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I think 1dollar/euro would be a good price for most collectors, since we need to buy them in bulk. I made a design for the English shakos, which I will post asap. Gaetano

Can't we all sign a petition or something, or send mails to say they need to release an imperial legend, like Eldorado fortress? Or a new line of pirates in wich the shako is included? We'll have to wait and see... Gaetano

Thanks, and yep ,all fleshies. BUt those shakos will be a problem... Gaetano

No, but money to buy LEGO with :) Gaetano

Yay it's my birthday! *sweet* (last time lol) Here is the WIP. It's based on the photos, but I leaned it over to the Imperial building style. It will have an interior, and I prefer a roof also :) la grande arm

Yay! It's my birthday *sweet* (again :p) My ebay lot has arrived. My 3 English soldiers and officer are now reinforced by 8 soldiers. Heads, backpacks, shakos... have yet to be ordered. My english on 07/05/2007 http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Tanotroo...7englishtop.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Tanotroo...nglishfront.jpg Comments are extremely welcome! Gaetano

Yay it's my birthday! *sweet* My ebay lot arrived, and three more men join la grande arm

I was lucky enough that I discovered lego pirates in 2003. I went to LEGOLAND billund that vacation, and saw this ship (legend version). I prefered it over the black falcon's castle, and I still do now. I also bought 30 brown rowboats, wich I don't have a use for now... I was surprised how long it took to build this ship... It's a magnificient exemple from the time when LEGO used a whole lot of plates instead of the now chunky blocks of plastic... My version also got the new shooting crossed cannons, I like them more than the shooting ones. I'm going to break it apart, (well, I'm actually already stealing pieces from it...) for MOCs. The special thing is... it has 4 places for cannons, and they are all filled up. This is missing in most of the other ships. Gaetano TT

why Napoleonic wars: it's a weird story: When I was 12, I stood with my hand in my vest, acting like someone I saw in the flinstones, for fun. My teacher (great guy) said: "Like Napoleon". Napoleon, I heard that name from somewhere, and only heard about how small he was (he wasn't that small). I watched tv, and on canvas, I saw Napoleon. I decided to watch, and saw the great battles and all. I went to search more and more about him, and I became a Napoleon freak (lol). The same teacher said we needed to do a "show-and tell" about famous historical persons. I chose Napoleon right away! I did the assignement dressed as Napoleon (with my fathers way to big black boots) and acted as him. I wanted to make these things in LEGO, so I saw that the pirate line included French and English soldiers. My interest was awakened again whilst on vacantion, by going to an exhibition about Napoleon, where a frenchman had this huge Waterloo diorama, with all the soldiers made by himself in tin. I bought 2 tin soldiers from him. (Now identified as a Belgian hussar/light cavalry and a light french dragoon I think) It rested then for a year and a half. Then, I was in Playmobil, and tried to make Napoleonic soldiers, wich didn't work because I couldn't get to the parts and all. I forgot about Playmobil and it rested a few months. But then: I saw this huge army of french line infantry in LEGO, over 100 soldiers. Impressed by this, I got a bit more back to Napoleonic wars. Then I bought Cossacks 2: European wars on PC, and this made the final push. I finally saw what I wanted. And now, I'm buying soldiers everywhere. The series I watched on canvas later turned out to be "Napoleon" with G

Amen to that! TT

Thanks for the link, I'll base myself on those. This will then be a progress thread. I plan on building a building ( 8-( ) in the background, with la grande arm

could anyone post pics here of buildings in France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Prussia,... at the time of the Napoleonic wars? Because I'll need them for a Moc. Thank you very much, Gaetano TT P.S. more soldiers are coming this way! :D

nice decals I suggest you try waterslide decals, I gotta find some decal paper first 8-( I sometimes use FIMO clay wich needs to be baked. Many burned pieces, tho... Gaetano

Well, I ordered the schumacher head for him, but until it arrives, he's faceless... Thanks for the help *sweet* Gaetano

Bonjour everybody, this is the first post of my french army, of course under command of Napoleon I. It now consist of: Line: 5 line infantry 1 drummer 1 officer Other: 1 grenadier/Old guard 1 faceless 8-( Napoleon (the head is on its way) I'm proud of the design for the grenadier. Credits go to Bonaparte for the idea of the tires for the bearskin hat. I discovered many uses for all those useless rubber bands. The thick bands keep the bayonet better in place than the thin black ones. On the other hand: Why do grenadiers attack with bayonet when they have a sabre? The Old guard was known for charging only with bayonet, but not all grenadiers were from the guarde imp

ah, the mounted uhlans... they must be incorrectly placed in the game cossacks 2: napoleonic wars as french soldiers... I really recognize him, good job! BTW: Bonaparte, my Napoleon will be posted this week, I've ordered the right face for him. Gaetano

Hi, this is my first post here :-D I've just finished the decal for my Napoleon Demo fig will soon be added Cheers Gaetano