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Hi, all!

I'm trying to work through the backlog on my bench, including some of the toy soldiers. Here are a couple of figures I've finished, as I dig down through the layers.

It's a pair of hussars. First is a hussar from Warnery's regiment (Regt. 3):

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The figure was sold by Archiv-Verlag in their series on the Army of Frederick the Great. It's marked under the base as "Officer of the Ziethen-Hussars", but since he wears a cartridge pouch, he cannot be an officer. They didn't carry carbines, so they didn't carry cartridge pouches. Since the uniform details were otherwise similar between the two regiments, I painted him as a Warnery hussar. He has his Pelz buttoned like a jacket in cold weather.

I painted the other figure also as a hussar from Warnery's regiment, in a non-combat pose:

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The figure is from Rylit's catalog. He wears a LagermÃ¼tze (fatigue cap), though usually they were without the fur trim that is molded here. I can't find any reference that shows this variant, but it looked pretty cool, so I wasn't about to file it off.

And here is another photo, along with our friend the musketeer from the regiment of the Duke of Brunswick:

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Eventually I'll get around to building a diorama to display many of these figures, and these two will go together in that scene.

Thanks for looking, best regards,
Brad

<blockquote data-quote="the Baron" data-source="post: 180957" data-attributes="member: 75">Hi, all!I&#039;m trying to work through the backlog on my bench, including some of the toy soldiers.&nbsp; Here are a couple of figures I&#039;ve finished, as I dig down through the layers.It&#039;s a pair of hussars.&nbsp; First is a hussar from Warnery&#039;s regiment (Regt. 3):[ATTACH=full]67684[/ATTACH]The figure was sold by Archiv-Verlag in their series on the Army of Frederick the Great.&nbsp; It&#039;s marked under the base as &quot;Officer of the Ziethen-Hussars&quot;, but since he wears a cartridge pouch, he cannot be an officer.&nbsp; They didn&#039;t carry carbines, so they didn&#039;t carry cartridge pouches.&nbsp; Since the uniform details were otherwise similar between the two regiments, I painted him as a Warnery hussar.&nbsp; He has his Pelz buttoned like a jacket in cold weather.I painted the other figure also as a hussar from Warnery&#039;s regiment, in a non-combat pose:[ATTACH=full]67685[/ATTACH]The figure is from Rylit&#039;s catalog.&nbsp; He wears a LagermÃ¼tze (fatigue cap), though usually they were without the fur trim that is molded here.&nbsp; I can&#039;t find any reference that shows this variant, but it looked pretty cool, so I wasn&#039;t about to file it off.And here is another photo, along with our friend the musketeer from the regiment of the Duke of Brunswick:[ATTACH=full]67686[/ATTACH]Eventually I&#039;ll get around to building a diorama to display many of these figures, and these two will go together in that scene.Thanks for looking, best regards,Brad</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Baron, post: 180957, member: 75"] Hi, all! I'm trying to work through the backlog on my bench, including some of the toy soldiers. Here are a couple of figures I've finished, as I dig down through the layers. It's a pair of hussars. First is a hussar from Warnery's regiment (Regt. 3): [ATTACH=full]67684[/ATTACH] The figure was sold by Archiv-Verlag in their series on the Army of Frederick the Great. It's marked under the base as "Officer of the Ziethen-Hussars", but since he wears a cartridge pouch, he cannot be an officer. They didn't carry carbines, so they didn't carry cartridge pouches. Since the uniform details were otherwise similar between the two regiments, I painted him as a Warnery hussar. He has his [i]Pelz[/i] buttoned like a jacket in cold weather. I painted the other figure also as a hussar from Warnery's regiment, in a non-combat pose: [ATTACH=full]67685[/ATTACH] The figure is from Rylit's catalog. He wears a [i]LagermÃ¼tze[/i] (fatigue cap), though usually they were without the fur trim that is molded here. I can't find any reference that shows this variant, but it looked pretty cool, so I wasn't about to file it off. And here is another photo, along with our friend the musketeer from the regiment of the Duke of Brunswick: [ATTACH=full]67686[/ATTACH] Eventually I'll get around to building a diorama to display many of these figures, and these two will go together in that scene. Thanks for looking, best regards, Brad [/QUOTE]

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