Hussard of the Guard France, 1810 54mm metal kit by OlimpYa Models

[Vallo]

Hi to all modellers.
A NEW RELEASE OlimpYa Models figure 54mm metal kit.
NEW RELEASE! GREAT FIGURE!

Hussard of the Guard – France, 1810​

box art by Marino Di Roberto
OlimpYa Models product. Metal Kit figure - 54mm. FRV-053
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[Oda]

A very handsome hussar.

Oda.

 

[Nap]

Nice to see another release , napoleonic = popular choice and as Oda says ....dashing as well

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[Vallo]

A very handsome hussar.

Oda.

Thanks Oda. Always happy about your compliments!

 

[Vallo]

Nice to see another release , napoleonic = popular choice and as Oda says ....dashing as well

Thanks for sharing

Nap

A little Napoleonic figure is never enough

 

[Tecumsea]

I haven't seen this uniform colour combination for Hussar or Chasseur and can't find a suitable colour reference to it.

Can you oblige with one Vallo.

The different pose sets this out from the pack.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

I haven't seen this uniform colour combination for Hussar or Chasseur and can't find a suitable colour reference.

You don't need to search either, because there were no "guard hussars" in the French army in 1810. The chasseurs à cheval looked like the hussars, but only if they wore parade uniforms.

But for such a chasseurs, the colors of the painting literally back and front are not right

 

[Tecumsea]

Much as l expected Martin but l am always happy to be surprised with something new! Not this time it seems.

 

[The Riveteer]

Truly bizarre. If you reverse the colours entirely it could be an elite company 8th hussars, but all the same???

David

 

[NigelR]

From the sabretache (there appears to be an emblem on it rather than a number) this looks like it is meant to be a Chasseur of the Guard. According to Paul Dawson's excellent book on Napoleon's Guard cavalry, from 1808 the Guard Chasseurs wore green trousers reinforced with leather when on campaign. But if it is a Guard Chasseur, then the figure is painted incorrectly because the lace on the pelisse would be aurore (orangey-yellow), not green. It's also odd that the figure is wearing a plain waistcoat, because the Chasseurs would have worn a braided "gilet tressé". But maybe the rigours of campaign meant this figure replaced it with something simpler.......

Also, it appears this figure has gold edging to the bag on the colback, which would be incorrect for a trooper (which this figure is), it would also be aurore. But maybe the photo is deceiving....