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I love this movie. The only film I know of that had tons of winged Polish Hussars AND musketeers...a very cool movie, subtitles only that I've found.

I am making an Officer for my French Foreign Legion in Mexico. I am assuming they were using the English style saddles at that time...but if I'm wrong, the FFL can sue me. I would probably have made a master skeleton figure with a curved saber I could recycle again and again if I wasn't doing...

I promised "kitchen table technology"...my recent discovery of an expensive material...aluminum foil! For a straight sword, I use a toothpick and sand flat two sides. Sabers like this joker is waving around are trickier. I will have to put milliput over the foil, so I need to make sure it is...

Here I have started building upon the fired Sculpey with white Milliput. I like to sit the figure on the horse throughout the process to better visualize how I want it to look when done. How it will really look is another matter...

I use a little Super Glue to attach the head to the body. I also re-positioned the right arm, which I think I will have holding a sword over the shoulder..

Here I've made a little head for the body, and shaped the body for the horse, then applied more Sculpey. You can always bake new Sculpey over old.

this is where it is right before it goes in the oven...and NO, this isn't going to be a headless Hessian in pursuit of Ichabod Crane...though that would be cool..:rolleyes2:

I'll come back to the horse, because I dread the bridle/reins to be honest...so I'll start the rider.. First, I start with some simple 20 gauge jewelry wire found in the craft store. Then, make a basic skeleton. I use some Sculpey to secure the wires together, then I will bake it at 265 F for...

...added an English style saddle and blanket roll..

Here is something I occasionally do...use cheap Sculpey (not as cheap as I wish) to build up, then white Milliput when I'm wanted more control. Unfortunately, white milliput does not photograph well.

Thanks for the reference, it was helpful. I've gone back to the drawing board somewhat (basically a snip here and there...) I've read it is about five feet to the tip of a horse's shoulder, so that gives me an idea when standing a 54mm fig next to one. I have the new one about this far along in...

Yeah, it didn't look so off to my eye, but in this pic it is way off, so I already scrapped the head and started over. Actually, the entire horse is more like 60mm scale, so I'm trying to downsize the whole thing now. I've only made two other horses, so this is by no means "old hat" for me...

I will use this thread to demonstrate the entire process of making a horse and rider, kitchen-table technology. I hope you guys will enjoy the ride...critics please hold the rotten tomatoes and cabbages until it is all done...{sm2}

I always find myself looking at the toy soldiers in the local "Dollar Stores", although it is usually just the standard lowest quality green army men fare, but today I found some very nice for the price medieval figs. I basically want to copy the horse poses, but each of these 54mm figs was one...

An Officer will be on the "to-do" list...

Another take on the Frenchies...

Chaussers de Afrique www.toyboxarmy.com

This is what I believe was the "Chausseurs de Afrique", separate from the Foreign Legion I think. I have a couple Osprey books, but I don't really like the pics I've seen in those. There is another FFL book coming out soon I'm looking forward to. If you have a particularly good uniform image...

Thanks, Nap1er! I need to clean up my paint job a bit, I hope to have the set done in a week or two.

I loved this pic I found, so I'm going to do a set based on it. I'll add to this post once I have an Officer and a complete set. www.toyboxarmy.com