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Ahoy!
I've always likes James Howse's idea of Russian hats made from old style
tyres (see pics at http://www.ozbricks.net/grandmoffmclean/Brickingrad.htm).
(Historical note: the use of tyres as hats dates back to at least 1975.)
Nice hats, but not really in my prefered era or region. Recently, though, I
was surfing the net for some Napoleonic troop images and I came across a
reference to hussars with flamboyant uniforms and *huge* bearskin hats.
I tried using some of the larger tyres to make a hussar bearskin, but there
was no easy way to lock them down. So I thought, why use one tyre when two
will do... thus the 1st South Pacific Hussars were born. Check them out at
www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussars1.jpg
www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussars2.jpg
www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussar3.jpg
The double-tyre bearskins are assembled in the following order: minifig
head, tyre, 1 x 1 round flat (push down hard so the tyre flares slightly
over the top of the head), another 1x1 round flat, another tyre, another 1x1
round flat. (The top 1x1 round flat is red to simulate the ornamental 'busby
bag').
Only the top 1x1 round flat is visible when assembled, so you can get away
with using other colours inside... I finally made use of a lot of my
trans-orange 1x1 round flats.
How effective is a tyre bearskin? My daughter summed it up by asking "Daddy,
why do those men have tyres on their heads?"... and my wife managed to knock
a couple of bearskins off, but when she started looking for what she thought
were hats on the floor, was puzzled that she could only find tyres on the floor.
Perhaps using black 1x1 round flats on top would be better... the 1x1 flats
look just like the red hubs that LEGO used for a long time.
Exactly what the French Squadron will do with a unit of Hussars remains to
be seen. At the moment they spend their time drilling outside Port Brique as
well as charging up at down the main street at full gallop to impress the
ladies...
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> Ahoy!
>
> I've always likes James Howse's idea of Russian hats made from old style
> tyres (see pics at http://www.ozbricks.net/grandmoffmclean/Brickingrad.htm).
> (Historical note: the use of tyres as hats dates back to at least 1975.)
>
> Nice hats, but not really in my prefered era or region. Recently, though, I
> was surfing the net for some Napoleonic troop images and I came across a
> reference to hussars with flamboyant uniforms and *huge* bearskin hats.
>
> I tried using some of the larger tyres to make a hussar bearskin, but there
> was no easy way to lock them down. So I thought, why use one tyre when two
> will do... thus the 1st South Pacific Hussars were born. Check them out at
> www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussars1.jpg
> www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussars2.jpg
> www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussar3.jpg
Love these guys. With cloaks and epaulettes they strike just the right note
- their haughty self-assuredness comes through in the images as surely as
through the original oils.
I'm trying to work out what Port Block would be doing with a bunch of
Queen's Guards types (red torsos, black pants, gold epaulettes), so I can
justify having a squad at Port Block :-)
Nice work.
Richard
Still baldly going...
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> > thus the 1st South Pacific Hussars were born. Check them out at
> > www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussars1.jpg
> > www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussars2.jpg
> > www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussar3.jpg
>
> Love these guys. With cloaks and epaulettes they strike just the right note
> - their haughty self-assuredness comes through in the images as surely as
> through the original oils.
Head selection is important for hussars. I was careful to select only
moustachioed arrogant looking types. After all, they have to be pretty
self-assured to get around with hats like those.
> I'm trying to work out what Port Block would be doing with a bunch of
> Queen's Guards types (red torsos, black pants, gold epaulettes), so I can
> justify having a squad at Port Block :-)
Port Block is overdue for a royal visit, isn't it?
> Nice work.
Cheers
Richie
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Eeep!
I've been off the board too long -- I come back and the Hussars have arrived
-- in fine looking fashion no less! Well, nothing like quite like cavalry to
tip the scales in a boarding action...
Huh?
Well, a good disincentive for a landing against Port Brique! And I've now
got a hankering to toy with some bearskins for grenadier companies... or
maybe highlanders...
Once again, great work!
Kenneth Tam
In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> Ahoy!
