Nine Years War - French Infantry

[Fire at Will]

I originally bought a pack of Mars Austrian Infantry Late XVII Century to mix in with my existing forces, but quickly realised they wouldn't look right even organised as separate units. So I decide to try something different and organise them as a stand alone force for Pikemans Lament. There were enough figures to create four units of twelve painted as contingents from different French regiments. I also decided to try the alternative Pikemens Lament basing on 20/30/40mm bases.


Pikemen - Lorraine


Fusiliers do Roi


Grenadiers - La Reine


Fusiliers - Navarre


Uniform details came from the Osprey Armies of Louis XIV

[Emperor]

Great job

[Bluefalchion]

You've made about the best you could have done with them. I am sorry to say that those figures are pretty awful when they exit the box.

[Fire at Will]

You've made about the best you could have done with them. I am sorry to say that those figures are pretty awful when they exit the box.

I think the PSC review was quite accurate

These are quite basic figures, with chunky and poorly defined detail and some quite uncomfortable positions for the arms. Faces are ghoulish and hands are almost unrecognisable as such, while even quite large details like the locks on the matchlocks and pistols are largely missing, as of course are smaller items like coat buttons. Folds in clothing are minimal and not convincing, and the lengths of match cord some carry look more like rope. The long hair all these men have helps, but all still lack a neck and the NCO looks like a hunchback. In some cases the swords hang so low the hilt as at their knees, and none of the swords or scabbards could be described as realistic. It will be quite a task to attach the strands to make a plausible pikeman, and there is plenty of flash everywhere.

[Bluefalchion]

Some figure modelers just really like a challenge!