Friday 6 December 2019

'Flashing Blade' 40mm Cacadores.

Things are getting somewhat stressful, so much to do, so much to organise, so it was nice to find the Correos card in our postbox yesterday informing me that I had a parcel waiting me and it could only be the 12 Cacadore riflemen I had ordered a couple of weeks back. I can only guess that this was intended as a fuller range of 40mm figures at some point in the past, maybe sales did not live up to expectation, I don't really know, but at least we have these excellent castings to add to our Peninsular collections.

I did not really need another skirmish unit but could not resist them so I ordered 12 figures to make up my usual 2 base unit of 6 riflemen each. They are nice clean castings and fit well with sash & sabre and Perry, maybe just a tad chunkier but not by much. At £3.00 per figure they sit between S&S and Perry on the cost front. Some figures have cast on heads, others have a choice of 4 different heads including bare head and bandanna head for contrast.

With just 10 days before we leave here I'm not sure I'm in the mood for painting right now but might just undercoat a few to help take my mind off things this week. I'll be using the excellent 1979 publication pictured below by our very own 'Foy' as a uniform reference, together with selected internet images for colour guides etc. The figures seem to represent Cacadores of the post 1810 period wearing the British style shako.









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11 comments:

  1. WSTKS-FM Worldwide6 December 2019 at 05:08

    Very handsome castings and illustration! My sister moved from Arizona to Washington, D.C. right before Christmas two years ago, and I'm still not sure how she managed for everything to progress so smoothly, but she did. Keep you eye on the prize of family togetherness for the Christmas and New Year's season. Safe travels and Godspeed!

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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    1. Lee12 December 2019 at 02:02

      Thank you very much Stokes, we are almost there now :)

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  2. Norm6 December 2019 at 05:52

    Lovely castings, have a good move.

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  3. Stryker6 December 2019 at 08:46

    Those are nice looking castings Lee - good luck with the move!

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  4. caveadsum14719 December 2019 at 05:53

    Lovely castings, I hope the move back goes swimmingly!
    Best Iain

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  5. Ian Smith11 December 2019 at 08:11

    I’ve got two whole battalions with musket that I just can’t bring myself to paint - they were some of Sean Judd’s first efforts at the time he started with Trident and the detail is super - but they’re massive ! They are ,I think much bigger Castings than Perry’s and they should be smaller than the British - and you know how anal I am ��anyway the good news for you is if you need more I’ll let you have them half price ! ��
    Ian

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    1. Lee12 December 2019 at 02:15

      Hi Ian, good to hear from you. They are quite chunky! I'll see how they paint up in the new year and might take you up on that offer :) Btw, the RHA rocket battery files are ready, just double checking Dan as resized to 37mm and I'll ask Graham if he will print them after Christmas so you can have a look at the new officer pose.

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    2. Ian Smith13 December 2019 at 02:55

      Sounds good 👍

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