ABOVE LEFT Battalion Commander: Pendraken French mounted Old Guard
grenadier officer with a new head and bicorne as featured in the last post.
ABOVE CENTRE Colonel: Pendraken French mounted colonel from pack NPF14.
ABOVE RIGHT Major: Converted Pendraken French line infantry officer from
pack NPF3. I chopped off and repositioned his sword-arm. As much as I
preferred the new arm position, it wasn’t one that could be expected of the
casting process.
I wanted all my French regiments to
have at least one regimental staff
officer figure (see Post 47). I decided to
stick with just the four highest
regimental ranks, and the simplified
insignia as sketched in my diagram on
the left – all the line epaulettes being
gilt except for the major’s silver
shoulder straps, lights simply
substituting gilt for silver and silver for
gilt.
Colonels were not necessarily present –
they could have been lost in battle –
but it seemed a good idea to try and
have at the very least a major with his
twin-fringed epaulettes in charge. The
most junior officer would be captain
but a captain’s 10mm insignia would
be just the same as a battalion or
squadron commander’s, all with one
fringed epaulette on the left shoulder
and a fringeless epaulette on the other
– the difference being the quality of the gilt.
Basically, any infantry or cavalry regiment
without an officer figure with twin-fringed
epaulettes would have a battalion or
squadron commander.
ABOVE My simple diagram for 10mm French line insignia. Light
regiments only differ by substituting gilt for silver and silver for gilt.
Lower ranking insignia involves piping on the straps so sticking with
these four top-brass ranks is a wise move for the 10mm painter.
French Regimental Officers’ Rank Insignia
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