Readers of Stryker's magnificent blog will know that I was in the UK recently, complete with a corps expéditionnaire français. Tales of their doings will follow in future posts.
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| The CEF on foreign soil. |
Pictured below are the first batch. These are intended to be Hanoverian militia, which I've been threatening to do for a while.
The original figures are all vintage Hinton Hunts. From left to right they are:
BN 177: British infantry 1801-11, marching, with hair shortened, added trousers and added shako cords;
BN 94: British Light Infantry, firing, with shoulder wings removed and added shako cords; and
BN 93: British Light Infantry, charging, also with shoulder wings removed and added shako cords.
It is the modern fashion, I know, to depict Hanoverian militiamen in soft field caps, but I've always preferred the old-fashioned view that they got about in stovepipe shakos bedecked with shako cords.
The shako cords were exceptionally tricky to do. I only succeeded when I managed to get hold of some very thin 0.2mm lead wire (they sell it in fishing shops!). It is pretty soft stuff, however, and may fail when it comes to the mould making. We'll see how we go.
Yours, as always
WM
