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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Firelocks to Maxims (1680 - 1900) => Topic started by: ciaphas on 15 July 2012, 12:58:22 PM

Title: kuirass with tricorn
Post by: ciaphas on 15 July 2012, 12:58:22 PM
hi, looking for the above.  need these for WSS so SYW etc figures will be conscidered.

cheers
jon
Title: Re: kuirass with tricorn
Post by: Leon on 24 January 2013, 08:23:18 PM
Nothing at the moment, but the new League of Augsburg range will eventually cover these as well.
Title: Re: kuirass with tricorn
Post by: Hertsblue on 25 January 2013, 09:27:22 AM
From memory most of the heavy cavalry of the period wore the cuirass under the coat (with an iron "skull cap" within the tricorn). So the armour is mostly invisible anyway.  Main exceptions were the Austrians and Bavarians, who in any case still wore the "lobster pot" helmet. My WSS heavies use the standard MAL 11.

The problem with using SYW curassiers, particularly the Prussians, is that the full coat skirts have given way to tight turnbacks which would look totally wrong in the earlier period.   
Title: Re: kuirass with tricorn
Post by: FierceKitty on 25 January 2013, 09:55:07 AM
Could always use SYW cuirassiers as SYW cuirassiers, of course. Far more interesting war.  ;)