Introducing Prinz Albrecht

Thanks to all who commented on the previous post. And no one attempted to guess where the head came from. Well, I can tell you. A Front Rank French infantryman, bandaged head (obviously), from their old Jacobite Rebellion range (circa mid-late 1980s).I had kept the figure as a "one day I'm sure I'll use him" long after the rest of the figures were gone from the collection.

This time...



...a command vignette - Prinz Albrecht of Pils Holstein.
He is a Suren conversion (a British officer 1750 body, sporting a King George III head, with tricorne rebuilt and white feathering added).
The flag bearer is a Suren Cuirassier officer with a John Ray head. He is in the Prussian uniform of an officer of Seydlitz Cuirassiers. The figure is a rather slight casting, so to disguise his emaciated look, I added the cloak from aluminium sheet.

The flag is the Royal Arms of Pils Holstein, hand painted on linen as usual.

Horses are from the Gilder-esque "stable". Prinz Albrecht is on a Connoisseur mount, the standard bearer on a Foremost.

I have to say I am enjoying this pottering around making the odd conversion, and given the time I'm currently able to devote to painting, it's good to achieve a finished product relatively painlessly. 

And all the time, in the background there's the sound of other hooves, as some Hussars are on the way...