>
> I've always likes James Howse's idea of Russian hats made from old style
> tyres (see pics at http://www.ozbricks.net/grandmoffmclean/Brickingrad.htm).
> (Historical note: the use of tyres as hats dates back to at least 1975.)
>
> Nice hats, but not really in my prefered era or region. Recently, though, I
> was surfing the net for some Napoleonic troop images and I came across a
> reference to hussars with flamboyant uniforms and *huge* bearskin hats.
>
> I tried using some of the larger tyres to make a hussar bearskin, but there
> was no easy way to lock them down. So I thought, why use one tyre when two
> will do... thus the 1st South Pacific Hussars were born. Check them out at
> www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussars1.jpg
> www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussars2.jpg
> www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/PortBrique/hussar3.jpg
>
> The double-tyre bearskins are assembled in the following order: minifig
> head, tyre, 1 x 1 round flat (push down hard so the tyre flares slightly
> over the top of the head), another 1x1 round flat, another tyre, another 1x1
> round flat. (The top 1x1 round flat is red to simulate the ornamental 'busby
> bag').
>
> Only the top 1x1 round flat is visible when assembled, so you can get away
> with using other colours inside... I finally made use of a lot of my
> trans-orange 1x1 round flats.
>
> How effective is a tyre bearskin? My daughter summed it up by asking "Daddy,
> why do those men have tyres on their heads?"... and my wife managed to knock
> a couple of bearskins off, but when she started looking for what she thought
> were hats on the floor, was puzzled that she could only find tyres on the floor.
>
> Perhaps using black 1x1 round flats on top would be better... the 1x1 flats
> look just like the red hubs that LEGO used for a long time.
>
> Exactly what the French Squadron will do with a unit of Hussars remains to
> be seen. At the moment they spend their time drilling outside Port Brique as
> well as charging up at down the main street at full gallop to impress the
> ladies...
>
> Cheers
>
> Richie Dulin
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In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam writes:
> Eeep!
>
> I've been off the board too long -- I come back and the Hussars have arrived
> -- in fine looking fashion no less! Well, nothing like quite like cavalry to
> tip the scales in a boarding action...
Actually there is.... Port Brique now has horse artillery. ;-)
http://www.lugnet.com/loc/au/~1285/PortBrique/GrandArmie
Why horse artillery? Because I had a few spare blue torsos, and a lot more of
those old tyres... and some superficial research showing horse artillerists
wearing large busbies.
> Huh?
>
> Well, a good disincentive for a landing against Port Brique! And I've now
> got a hankering to toy with some bearskins for grenadier companies... or
> maybe highlanders...
>
> Once again, great work!
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> http://www.lugnet.com/loc/au/~1285/PortBrique/GrandArmie
>
> Why horse artillery? Because I had a few spare blue torsos, and a lot more of
> those old tyres... and some superficial research showing horse artillerists
> wearing large busbies.
Magnifique!
I like the uniforms, the carriage, and the gun is wonderful - so simple, so
elegant, so, just so! Most excellent. I already have a half dozen red
Hussar types sitting on my monitor. Now its off to build some light field
pieces. i bet the out range and out accurate my clumsy ship cannon.
:-)
Richard
Still baldly going...
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> > http://www.lugnet.com/loc/au/~1285/PortBrique/GrandArmie
> >
> > Why horse artillery? Because I had a few spare blue torsos, and a lot more of
> > those old tyres... and some superficial research showing horse artillerists
> > wearing large busbies.
>
> Magnifique!
>
> I like the uniforms, the carriage, and the gun is wonderful - so simple, so
> elegant, so, just so! Most excellent.
The limber and the gun carriage both have an unusual five wide construction
- I wanted the limber to have side by side seating, and six wide just looked
too silly (as did building a wider seat *above* the wheels). I built the gun
carriage five wide as well, but on reflection, four wide would have been
adequate.
> I already have a half dozen red
> Hussar types sitting on my monitor.
It's fun finding a use for all those old tyres, isn't it? And once you take
the tyres off, those old wheels are ideal for ship's cannon.
> Now its off to build some light field
> pieces. i bet the out range and out accurate my clumsy ship cannon.
