Poste Militaire Conversion

[gordy]

Originally posted by Dani A.@Jan 23 2004, 01:26 PM
There are more photos, and a full article, in English, here:

http://www.losomatent.org/home.html (go to articles and then to "Enter the Dragoon". And take a look at the rest of the site... there are some more English contents).

Dani

Gorgeous, work

Very nice work on the hardware and weaponry

 

[gordy]

Originally posted by Dani A.@Jan 23 2004, 01:26 PM
There are more photos, and a full article, in English, here:

http://www.losomatent.org/home.html (go to articles and then to "Enter the Dragoon". And take a look at the rest of the site... there are some more English contents).

Dani

Gorgeous, work

Very nice work on the hardware and weaponry

 

[Guy]

I have been asked by Johan and Dani to post these photos and the link.

http://webpages.charter.net/stronachs/files/plates.zip

 

[Guy]

I have been asked by Johan and Dani to post these photos and the link.

http://webpages.charter.net/stronachs/files/plates.zip

 

[Guy]

This is the second plate to be posted.

Guy

 

[Guy]

This is the second plate to be posted.

Guy

 

[Johan]

Just a quick note here: These were done in 1807 by a German illustrator, he is presumed to really have seen these uniforms, and he did paintings of all the types of French soldiers of The Grande Armee he saw - this is the so called Otto manuscript.... some details are so weird that he cannot have imagined them, he must have really seen them himself.

So this is generally considered a first hand pictorial source for Napoleonic uniforms.


Dani, have you noticed that the officer has a Legion d'Honneur medal on his coat, just visible under the shoulder belt? Most Imperial guard officers would indeed have been members of the Legion d'Honneur too I guess...

Good luck with the figure!!!

 

[Johan]

Just a quick note here: These were done in 1807 by a German illustrator, he is presumed to really have seen these uniforms, and he did paintings of all the types of French soldiers of The Grande Armee he saw - this is the so called Otto manuscript.... some details are so weird that he cannot have imagined them, he must have really seen them himself.

So this is generally considered a first hand pictorial source for Napoleonic uniforms.


Dani, have you noticed that the officer has a Legion d'Honneur medal on his coat, just visible under the shoulder belt? Most Imperial guard officers would indeed have been members of the Legion d'Honneur too I guess...

Good luck with the figure!!!

 

[Dani A.]

A Légion d'Honneur... mmmmh, that IS a good suggestion indeed!

Thanks for your interest!

 

[Dani A.]

A Légion d'Honneur... mmmmh, that IS a good suggestion indeed!

Thanks for your interest!