Ok so that's the Royal Artillery's motto but it'll make sense.
Yesterday I bit the bullet and started working on a Republican horse artillery stand. Finding uniform info was harder than I expected and finding the right bits was initially harder. Early on the horse artillery seems to have worn a tight, long tailed, coat with various headgear from a crested helmet to hussar cap etc. The head was no problem but the body was and it looked like a lot of work ahead of me.
I kept looking. Luckily, when I rechecked a famous painting of the Battle of the Pyramids, there they were, horse artillery in hussar style uniforms with a stovepipe shako. A short lived variant as far as I can see but it was just what I wanted and I could do easily. So original head of 1812 US infantry's stovepipe style shako and my universal gunners.
1798 French Horse Artillery. |
If the gunners look familiar, it's because they're based on the same Zinnbrigade 1900 Prussian molds as I used for the Turkish artillery.
From 1918 to 1798 |
This lot aren't quite universal, but they'll be even closer when I get around to converting a Roman onager crew for my Prince Valiant games.
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