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March 05, 2009
| 28mm French Grenadiers in Bicornes 1792-1807 | Having got the ball rolling last year with the release of the core French Line Infantry figures in march-attack poses we are now set to steadily expand this major project with a series of new releases across the coming weeks and months. We are staying with the French for the moment, but their opponents are mobilising as we speak!
Here then, are our new French grenadiers wearing bicornes, to supplement the grenadiers in bearskins made available in the initial release. As before the march-attack figures can be purchased in a choice of a neat, regulation uniform, or a ragged campaign appearance (sixteen variants of the latter!) These can be mixed into your units according to personal preference. Grenadiers in bicornes can be painted to represent National Guard grenadiers of the early years of the Revolutionary Wars, or as grenadiers of the regular army as the casque (‘Tarleton’ style) helmet gradually fell out of favour during the mid to late 1790’s. The bicorne then remains applicable into the Napoleonic period and the momentous campaigns of 1805 and 1806. The figures can even be painted in the white uniforms of the French army at the beginning of the Revolutionary Wars as it would appear some regiments retained their old bicornes and did not adopt the casque helmet on its introduction in 1791. We have retained a conservative appearance for the grenadiers in regulation uniform, but the more ragged campaign versions sport a variety none regulation items, including neckerchiefs, civilian waistcoats and trousers, a variety of footwear (or complete lack of it), and some of the more extravagant bicorne plumes that were popular at the time.
And your choices do not stop there because our Wars of the French Revolution figures will not just be restricted to march-attack poses. We have taken this opportunity to release the bicorne wearing grenadiers in the first of our advancing, and firing & loading poses. These are only available in the neat regulation uniform at the moment (campaign uniform and bearskin wearing versions will follow soon) but collectors can now add new dimensions to their armies with the first selection of thirteen different figures in ‘action’ poses. (Fusilier versions of the advancing and firing & loading figures, in both bicorne and casque helmet, are all in the pipeline as well). The obvious application is to mix the firing & loading figures with the advancing figures to form skirmish lines, but the firers & loaders can also be added as volley firers to your close order battalion lines. We would also suggest that the undisciplined look of the early National Guard units might be captured by adding a generous number of the advancers to your march-attack figures – and basing them all in a suitably disorganised fashion. Perhaps add the odd firer & loader for real chaos!
Elsewhere in the range we have added another French standard bearer variant under the 100WFR46 code, and a new French officer figure – urging on his skirmishers (100WFR48).
What’s next? Well, it will of course be a comparatively simple matter to change the cartridge box badges on all our grenadiers to turn them into voltigeurs suitable for the Napoleonic Wars after the Peace of Amiens (1802). For those of you firmly focused on the Wars of the Revolution we will soon be introducing the fusilier advancing, and firing & loading figures mentioned above and a full selection of French Line Infantry wearing the casque helmet. Work is well underway on the first of the Austrians. Don’t forget, you can have your say in what Eureka release in this range by visiting the special Wars of the French Revolution section of the 100 Club on our website - where you will find a provisional list of possible releases for this range which you can ‘vote’ for by placing pre-orders. The most popular items will be produced first. The normal 100 Club rules will be waived for these orders – we simply want to gauge what the most popular releases will be, but if you confirm your purchase once the miniatures are ready you will receive them at a 10% discount and an advanced delivery prior to their official release. Can’t see what you want? No problem – you can add items to the list by placing a new 100 Club request with us for the type and quantity of figures you would like.
Here are the catalogue details for the new miniatures – plus details of our New Release Special Offers.
NEW 28mm Wars of the French Revolution Sculpted by Alan Marsh; further conversions by Kosta Heristanidis Number in parenthesis denotes the number of variants. Variants are supplied randomly
100WFR24 Grenadier, bicorne, regulation uniform, march-attack – c.1792-1807 (8) 100WFR25 Grenadier, bicorne, ragged campaign uniform, march-attack – c.1792-1807 (16) 100WFR26 Grenadier, bicorne, regulation uniform, advancing – c.1792-1807 (6)
100WFR28 Grenadier, bicorne, regulation uniform, firing & loading – c.1792-1807 (7)
100WFR46 French standard bearer, bicorne, ragged campaign uniform, marching – c.1792-1807 (2)
100WFR48 French officer, bicorne, encouraging skirmishers – c.1792-1807 (1)
Click here to see detailed pictures of the Wars of the French Revolution French infantry or to place an order.
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