Cantiniere (1 Viewer)

[Scott]

I picked this one up today. I usually paint my own figures but I really like cantiniere figures and this one is a good one.

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Good Looking ladies with wine are always welcome on the field of battle !

 

[PJDeluhery]

Very nice figure. Excellent face! You're a lucky man!

 

[Napoleon1er]

I plan on getting her too- I think Napoleon is bord^&grin

 

[Scott]

Very nice figure. Excellent face! You're a lucky man!

Thank you!

I'm a man who happened to have $32.00 plus tax at the moment.

 

[Napoleon1er]

Thank you!

I'm a man who happened to have $32.00 plus tax at the moment.

Not that kind of lucky{eek3}{sm4}
-Sandor:salute::

 

[kogu]

Great looking figure that is, and makes for a wonderful vignette together with the drinking Cuirassier.
Konrad

 

[Grognard]

Great looking figure that is, and makes for a wonderful vignette together with the drinking Cuirassier.
Konrad

I invited a few more friends besides the drinking cuirassier...:wink2:

 

[Obee]

I invited a few more friends besides the drinking cuirassier...:wink2:

You have the same set up as me.... look good don't they?

I've also added some of the Del Prado standing French Cavalry figures for some more troopers enjoy 'fellowship' with thier comrades and then you reall get a crowd.

John

 

[wds0855]

Who makes those figures gathere around the table, as well as the table?

Walt

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Who makes those figures gathere around the table, as well as the table?

Walt

The figures are K&C NA082 but because of the figure's poses, you also need the tables and chairs which is K&C set SP019.

Terry

 

[Scott]

There should be a companion figure of a soldier from her own regiment with out his shako on. Period pictures usually have these women wearing a brimmed hat or a bonnet. Having her wear his shako makes a humorous vignette. The cups vivandieres carried were small for brandy, not beer mugs, and had no stable bottom so that a soldier had to drink his drink right there and go back to the ranks.
Rather than a stand alone figure, this figure does need others for "context."

I really like the pose, the paint job (even I if didn't do it) and the details.

 

[Napoleon1er]

There should be a companion figure of a soldier from her own regiment with out his shako on. Period pictures usually have these women wearing a brimmed hat or a bonnet. Having her wear his shako makes a humorous vignette. The cups vivandieres carried were small for brandy, not beer mugs, and had no stable bottom so that a soldier had to drink his drink right there and go back to the ranks.
Rather than a stand alone figure, this figure does need others for "context."

I really like the pose, the paint job (even I if didn't do it) and the details.

On my trip to France I saw about 2-5 cantinieres/vivandieres, and a some of them did have shakos. Those were some of the coolest uniforms I saw- those and the sappers and the undress cavalry uniforms!
-Sandor:salute::

 

[Scott]

On my trip to France I saw about 2-5 cantinieres/vivandieres, and a some of them did have shakos. Those were some of the coolest uniforms I saw- those and the sappers and the undress cavalry uniforms!
-Sandor:salute::

Cool, were these in a museum? I have seen photos of Napoleon III era cantinieres with the fur hussar style cap.

 

[Napoleon1er]

Cool, were these in a museum? I have seen photos of Napoleon III era cantinieres with the fur hussar style cap.

These were at Invalids and Emperi in Provence. One was the very one you speak of, and here are some random pictures, including some cantinieres.... Click on the pictures for bigger images- Photobucket is messed up...
-Sandor

 

[Scott]

Thanks for the posted photos. I have to get over there and see the museum. I just received Thomas Cardoza's "Intrepid Women: Cantinières and Vivandières of the French Army " in the mail today. http://www.cantinieres.com/book.php

I've been a "buff" of cantinieres since I was a teenager.

 

[Napoleon1er]

I've been a "buff" of cantinieres since I was a teenager.

Pourquoi? It's not because they were brave women who risked their lives to help the soldiers is it:rolleyes2::wink2:{sm4}?
-Sandor:salute::

 

[Scott]

Pourquoi? It's not because they were brave women who risked their lives to help the soldiers is it:rolleyes2::wink2:{sm4}?
-Sandor:salute::

Ha! Just because the outfits look so hot on women.

 

[Napoleon1er]

Ha! Just because the outfits look so hot on women.

Exactly.... by the way- does anyone have the Nemrod Female Hussar Model for sale:wink2:?

 

[theBaron]

Ha! Just because the outfits look so hot on women.

You've seen mine, haven't you?

Leave it to the German makers to come up with such excellent models!

By the way, I just saw one of the K&C drinking cuirassiers on eBay the other day, it might still be there, in case anyone's looking for those figures.

Prost!
Brad