!

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  7. Stryker18 June 2021 at 08:32

    Thanks WM!

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  8. Stryker18 June 2021 at 08:35

    Rob, it is Foundry 73B Bavarian blue.

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  9. KEV. Robertson.18 June 2021 at 11:19

    Very nice Trumpeter IAN- well done as always. Cheers. KEV.

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  10. Stryker18 June 2021 at 14:50

    Thanks Kev!

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  11. Aly Morrison19 June 2021 at 15:22

    Very nice indeed…
    It’s a lovely pretty uniform… one of my(many) favourites.

    All the best. Aly

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  12. Stryker19 June 2021 at 17:22

    Cheers Aly!

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  13. 'Lee.20 June 2021 at 15:52

    What an amazingly colourful figure he is too.

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  14. Matt20 June 2021 at 21:37

    Very dapper looking fellow!

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  15. James Fisher24 June 2021 at 08:07

    It's a lovely uniform that sky blue with the aurore facings and you have done him a treat Ian.
    Regards, James
    p.s. I always think it's a shame that the white bearskin was not what they wore. An incorrect representation that I wish no-one had corrected!

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  16. Stryker24 June 2021 at 08:51

    Lee, yes I took some time choosing a blue I thought looked right - happy with the result.

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  17. Stryker24 June 2021 at 08:52

    Thanks Matt!

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  18. Stryker24 June 2021 at 08:53

    James, I nearly painted the bearskin white as that would have been more old school but decided on black as that was what my uniform books were showing.

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  19. Rob26 June 2021 at 16:32

    I hadn't noticed the absence of the white bearskin - when was it debunked and on what evidence? I'm not sure that I won't go with it anyway just because of what for me is the classic GáC image at link:
    https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/-Colonel-Lepic-at-Eylau-with-Grenadiers-/573438FC1C754FB7
    There's nothing authentic about my toy armies!

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  20. Stryker28 June 2021 at 14:39

    Rob, I'm not sure about the debunking it's just that all my references show it as black!

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