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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> Ahoy!
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> 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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> 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.
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> 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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| (...) 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. (...) Port Block is overdue for a royal visit, isn't (...) (23 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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| Ahoy! I've always likes James Howse's idea of Russian hats made from old style tyres (see pics at (URL) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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