Fifer 3rd Ligne (4)

A spare shako was added. This had an interesting history. Some years back, a penpal from Australia decided to send me all of his Historex spares as he wanted to focus on re-enactment and wargaming. This shako was one of the spares. I added a Historex eagle and sculpted the lower plate added from putty.

The Historex coat tails for standing figures are just awful looking. I decided to sculpt new coat tails from putty, rolling it out between two plastic sheets and letting it harden a little. I then trimmed two rectangular pieces about the size of the coat tails, folded them over to represent the turnbacks and shaped these pieces onto the figure, creating some natural drapery.