I'll look forward to seeing Port Bloc's efforts at the next STUDFest!
Cheers
Richie
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> Actually there is.... Port Brique now has horse artillery. ;-)
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/loc/au/~1285/PortBrique/GrandArmie
Oh good God! The French have just decided to send *all* their smartly
dressed horsemen to the Pacific, haven't they?
> Why horse artillery? Because I had a few spare blue torsos, and a lot more of
> those old tyres... and some superficial research showing horse artillerists
> wearing large busbies.
I spent last night trying various things with tire hats, and surprisingly,
Horse Artillery crossed my mind to... though the French were the only ones
to wore the bushbies... I need tarleton helmets -- which I unwisely never
got around to buying during Castle's run (off to the clearance section for
me) -- and then I get horse artillery... or light dragoons!
Still having a look at Grenadier bearskin shakos though... there must be a way!
And nice 8-pounder... hell, I'd venture its size to make it an 18-pounder --
a great seige gun, and then you'd have a reason for the Horse Artillery...
harass evildoers as they down the coast to Port Brique (and if they landed
Marines to capture the gun, you'd have cavalry there to stop them!).
Good stuff, once again!
Kenneth Tam
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In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam writes:
> > Actually there is.... Port Brique now has horse artillery. ;-)
> >
> > http://www.lugnet.com/loc/au/~1285/PortBrique/GrandArmie
>
> Oh good God! The French have just decided to send *all* their smartly
> dressed horsemen to the Pacific, haven't they?
Indeed. But the early 80's tyre stockpile has to run out sooner or later...
> > Why horse artillery? Because I had a few spare blue torsos, and a lot more of
> > those old tyres... and some superficial research showing horse artillerists
> > wearing large busbies.
>
> I spent last night trying various things with tire hats, and surprisingly,
> Horse Artillery crossed my mind to... though the French were the only ones
> to wore the bushbies... I need tarleton helmets -- which I unwisely never
> got around to buying during Castle's run (off to the clearance section for
> me) -- and then I get horse artillery... or light dragoons!
Dragoons, huh? Interesting you should mention dragoons....
>
> Still having a look at Grenadier bearskin shakos though... there must be a way!
>
> And nice 8-pounder... hell, I'd venture its size to make it an 18-pounder --
> a great seige gun,
I generally think of my ships' cannon as 18 pounders, and this is about half
the calibre....
But if the ships were upgraded to 24 pounders...
> and then you'd have a reason for the Horse Artillery...
> harass evildoers as they down the coast to Port Brique (and if they landed
> Marines to capture the gun, you'd have cavalry there to stop them!).
*Evil grin*
Cheers
Richie
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> Dragoons, huh? Interesting you should mention dragoons....
Yes, isn't it... BWA HA HAH HA HAH AH HAH AHAH AH HAH AHAA HA!
*cough*
Well, in the tradition of everything that's good and British, the Admiralty
(and more precisely, Horse Guards) have decided to steal ideas from their
Republican friends across the channel...
That is to say, we're still waiting on some bearskin-wearing infantry, but
we've made up for the loss by assigning a troop of 4th Dragoons to help
protect the new port at Brickley's Cove, Newfoundland, from the landings of
privateers that ravage it (until the little fort can be finished and such)...
And they will doubtless remain, despite the fact that Newfoundland is
horrible horse country...
Here we are: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=26135
Note the green facings (thank you Photoshop) and the smart-looking
tarletons! And unlike Hussars, these chaps are proper noble snobs --
youngest sons of Lords and the like, looking for glory, getting fashionably
drunk and running up fashionable debts...
Can't wait to have a few tavern brawls between them and the locals... or the
regular redcoats... oooooooooh...
> > and then you'd have a reason for the Horse Artillery...
> > harass evildoers as they down the coast to Port Brique (and if they landed
> > Marines to capture the gun, you'd have cavalry there to stop them!).
>
> *Evil grin*
Somehow I'm glad to be an ocean away. Quite glad.
; )
Kenneth Tam
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In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam writes:
> > Dragoons, huh? Interesting you should mention dragoons....
