evancelt Posted October 13, 2023 As I'm sure many of you have seen, there is a prolific series of Napoleonic Army figures being sold on AliExpress. These figures aren't created by LEGO but are very high quality. They can generally be found for <$1 ea with free shipping. Recently I've been experimenting with taking the legs from these AliExpress figures and adding them to official LEGO torsos. The AliExpress figures feature nice coattail prints on the legs and this can add a lot to a period torso. However, I think the AliExpress legs are a bit too busy for my taste, so I've been using an electric eraser to partially remove the print to simplify the design. These three AliExpress figures have good legs for use with Redcoats and Dark Bluecoats: If you remove the bottom of the waistcoat but leave the coat color on the front of the legs, these can be added under LEGO torsos: I also removed some of the creases in the pants to make them purer white/dark tan. As you can see above, the red and dark blue isn't a 100% match with the official LEGO torso colors, but it is very close. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rogue Redcoat Posted October 13, 2023 They look nice, but what are those white bowtie pieces made to represent? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evancelt Posted October 13, 2023 18 minutes ago, Rogue Redcoat said: They look nice, but what are those white bowtie pieces made to represent? Neck cloths Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rogue Redcoat Posted October 13, 2023 2 hours ago, evancelt said: Neck cloths Oh, so that’s what they are, now I get it :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NOD Posted October 15, 2023 I like that and it goes well together! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evancelt Posted November 6, 2023 As you can see in the left 2 figures in this picture, the legs from AliExpress don't have printing on the top of the foot Sharpie took care of it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evancelt Posted November 30, 2023 Played around with coattail legs for greencoats as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rogue Redcoat Posted December 2, 2023 On 11/30/2023 at 3:54 PM, evancelt said: Played around with coattail legs for greencoats as well Aye, they would make spiffy-looking continental marines, now all they need is a ship, and then they are off to raid Nassau! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
