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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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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) 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 (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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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. (2 URLs) Michael Evans excellent results: (URL) My Hussars based on Knoetel paintings: (URL) and a lot more visible (...) (15 years ago, 27-Sep-09, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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