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My next will be this Moz Corry sculpt for CGS Military Figures of a member of the Vistula Infantry Legion, 1812. The Legion was made up of Poles, and formed part of Napoleon's Grande Armee which, after earlier campaigns, took part in the invasion of Russia.
There are quite a lot of parts:
Missing is the pipe, but that's easily made. The base is the same as supplied with a German figure I built earlier in the year.
To compensate for the long delivery time, Graham at CGS kindly supplied some spare parts with the order (I hadn't complained):
These comprise all of the equipment bar the musket, and the figure minus the legs and left arm. I did some test-fitting with some old Miniart parts, and finding that they fitted, I decided to order a full figure in order to provide the missing parts:
These Miniart grenadier figures aren't terribly good, being over-engineered; the bearskin alone consisting of 12 separate parts, but the parts required are more than adequate. It will at least provide a slightly different stance and allow for a vignette with the first figure. The legs have the longer leggings, but that's something that could easily occur on campaign: