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Hi Steve, The ornaments on the turnbacks of the French Line Infantry were standardized as grenades for Grenadiers, horns for Voltigeurs, but for the fusiliers were various, depending on the period and the regiment. So we can have the "N", the regimental number, hearts, and...nothing. If you say...

Hei, T50, Rock band or heavy metal band? I know a man named Keith Richards with a Telecaster, or a young guitarist named Jimi...Jimi...Jimi, ooh yes Hendrix, with a Strato burning in his hands, do you call him a churchman? It's not only question of sound, but of neck and fingerboard too

Hi to all, For Dan Morton: Since the rock is with us, and the rocking bands too, the question is always (or the question has been, actually we have someting new at high quality): Gibson or Fender for guitar, Marshall or Fender for amplifiers? Except bass guitars (Gibson never produced basses...

Hello Vlad, Original and amusing! But I can't hear well, please add something Best wishes Marcello

Hi Roger, This is not my cup of tea, but an helm like this, without the wings, can be the right one. Best regards Marcello

Hi John, You can also paint a thin gold line along the seam, the "chef d'escadron" sculpted by MAB is dressed very elegant. Remember the red of the breeches must be crimson, the facing colour of the 12th was crimson red, not scarlet as seems on the box. And the green of the jacket is deeper...

Hi Periklis, For these figures I don't know exactly, because they are not still listed in the Masterclass site, but their 54mm figures normally cost 28,50 €uros, then a couple of men I think perhaps a little more than 50... Best regards M

Hello, Referring to the Naples' figure it's better to explain he is a NCO escorting the main standard bearer. These men (a couple of NCO), armed with halberd, as in the French Army, were charged to escort the standard bearer and to hold the flag if the main officer was blessed or killed during...

Hi to all, Owing to my age, I 'm seeing many figures from the 70's, when I began to collect soldiers (and paint Historex). When the actual "ronde bosse" figures born, in the 40's, after the older flat figures, the common scale used was 54mm, so 1/32, measured at the front of the head, any cap...

Hello Dave, There is the italian firm MUSSINI, selling 2 sets of heads in 1/32, bare heads, or haired in various styles, among them also one piece with tipical features of a colored man. Once they were the preferred by our friend Ivo Preda. Here the link...

Bonjour Jean Paul, C'est toujours triste perdre un ami, a cause d'un accident ou d'un geste ainsi tragique c'est le pire. On n'a pas aucune possibilité de lui aider. Mais la vie continue, malgré tout... Félicitations pour ta peinture, bonne chance pour Montrouge, le visage de l'Anglais me...

It's really incredible, I'm going to throw out of the window my pencils and brushes!!! M

Hello to all, Yes, it's really right, even if a good drawer, Vuksic made some mistakes on his drawings, or following bad sources, or using a little his fantasy on some details. But he remembers me some sculptors or painters working on all times of history. May they have the knowledge of all...

Hello Sikander, Thanks for the link. I knew already Vuksic, he drawn some images for the italian magazine "Soldatini". He is a good drawer and not only for Napoleonics, I remember some ACW figures (as the 1st Virgina cavalry that Dani was looking for in this site), then some Austro Hungary...

Hi Xenofon, Thanks, this is a good way to enjoy myself, I hope my passion for napoleonic uniforms can help anyone in painting these colourful soldiers. Best wishes Marcello

Hi Barry, When Napoleon calls, I am. Here I put two drums, one reprised from Rousselot's table, anothe one in real photo. I think they are enough clear to copy cords. For your drummer, forget the tricolour triangles, the bands on the top and the bottom of your drum were simply blue. Best...

Hi Erwin, I found a French site with many interesting photos, but it's no allowed to copy with mouse. You can see this http://photoww2.skyblog.com/photo.html?pics/416836010.jpg&Parachutiste I think You can make another one, writing for example Caen 25 km. Or this one is a roadsign at the...

Hi Rod, Thanks for the image, but this is uncorrect for me. From who is it the drawing? You probably don't say how many paintings, contemporary to the nap period, contain mistakes, and they were made at that time...Often drawings are copied by a mistaken source, so repeat the original mistake...

Ciao Mariano, Almeno qui ti leggo...E' un parente lontano di Murat? LOL !!! Ciao, buon proseguimento... M

Hi again Rod, Here a tipical lot of items carried by G.Grenadiers (or other infantry soldiers) on the haversack. I don't know the scale of your figure, but if it's a 54mm, all these items, or most of all, are available among Historex spare parts. Good job M