tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7148285057281999389.post1408690024704369773..comments2023-06-09T12:51:07.226+01:00Comments on abc wargamers: Minifigs S range Russians conversionsABC Wargammershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14565259869932116259noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7148285057281999389.post-44979483042931912902017-12-17T14:02:11.362+00:002017-12-17T14:02:11.362+00:00Thanks for the information. Thanks for the information. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7148285057281999389.post-78995133381416574092017-12-16T16:21:09.213+00:002017-12-16T16:21:09.213+00:00Hi, they are originally from JC the FPW Silesian R...Hi, they are originally from JC the FPW Silesian Riflemen and Prussian Infantry have blanket roles so a head swap would work. The Bavarian Infantryman and the Wurtemburers also have blanket rolls but have shoulder rolls. All the figures have boots. Only the Saxons have a classic backpack with the blanket on top. All these figures have boots. Hope this helps.ABC Wargammershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14565259869932116259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7148285057281999389.post-20599288716068128142017-12-16T13:58:14.985+00:002017-12-16T13:58:14.985+00:00Did these figures come from JC? I'm looking fo...Did these figures come from JC? I'm looking for some with a blanket roll to fill out Prussian S Range Napoleonics and these may work with a new head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7148285057281999389.post-88612815468123397802017-12-15T19:41:57.895+00:002017-12-15T19:41:57.895+00:00Hi Ross
The Cossacks should be a bit of a doddle. ...Hi Ross<br />The Cossacks should be a bit of a doddle. Hussars head, without bag on the body of the existing CW cossacks, them 'roughed up' a bit with a scalpel. Thought about using a Hussas head minus the bag on a Russian CW gunner to make Cossack artillery in the past.ABC Wargammershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14565259869932116259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7148285057281999389.post-20307047597773326092017-12-15T15:07:00.075+00:002017-12-15T15:07:00.075+00:00Ah! I read that carelessly as painting it 'whi...Ah! I read that carelessly as painting it 'white', the khaki colour is good regardless of whether its a great coat or blanket.<br /><br />Hopefully there will be cossacks!Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7148285057281999389.post-15008454743971445842017-12-14T17:31:25.480+00:002017-12-14T17:31:25.480+00:00Hi Ross, you may be right that it is a greatcoat, ...Hi Ross, you may be right that it is a greatcoat, rather than a blanket as such. I used that as a sort of generic term. It is more a kahki colour in the illustration in the Osprey Book the same as the figure in white. The mounted cavalry figure in that Osprey illustration can be the Bavarian Light horse or similar from the FPW range with head swap for a peaked cap from a Saxon infantry figure.ABC Wargammershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14565259869932116259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7148285057281999389.post-90111169416299200622017-12-14T12:02:07.752+00:002017-12-14T12:02:07.752+00:00These are rather nice. There is something about th...These are rather nice. There is something about the Russo Turkish and all the remote Russian empire fighting against wild tribesmen in the mountains and desert that has a similar romantic air to the British Colonial stuff for those of us descended from the imperial side. <br /><br />Is that a blanket roll? I always thought that was a rolled greatcoat like the Victorian British sometimes used unlike the US blanket roll). (hence the brown colour, or in the British army of the time, dark grey/blue) .<br /><br /> RossRoss Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.com