Latest haul
So I’ve been looking to change up the figure composition of some of my units that use Hat foot Chasseur so was very happy Hat did a restock of this set because it’s been out of stock everywhere for a few years.
Only needed 6 of a few of the poses so only bought 2 sets (each set = 3 of each firing, reloading, high Porte & advance poses + 6 marching figures). They arrived today (which is great because I leave for 10 days thanksgiving tomorrow).
But now I have a problem; Hat decided to manufacture this restock in the darker true French blue, instead of the turquoise blue of the previous restock (which all my other figures of this type are molded in). The Chasseurs were in the same color as the Hat French command set below (that set being torquise also cusses me trouble… but I digress).
Now don’t get me wrong; I much prefer the darker blue as it is much more historically accurate and looks much better when set up (especially with a bunch of similar colored units).
BUT… to best adapt to the variation in the color of available figures, I long ago decided that I would use light blue armies in plastic & turquise colored Hat Chasseurs and Longcoat infantry figures for the French army of Italy, while the Grande Armee French would all be in the darker blue. There is of course no historical precedent for this; the French units in the army of Italy wore the same (though often more worn out) uniform as the rest of the French troops; but it allowed me to build each of these forces at the same time and each in a uniform color.
As of now my Hat French Chasseur populate 4 battalions: 2 battalions of 112th French infantry regiment in the army of italy, and the 2 old guard Chasseur battalions.
Solution?
Buy 5 more sets of the new dark blue Chasseurs and use the dark blue figures to do the Guard Chasseurs, while the turquoise figures (with a lot of unused extra figures now) stay just in the 112th regiment. I hate having so many unused figures (while having to buy new ones as well).
Cheers
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