STRELETS Conversion US Cavalry

A short post to show what I've tried to do with a  
Strelets "Australian Lancers".

I've taken one rider and cut some parts with a scalpel and I did the same with a horse: nothing very difficult!

I'm not sure that it's sufficing but it could be acceptable, I don't know!

If it works, I think that it could be better with a head swap for example with a STRELETS US Cavalry

The painting is a quick one, not a real work on it.

Un court message pour montrer ce que j'ai essayé de faire avec un STRELETS "Australian Lancers"
J'ai pris un cavalier et j'ai coupé quelques parties avec un cutter et j'ai fait la même chose avec un cheval: rien de très difficile!
Je ne suis pas sûr que ce soit suffisant , mais ça pourrait être acceptable, je ne sais pas!
Si cela fonctionne, je pense que ça pourrait être mieux avec un échange de la tête par exemple avec celle d'un STRELETS "US Cavalry"
La peinture est un peu rapide, pas un gros travail!

AMBUSH !!!

I'd painted the SIOUX

I'd painted the 7th CAVALRY

What could happen after ????????

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By chance I found this old photography from an anonymous artist of the 19th century:

A very hard work (and a little bit of technology!) permitted us to show you those "modern" pictures:  

at first, the retouched one which was the base for making the other pictures :

and now all the computer graphics pictures that we can do with it:

Many thanks to all the men (and women!) 

who worked hard on this project!

and I hope that it will very important and useful for our knowledges about this fantastic period of our fantastic history: 

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"The Old West Frontier"

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 [ Click on a picture to see them all in a slide-show ]

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7th CAVALRY (WATERLOO 1815)..........

................finished!!! 

I'd only the shots to do... but not easy actually! (cold very cold weather!)

My first impression was at all wrong : it's a nice set and some poses are very good.

Only the horses necks are bad and their equipments are all the same! (it's like an army on campaign dressed for the parade!), but I'm afraid because I think they will be dead quickly:  they don't have a gourd !!

CLICK ON A PICTURE TO SEE LARGER ONE IN A SLIDE-SHOW

................ fini! 

Je n'avais que les photos à faire ... mais pas facile en fait! (temps froid, très froid!)
Ma première impression était  fausse: c'est un ensemble agréable et quelques poses sont très bonnes.

Seuls les cous des chevaux sont mauvais et leurs équipements sont tous les mêmes! (c'est comme une armée en campagne habillée pour la parade!), mais je suis affrayé parce que je pense qu'ils seront morts rapidement: ils n'ont pas une gourde!

7th US CAVALRY "on the march"

Before that I show both sets "SIOUX" and "7th CAVALRY" from WATERLOO 1815, I think that it's time  to show a previous work 

on the same subject!

I used for this little army the figures which could be good for a 

Cavalry "on the march": not easy to find !

I'd mixed STRELETS and ITALERI ("Union Cavalry") figures and horses: they fit perfectly together! 

Let's go!

and this one for another comparison with

1 STRELETS and 2 ITALERI horses:

CLICK ON A PICTURE TO SEE LARGER ONES!

Avant que je montre les deux sets «Sioux» et «7ème cavalerie» de Waterloo 1815, je pense qu'il est temps de présenter un précédent travail sur le même sujet!
J'ai utilisé pour cette petite "armée"des figurines qui pourraient convenir pour uneCavalerie "en marche": pas facile à trouver!J'ai mélangé des  Strelets et des ITALERI ("Union Cavalery») cavaliers et chevaux: ils s'adaptent parfaitement ensemble!

REVIEW II-COMPARISONS FOR US CAVALRY.....

I thought that it could be interesting to compare some sets which could be useful for doing a not too bad US Cavalry for Indians Wars or something else!

For start that: 

Which horses can I use for the WATERLOO "7th Cavalry" ??

1- I propose 7 horses from 7 sets of ACW or others:(each rider comes from the set Wat.)

perhaps the problem is: the original horse is too big for the rider????

2- some closer pictures with the Waterloo 1815 set:

3-each set with an "original" rider:

 

......and now you can make your choice!!!!!!!