The figures are Revell SYW Austrian artillery with head swaps from the HaT Austrian Chevaulegers.
The similarity between the Austrian casquet and the British Belgic Shako are quite striking.
27/11/2020
Austrian Pioneers for the Seven Years War
It's a bit unclear which unit I have represented as Project SYW says they are the Pioneer Korps, the text in my Osprey book says they are Pioneers, but the illustration says they are Sappeurs. I'm going to call them Pioneers.
The figures are Revell SYW Austrian artillery with head swaps from the HaT Austrian Chevaulegers.
The similarity between the Austrian casquet and the British Belgic Shako are quite striking.
The figures are Revell SYW Austrian artillery with head swaps from the HaT Austrian Chevaulegers.
The similarity between the Austrian casquet and the British Belgic Shako are quite striking.
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I am sure you are an inspiration to those of us who use plastic figures Will. You must have used many boxes of Chevauleger! Your output is so great that I wonder if you have time for gaming. Best wishes. Jim
Wonderfully done vignettes there!
Best Regards,
Stokes
A great idea for conversion. Austrian Genie units are a challenge - at least the names:-)
The casquets from the Austrians are very close to the British Belgian shako. But I think the story goes like this : the Portuguese army uniforms plan of 1806 is based on the one from Austria, mostly, but less the metal shako. The Portuguese Barretina of 1806 may have found influence on the shako you portrayed on your Austrian pioneers. Later in 1812 the British left aside his stovepipe shakoes and copied the Portuguese Barretina. We did the opposite and started to use the stovepipe. :)
The conversions are looking excellent. Unfortunately I don't know how the workers of the Austrian army were looking in the WPS or WAS.
Great work!
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