Sunday, 1 May 2011

WSS Cuirassier in tricorne

I was planning this eventually anyway but Jean-Louis has asked for it on the TMP 18th Century forum so here it is, rather sooner than planned!

Posted by David Morfitt at Sunday, May 01, 2011

15 comments:

  1. abdul6661 May 2011 at 16:40

    Honour to those working for us even on Workers' Day / Beltaine after a sleepless Walpurgis Night!
    (Don't know elsewhere, but in France the lily of the valley is associated with May 1st since 1561, when Charles IX instituted the tradition of offering it to all the ladies of his Court.)

    Best regards,
    Jean-Louis

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  2. David Morfitt1 May 2011 at 18:52

    Thanks, Jean-Louis! :-)

    The lily of the valley is also a traditional flower in some British May Day celebrations too!

    All the best,

    David.

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  3. Capt Bill1 May 2011 at 19:23

    Sir Davaid, I was able to obtain a unit of Bavarian Cuirassiers from Phil Olley and I must say your drawing really does them justice. I'll have to break out my WSS army for a review...

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  4. Fabrizio Davi'1 May 2011 at 21:38

    I need to let you know that I have nominated you for the "Stylish Blogger Award". Your plates are delightful and I appreciated a lot that you depicted yourself as Antonio Canova.

    Regards,

    Fabrizio

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  5. Soldadets1 May 2011 at 22:28

    Wow! ...do you imagine David who's thinking about giving some use to this plate in a next future? :)

    ...just some time to find a suitable foundry and place a cuirasses order for, let's say, two regiments...

    ...and let's have an unpleasant surprise for Philip V's army after winter 1713! :D

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  6. David Morfitt2 May 2011 at 01:17

    Hi Bill,

    Glad you like it; thanks. I look forward to seeing your WSS army on parade!

    All the best,

    David.

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  7. David Morfitt2 May 2011 at 01:20

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  8. David Morfitt2 May 2011 at 01:22

    Hi Fabrizio,

    Thank you very much and for your kind comments! I shall get onto trying to think of some witty and interesting things to say on my blog tomorrow. :-)

    My wife tells me I looked very much like the Canova portrait when I was younger - sadly that is no longer quite the case...

    All good wishes,

    David.

    P.S. I'm enjoying your Torgau blog but my apologies for not commenting more - I must try harder!

    2 May 2011 02:20

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  9. David Morfitt2 May 2011 at 01:25

    Hi Lluis,

    Thanks; glad you like it. I look forward to seeing it on your blog - and to hearing how the new cuirassier units give Catalonia's enemies a very hard time!

    All good wishes,

    David.

    P.S. I hope to do your miquelet template before too long.

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  10. kendo2 May 2011 at 12:40

    I had that exact post from Kirsten about 3 weeks ..best send it on its way to its cyber doom ...and I have to say I am not all that sure about this blogger award thing either..

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  11. David Morfitt2 May 2011 at 14:08

    Indeed CH - have consigned to it its cyberdoom.

    Cheers,

    David.

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  12. Soldadets4 May 2011 at 21:24

    Hi again David,

    Besides of running the http://what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/ WSS Imagi-Nation am also webmaster of the Catalan language webzine www.wargames.cat, as well as also run the blogs http://desperta-ferro-ed.blogspot.com/ and http://soldadets.blogspot.com/. A couple of these websites have been nominated for "Stylish Blogger Award".

    As a consequence, I've also suggested your excellent blog for a "Stylish Blogger Award". More info at http://desperta-ferro-ed.blogspot.com/2011/05/stylish-blogger-award.html

    Best wishes :)
    Lluís

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  13. David Morfitt8 May 2011 at 15:06

    Hi Lluis,

    Thank you! I must write a post on my blog about this very shortly.

    All the best,

    David.

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  14. EEBrown16 May 2011 at 03:47

    Hello, I think the medals are very cool. Are there any templates for them or can you suggest a design site or software to use?

    EEBrown

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  15. David Morfitt17 May 2011 at 23:42

    Hi EEB,

    I'm glad you like them (though not all of the medals on this blog were created by me - but naturally I think the best were! ;-)). I think the best software to use is a vector drawing program, like Xara's Designer Pro which I use (there is also a cheaper but very capable non-pro version): http://stats.xaraonline.com/ID.874855/product.XaraXtremeCD/redirectid.DesignerHome/affiliate.html Or you could use the freeware Inkscape: www.inkscape.org A Google search will bring up many free and/or Public Domain vector files, often in .eps, .ai or .svg format (Inkscape's native format). Many medal files in .svg format, often PD, can be found on the vast Wikimedia site: www.wikimedia.org

    Good luck!

    Cheers,

    David.

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