[OL-Troop] 3rd Cuirassiers Company in Eltina

[Bodi]

Reinforcements from every part of the OL empire converged to the New World, as an result of the escalation of the colonial war. The cuirassiers are heavy cavalrymen, wearing chest armours, called "plastron", they ride on tall horses and are used to pierce through enemy's lines.

Troop: 30men

Location: Eltina

[Ayrlego]

More cavalry - this war has been great to see all the creative troop types people come up with! Another nice one here - I often wondered about using the Roman style helmets as 18th century cavalry helmets - I have seen them perched on the top of the head backwards before. I think I prefer the tricorne here though. Hopeful either TLG or one of the third party suppliers comes up with a decent alternative one of these days.

[evancelt]

Nice minifig combos, Bodi! Also like the terrain and ruin of a building

[Capt Wolf]

Beautiful cavalry. The Roman helmet works surprisingly well here. And a good little scene with nice detail and good posing. Well done.

I do have a question, though. The title says Eltina, the story text says the location is Astrapi, and the scene looks like the battle-worn streets of Kings Port. Is there a reason for the disconnect between these elements?

[Bodi]

Thanks guys, glad you like it.

These Roman helmets are the closest things I could find that have a certain ressemblance with Cuirassiers' helmets, another option might be using TLG's helmets from the Dragon Knights, but I don't know if they come in gold or silver.

17 hours ago, Ayrlego said:

I prefer the tricorne here though

In fact tricornes were more common, but I prefer the casques here, they have a more "pittoresque" look.

8 hours ago, Capt Wolf said:

I do have a question, though. The title says Eltina, the story text says the location is Astrapi, and the scene looks like the battle-worn streets of Kings Port. Is there a reason for the disconnect between these elements?

I meant Eltina. Things are evolving rapidly here in Bobs, it's hard to keep up with, I didn't have a particular location in mind when I put these bricks together, till someone told me that we can still license another company in Eltina.

[Captain Dee]

Another neat scene. The minifig designs may not be my cup of tea but the variety is cool, and I appreciate the effort.

[kurigan]

Where'd that saber come from? 🤨

[Bodi]

8 hours ago, kurigan said:

Where'd that saber come from? 🤨

Brickwarrior, cavalry sabre of American civil war, they have gatling guns from that era too.

[evancelt]

34 minutes ago, Bodi said:

Brickwarrior, cavalry sabre of American civil war, they have gatling guns from that era too.

Yeah those sabres are rad! I ended up giving those BrickWarrior ones (left) to my bluecoats, and using the BrickArms ones (middle) for my redcoats. The BrickWarrior ones are more curved with a thicker blade

[kurigan]

Ah-ha! Thank you. Those BrickArns ones might even be better, but they're both pretty neat