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« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2005, 11:17:51 AM »
Superb David, :P

 I have a question but I do not know where to put it. :?:


 I being French to know your vision of the history of Napoleon, of that it way was she has you wanted taught? What it approach do you have of the character?

I know that the opinions are divided between the fact that is a tyrant or a great man of the history.

But us, all, collector of Playmobil, especially here, let us have to seek to reproduce its image and its uniforms.

 Then Please, That think about it?

 Thank you for your answers.

Cordially

With the fact here my vision of this one in uniform of colonel of the dragons. There are still things improved, but I do not have all the parts yet
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« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2005, 10:40:14 AM »
Thankyou Paul.

I`m not in a position to answer your question concerning Napoleon.

At school we were simply taught that the Napoleonic wars were fought against the French. Therefore for the English he must have been a tyrant. I don`t know the German version, but he did change continental Europe quite dramatically. I like to think of him as a force for change.

I like your dragoon uniform. Is it the uniform of a dragoon of the Imperial Guard? I think a line of these would look quite impressive.


As for the uniforms, for my money, the French had by far the best.:D

All the best,

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« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2005, 11:24:51 AM »
Hello David

 Here the bond for comparison of the uniforms,

Click HERE

 Namely that the uniform of Colonel of the dragons of Napoleon did not contain all the ornaments of the original, it had some make a comfortable and daily uniform. Now if you refer to this uniform so below, here the bond, it is a uniform of officer of the line.

Click HERE
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« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2005, 04:40:37 PM »
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As for the uniforms, for my money, the French had by far the best.:D


The British uniforms were also rather impressive ... ;)

The Prussian uniforms were also rather nice  ... ;)

Even the Dutch uniforms were handsomely done  ... ;)

Actually, I think that we might all agree that this was a period of beautiful uniforms ... :)

BTW, David ... I wonder if everyone is going back to see the magnificent foto updates of your first posts ... :?:

And, thank you, OLCESE ... for the this great link ... :)

All the best,
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« Reply #19 on: June 24, 2005, 04:40:58 PM »
Hello Paul and Richard,
              Thankyou for the links and information. :D

  I wish I`d known of this wonderful site before. These images are exactly what a customiser needs!

              I wish they would stop calling the Nassauer Dutch, they were Germans living in an area of Germany belonging to the Duke of Nassau, who was also King of the Netherlands.

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« Reply #20 on: June 24, 2005, 04:56:15 PM »
Hi David. Super, that you like the bond, and thank you for small the history, one hopes to be able to see soon other uniforms on the site. A turning in the history of Europe this battle (Waterloo). And for this days the approach of the strategy soldiers have not had any more was the same ones, finished the great battles, in arranged order, from now on the mobility of the troops is of setting.
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« Reply #21 on: July 01, 2005, 05:01:16 PM »
Hello Paul!

           I`ve just noticed the modified swordbelt in the` Dragon_profil´ photo. A very interesting solution. I always have problems with where to put the bayonets.  

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« Reply #22 on: July 01, 2005, 05:11:30 PM »
Here are a couple of soldiers for the officer to shout at :wink:

For the historians:

The  Leib Brigade Hessen-Darmstadt was part of the army of the Confederation of the Rhein. It took part in the campaigns in Prussia and Poland in 1807; in Germany and Austria, 1809; in Russia 1812; in Saxony 1813; and in France in 1814.

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« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2005, 05:25:19 PM »
nice  :shock:

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« Reply #24 on: July 02, 2005, 03:04:55 AM »
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....Leib Brigade Hessen-Darmstadt was part of the army of the Confederation of the Rhein....David


Hello David!
and again you are giving more must-dos to put away in my open-when-retired closet :D
...just adding details like yours to my shakos will force me to live till 100...with steady hands and retaining good vision :)
...as always..thanks for the inspiration!!

and make sure youre around to explain how each detail is made :D :D

btw, your bicorns are scratch-built around a metal/plastic tube i suppose? the black doesnt look matt and the surface looks good...what material do you use for the flaps of your bicornes?

lastly, sorry, but are these soldiers french? who were they fighting?
cheers!
...the inquisitive but no inquisitor :)

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« Reply #25 on: July 02, 2005, 12:57:19 PM »
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Hello Paul!

           I`ve just noticed the modified swordbelt in the` Dragon_profil´ photo. A very interesting solution. I always have problems with where to put the bayonets.  

David.


Hello David,

Thank you I had not translated that like that, happy to have brought a solution to you which can help you? it is what there is of simpler which came to me to mind.
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« Reply #26 on: July 03, 2005, 11:15:43 AM »
Hello Cheng,

    These bicornes are old Playmobil pirate hats, as you can see from this picture. :D

  http://www.collectobil.com/images/items/3480.jpg  


  There was no one state of Germany until 1871
  What is now Germany was a group of medium to tiny kingdoms, duchies counties etc.
The Confederation of the Rhein was a group of states, in the south and west of Germany, which allied themselves to Napoleon and provided troops for his campaigns. After 1812 they started to change sides and ally themselves with Prussia. Hessen-Darmstadt was a typical example.  

Have you ever thought of taking early retirement Cheng ?:lol:  :lol:

David

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« Reply #27 on: July 04, 2005, 03:22:54 AM »
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Hello Cheng,
    These bicornes are old Playmobil pirate hats...

Have you ever thought of taking early retirement Cheng ?:lol:  :lol:
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i'll do better than that...retire early and move into your neighbourhood!!!
:D :D

naa....cant do that till the kids grow up...cant afford it...

thanks for the bit of history..its easier than reading a whole lot of confusing details!

i've restricted myself to just french & brit shakos...otherwise i'll have no other life and my kids would have grown & flown by the time i look up from my playmo worktable and pity my wife...if she doesnt run off :D

more David, more! cheers!

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« Reply #28 on: July 04, 2005, 03:26:37 AM »
Oops!
David, i meant to also ask you if these bicornes are still available from US DS...they look better than the newer pirates' ones!

thanks again!

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« Reply #29 on: July 04, 2005, 08:27:14 PM »
I don`t really know if the bicornes are still available at the US Direct Servive, as I live in Germany, but I very much doubt it.

David