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My next figure will be this Napoleonic Grenadier by Verlinden. The box art depicts him wearing the white uniform of one of Napoleon's foreign regiments. The facings generally denoted the country; red for the Dutch, red or green for the Italians etc. I'm not sure what colour they are on the box, but I'm assuming they are Italian green and I think that's what I'll go for.
He's depicted very much on campaign, with patched and ripped clothes, split seams, stowed badges and a wrapped musket breech. This is what was in the box:
Quite a few parts which are generally well cast, though the large block on the neck of the tunic created problems. There was also an unusual amount of clean-up required for a Verlinden figure.
I've now got him ready for painting:
The first, most obvious thing to note is that the head is a bit too big for the body. I would normally have swapped it for something smaller, but as it has a lot of character I decided to use it and think of him as a bit of a caricature. The casting block at the neck caused some problems, enough that I had to remake the detail like the piping and shoulder boards from lead foil.
Should be interesting to paint a weathered white uniform - hopefully simpler than that darned archer!
I'll need to put it aside now for a couple of days while I work on some box art for a new Sarnia bust (more of which in due course).