>
> Yes, isn't it... BWA HA HAH HA HAH AH HAH AHAH AH HAH AHAA HA!
>
> *cough*
>
> Well, in the tradition of everything that's good and British, the Admiralty
> (and more precisely, Horse Guards) have decided to steal ideas from their
> Republican friends across the channel...
>
> That is to say, we're still waiting on some bearskin-wearing infantry, but
> we've made up for the loss by assigning a troop of 4th Dragoons to help
> protect the new port at Brickley's Cove, Newfoundland, from the landings of
> privateers that ravage it (until the little fort can be finished and such)...
>
> And they will doubtless remain, despite the fact that Newfoundland is
> horrible horse country...
That's the point of dragoons, isn't it?.... That they can get off and walk
if they need too.
>
> Here we are: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=26135
Aghh! It's not moderated yet!
> Note the green facings (thank you Photoshop) and the smart-looking
> tarletons!
Sounds great. Oh for a deep link to a pic... but I guess I can wait.
> And unlike Hussars, these chaps are proper noble snobs --
> youngest sons of Lords and the like, looking for glory, getting fashionably
> drunk and running up fashionable debts...
>
> Can't wait to have a few tavern brawls between them and the locals... or the
> regular redcoats... oooooooooh...
Always good to have some interservice rivalry to keep the men on their toes, eh?
I've done a bit more superficial research... it appears that French Dragoons
favoured green coats...and I have some green torsos and cavalry helmets....
and even more interestingly, the Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard were known
for their green coats - and bearskins!
Now to figure out why the Emperor's own heavy cavalry would be in Port
Brique... on holiday perhaps?
> > > and then you'd have a reason for the Horse Artillery...
> > > harass evildoers as they down the coast to Port Brique (and if they landed
> > > Marines to capture the gun, you'd have cavalry there to stop them!).
> >
> > *Evil grin*
>
> Somehow I'm glad to be an ocean away. Quite glad.
>
> ; )
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam writes: • [snip]
> > Here we are: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=26135
>
>
> Aghh! It's not moderated yet!
It is now! And very impressive they look too.
> > Note the green facings (thank you Photoshop) and the smart-looking
> > tarletons!
The green facings on the Admiral pattern torso do look the part! The forward
facing small plumes are a nice touch (which I've noted for future reference!).
Shouldn't dragoons be armed with muskets rather than pistols, though? (Or is
that just a French thing?)
[snip]
> Now to figure out why the Emperor's own heavy cavalry would be in Port
> Brique... on holiday perhaps?
Curse superficial research... that should be *light* cavalry of course.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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>Shouldn't dragoons be armed with muskets rather than pistols,
though? (Or is
> that just a French thing?)
These chaps are carrying carbines, just on the other side of the saddle...
unfortunately, I'm saving the 15 regular muskets I have left after arming my
infantry for the promise of more Grenadiers or the like... thus these
Dragoons of the fourth are armed with western-style carbines... *ahem*, that
is to say, 'blackened 1796-pattern heavy dragoon carbines'.
*cough*
> Curse superficial research... that should be *light* cavalry of course.
Light... heavy... if you're on foot and out of square, the difference really
isn't that noticable!
Your superficial research wouldn't happen to be related to Richard Sharpe,
would it? Just occured to me last night when I turned on 'Sharpe's Sword' to
create the atmosphere for cavalry that I recognized the green of French
Dragoons and Guardsman... figured prominently in the plot, that greenness...
On to grenadiers!
Kenneth Tam
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In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam writes:
> >Shouldn't dragoons be armed with muskets rather than pistols,
> though? (Or is
> > that just a French thing?)
>
> These chaps are carrying carbines, just on the other side of the saddle...
> unfortunately, I'm saving the 15 regular muskets I have left after arming my
> infantry for the promise of more Grenadiers or the like... thus these
> Dragoons of the fourth are armed with western-style carbines... *ahem*, that
> is to say, 'blackened 1796-pattern heavy dragoon carbines'.
I cut off the flaired end of Lego muskets to make carbines for my Dragoons.
I'll have to try the tire-hat-thingy.
>
> *cough*
>
> > Curse superficial research... that should be *light* cavalry of course.
>
> Light... heavy... if you're on foot and out of square, the difference really
> isn't that noticable!
Lancers. :-)
>
> Your superficial research wouldn't happen to be related to Richard Sharpe,
> would it? Just occured to me last night when I turned on 'Sharpe's Sword' to
> create the atmosphere for cavalry that I recognized the green of French
> Dragoons and Guardsman... figured prominently in the plot, that greenness...
Oh man, and I just started my superficial research by getting Sharpe's
Rifles. Up to page 110. All those thin Osprey books can get expensive. :-)
Bruce
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> I cut off the flaired end of Lego muskets to make carbines for my Dragoons.
> I'll have to try the tire-hat-thingy.
If only I had that many extras... for now, I'm calling them Baker-pattern
rifles... apparently (according to Brassey's History of the Uniform:
Napoleonic Wars Wellington's Army) Dragoons carried them. This lets me arm a
few riflemen with them, if I can figure out an adequate rifleman pattern.
> Lancers. :-)
Eeep!
> Oh man, and I just started my superficial research by getting Sharpe's
> Rifles. Up to page 110. All those thin Osprey books can get expensive. :-)
Watch the movies *after* you've read the books -- the movies are great for
visuals, but they simply didn't have the budget to field over 10 000 extras
per film, so they're understandably less accurate : ) But count on the
books! Bernard Cornwell got his facts straight!
Kenneth Tam
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> Perhaps using black 1x1 round flats on top would be better... the 1x1 flats
> look just like the red hubs that LEGO used for a long time.
>
> Exactly what the French Squadron will do with a unit of Hussars remains to
> be seen. At the moment they spend their time drilling outside Port Brique as
> well as charging up at down the main street at full gallop to impress the
> ladies...
>
> Cheers
>
> Richie Dulin
Sorry its taken me so long to respond to this. You did a great job Richie,
but did the tires stick to them selves or is there something inbetween the
tires holding them together?
Just wondering...
Hasta La Vista, Sean
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In lugnet.pirates, Sean Devolites writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> > Perhaps using black 1x1 round flats on top would be better... the 1x1 flats
> > look just like the red hubs that LEGO used for a long time.
> >
> > Exactly what the French Squadron will do with a unit of Hussars remains to
> > be seen. At the moment they spend their time drilling outside Port Brique as
> > well as charging up at down the main street at full gallop to impress the
> > ladies...
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Richie Dulin
> Sorry its taken me so long to respond to this. You did a great job Richie,
> but did the tires stick to them selves or is there something inbetween the
> tires holding them together?
> Just wondering...
> Hasta La Vista, Sean
Sean,
It's an entirely LEGO solution: the bottom tyre rests on the head and is
locked in place with a 1x1 round plate (push down hard - the tyre will flare
slightly over the head). Another 1x1 round plate is put on top, then the
second tyre, then one last 1x1 round plate on top (which holds the top tyre
in place). It's fairly secure.
Only the top 1x1 round plate is visible when assembled, so I was able to use
up lots of otherwise idle trans yellow and trans orange 1x1 round plates.
My horse artillery lieutenant (and now my hussar lieutenant) has a plume of
3 1x1 round plates (2 white, 1 red) on top.
Hope this helps... it's certainly reduced my stockpile of 'useless' tyres
and odd-coloured 1x1 round plates!
Cheers
Richie
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Ahoy!
I’ve always likes James Howse’s idea of Russian hats made from old style
tyres (see pics at http://www.ozbricks.net/grandmoffmclean/Brickingrad.htm).
(Historical note: the use of tyres as hats dates back to at least 1975.)
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I also am very adicted to this topic. So I did some jobs in this area during the
last year.
The Bavarian Army with a Hussar.
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/114591
Michael Evans excellent results:
My Hussars based on Knoetel paintings:
and a lot more visible under:
http://www.mocpages.com/mocs.php?id=25322
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34336019@N07/
Woody64
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