Finally another sporadic blog update 😁
I've been finishing up more stuff for The Silver Bayonet.
So to start i finally found a miniature to use for a Heavy cavalryman. The base figure is Lord Byron from Matchlock Miniatures,The Regency Zombie Hunters range sold by Minifigs/Caliver Books.
I added some cuffs, turnbacks & widened the front of the coat, tweaked the waist coat to look more like a military fatigue jacket & added a sash
I then made a sword scabbard from some flattened copper wire with fittings, straps, links & sword knot made from greenstuff/brownstuff & fuse wire.
Here's the pictures of the Heavy Cavalryman
I wanted to add a Highwayman to the Unit, so I bought the pack of Beedles & Watchmen from the Irish Uprising range sold by Skytrex Military Models.
There's three figures to a pack with separate heads, I already had a use for 2 of the miniatures.
I used a bare head that i had kicking about & made a battered top hat & neckerchief mask from greenstuff to make him look like what I imagined a Highwayman to be like.
I also used the figure with the Blunderbuss as a Coachman, I just used the standard figure for this without any modifications.
Finally, I picked up the issue of Wargames Illustrated with the free sprue of Plastic Warlord Games French Napoleonic Infantry.
First of all I cut off the muskets, I liked the look of the figures with the arm still across the chest, as if it was muscle memory from marching with the muskets.
Next I cut off the head from the Shako, gluing on a Zombie head from the old Studio miniatures WW2 german Zombies.
I also added an arm to one the figures to make it look like it was carrying & eating it as it was walking along.
Cheers