French Casualty Marker
I already had had a go at converting a Pendraken
American Civil War stretcher-bearer party as a
casualty marker (see Post 89 and Post 90). I thought
I’d try making another casualty marker with one of
the figures from the same set. I snipped away the
rear stretcher bearer, leaving him empty-handed.
My idea was that he would be a civilian pushing a
two-wheeled hand cart carrying a wounded soldier.
I converted him into a peasant type with knee
breeches and gave him a cross strap and hip bag.
With no manufacturer producing any Napoleonic
10mm casualty figures, I selected a figure from the
Pendraken American War of Independence Generic
Dead and Wounded pack (AWX1). I straightened
up the sides of the base to act as the board the
wounded warrior was lying on, cutting into the
base to make sure that some limbs overhung the
board. The cart then only needed handles and a
couple of wheels. I took wheels and axle from a
Pendraken French limber, cutting off the shaft and
adding wire handles. I painted the American War
of Independence figure as a French infantryman.
He had had a hip pack that I had chopped away. I left his
distinctive cross strap as a water bottle strap. With the little group
mounted on a 20mm base, I had made a Napoleonic casualty
marker without using Napoleonic figures. Also, I had painted my
first figure by the expert sculptor known as Clibinarium.
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