French Imperial Guard those look like ESCI figures. Glad you got some cool stuff thanks for sharing really enjoyed these last three videos looking forward to your next videos have a good weekend
Why were the jackets strapped with the 'x' formation? I'm trying to recognize this specific trait in a report. Couture fashion such as Balmain have brought this into their lines.
Hi Esse, Napoleonic Uniforms were very colorful, vibrant and full of little extras such as cuffs, pompons, straps and the like. The uniforms were this way for several reasons, the first was to add height and an intimidation factor to the soldier, another was to make the soldier feel special, cocky if you may, (attract the young ladies of the time), the uniform had to inspire young men to want to enlist and go fight. War and combat is always horrible so the uniform had to make the poor lads feel inspired to sacrifice themselves. Sometimes the colorful uniform was created because the King or Queen enjoyed seeing their creations on parade (Tsar Alexander loved parades and pass & reviews). The functional part of the uniform such as the straps you ask about derive from several uniform traits, the shoulder straps are usually the straps from the Back Packs which are used to carry the soldiers belongings, such as extra uniform, socks, food, and other need accoutrements. The Cross Straps can also be single straps that strap to or support a sword sheath/scabbard, on one side and a cartridge box on the other side, sometimes a water canteen or gourd would have a similar yet smaller strap. This creates the giant X over the chest of the soldier. One would think placing a giant white X on a soldier is insane however the musket that was used at the time was very inaccurate, so much so that the soldiers had to get in large lines and groups in order to inflict harm on the enemy formation and walk to near 100 yards of each other if not closer. Hope that helps a bit. :)
Those funken books are highly prized as a painting guides but they're also a collectible. Yeah there was some nasty bidding wars back in the 90s over those on eBay I got my two copies the hard way if those are paperback they must have done a reprint. If you like studying Waterloo take a look at borodino or austerlitz I've been studying it for 50 years and haven't even got to liepzig
I never knew they (funken's) were out there, I was thrilled to get these, the books are soft cover and did not realize that they were so popular. I have read many books on the entire Napoleonic Wars however I focused on waterloo when I was young due to wanting to recreate that battle in miniature, Airfix figs helped pave that road and then I believe Esci started coming out with their miniatures. I like your idea and I think I will start to branch out and start looking at the other battles.
Hi Dave, from what I know French troops wore mostly white, Line Infantry wore the white trousers. Light Infantry wore dark blue trousers as did the French Artillery. Though I have seen buff, or light tan trousers in a few painting guides of infantry between the years 1810-1812. Remember when on campaign soldiers tend to use whatever becomes available so I would not be too surprised if some soldiers wore different shades of white, buff, blue or brown.
I came across one of these on Amazon the other day and a used, paperback version is about 38 bucks damn I mean the book isn’t even that thick but it sure is pricey
Those are lovely books. I used mine all the time. Should you ever find their companion volumes on the lace wars for a sensible price they are worth getting even if it's not your period. They really will blow your socks off.
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French Imperial Guard those look like ESCI figures. Glad you got some cool stuff thanks for sharing really enjoyed these last three videos looking forward to your next videos have a good weekend
HI Gary, They do look like the ESCI figs, dont they.
Oh I wish I had that book I'm gonna buy some if I grow up
It's so cool the day you get them the info is outstanding....
Where can i buy all of these books? I like it. It gives full information of the napoleonic wars.
Why were the jackets strapped with the 'x' formation? I'm trying to recognize this specific trait in a report. Couture fashion such as Balmain have brought this into their lines.
Hi Esse, Napoleonic Uniforms were very colorful, vibrant and full of little extras such as cuffs, pompons, straps and the like. The uniforms were this way for several reasons, the first was to add height and an intimidation factor to the soldier, another was to make the soldier feel special, cocky if you may, (attract the young ladies of the time), the uniform had to inspire young men to want to enlist and go fight. War and combat is always horrible so the uniform had to make the poor lads feel inspired to sacrifice themselves. Sometimes the colorful uniform was created because the King or Queen enjoyed seeing their creations on parade (Tsar Alexander loved parades and pass & reviews). The functional part of the uniform such as the straps you ask about derive from several uniform traits, the shoulder straps are usually the straps from the Back Packs which are used to carry the soldiers belongings, such as extra uniform, socks, food, and other need accoutrements. The Cross Straps can also be single straps that strap to or support a sword sheath/scabbard, on one side and a cartridge box on the other side, sometimes a water canteen or gourd would have a similar yet smaller strap. This creates the giant X over the chest of the soldier. One would think placing a giant white X on a soldier is insane however the musket that was used at the time was very inaccurate, so much so that the soldiers had to get in large lines and groups in order to inflict harm on the enemy formation and walk to near 100 yards of each other if not closer. Hope that helps a bit. :)
Those funken books are highly prized as a painting guides but they're also a collectible. Yeah there was some nasty bidding wars back in the 90s over those on eBay I got my two copies the hard way if those are paperback they must have done a reprint. If you like studying Waterloo take a look at borodino or austerlitz I've been studying it for 50 years and haven't even got to liepzig
I never knew they (funken's) were out there, I was thrilled to get these, the books are soft cover and did not realize that they were so popular. I have read many books on the entire Napoleonic Wars however I focused on waterloo when I was young due to wanting to recreate that battle in miniature, Airfix figs helped pave that road and then I believe Esci started coming out with their miniatures. I like your idea and I think I will start to branch out and start looking at the other battles.
Awesome. Whats name of book
Arms and Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars part 1 by Liliane and Funcken.
Thank you for the video. Merci beaucoup. Did French artillery or infantry ever wear tan (or khaki) color pants or mostly white?
Hi Dave, from what I know French troops wore mostly white, Line Infantry wore the white trousers. Light Infantry wore dark blue trousers as did the French Artillery. Though I have seen buff, or light tan trousers in a few painting guides of infantry between the years 1810-1812. Remember when on campaign soldiers tend to use whatever becomes available so I would not be too surprised if some soldiers wore different shades of white, buff, blue or brown.
Great stuff buddy
Thank you for this! Helps a lot.
Thanks for posting..
I came across one of these on Amazon the other day and a used, paperback version is about 38 bucks damn I mean the book isn’t even that thick but it sure is pricey
I had those books as a kid in the 70s. Got dissolusioned because airfix didn't make the figures 🙄☹️☹️☹️
Those are lovely books. I used mine all the time. Should you ever find their companion volumes on the lace wars for a sensible price they are worth getting even if it's not your period. They really will blow your socks off.
Thank You MrV, I'll keep an eye open for them. :)
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