Napoleonic Austrians 1792-98 - Command Group - MK2 Conversions from AWL02

 Following on from my October post, I have now converted some AWL 02 Loyalist skirmishers into Command group figures.

The "loading" skirmisher figure holds his musket diagonally across his body, with his right hand at stomach height and his left hand at neck height.  

The first step is to remove the musket above and below the right hand and the bayonet above the left hand.

The second steps are:

Flag bearer - 

2.1 drill a hole in the right hand and insert a length of 0.4 or 0.5 mm dressmaking pin.  Either don't tell the dressmaker or buy a dedicated supply of pins!

2.2 attach the pin to the left hand and leave about 1 - 2 mm of pin below the right hand (to represent the foot of the flagpole in some sort of carrying belt).

Drummer - 

2.1 attach a drum under the left arm.  I used 2mm diameter plastic rod cut into a 3mm section.  I positioned the drum at an angle to that the hands were just above the top of the drum.

2.2 attach drumsticks to the hands.  I used some very thin wire that was decoration around a wine bottle.

2.3 embellish the drum with straps and a top hoop from the wire.

Fifer - 

2.1 remove the right arm and make a new one from wire.

2.2 attach a short length of staple to make the fife.

2.3 add a plastic fife case under the right arm.

Here's the unpainted figures - 

I plan to post again, once these are painted and based.  I hope this inspires you to have a go at Austrians 1792-98.  

The flag bearer is the easiest of these conversions, so you could just substitute in an officer and make a flag bearer, to get a suitable command group.  Or go mad with knife & glue and make some music!!