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Blog posts : "francesco messori"

Ussaro della Guardia del Regno di Napoli

An other entry in the Neapolitan Staff sculpting group, here a Guard Hussar  which can also be used as Guide and as ADC of Murat,

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Colonel of the Lancers ready to cast

Finally my first horseman, this colonel of French Lancers, I will add 1 or 2 privates, a trumpet and a lieutenant , in he mean time i'm busy with the Neapolitan command staff, see here the progress.

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My first horse sculpt almost finished

My first horse sculpt will be the one of a Lancers Officer, which head I've already done , although the anatomy is not super perfect, and the front legs are a bit shorter i'm quite satisfied of the result, see the progress in the sculpt page.

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French Lancer conversion

Here a conversion of a French lancer, i used the Italeri French Dragoons main body and i made the details with greenstuff i will sculpt the officer and i will cast them.

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Austrian Jagers Conversion

I finally made a long time desired conversion: The "Grey Devils", one of the best light infantry units of the Napoleonic Era, about them General de Ligne wrote: "You should not tell a recruit: 'I will make you into a jager !' You must instead take them from the forests. They know how to perch on a rock, how to conceal themselves in one of those fissures which open in the ground after a great drought, or hide behind a mighty oak. They make their way slowly and softly, so as not to make any sound, and in a such a way they can creep up on a post and take it by surprise, or shoot down the enemy generals." The conversion went more simple than thought, with Hat Austrian Line Infantry,  cutting the shako and adding a paper brim which upturn on the left side. The powder horn and the ramrod of the rifle, optionally shorten the rifle  and add its belt. 



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