French Chasseur a Cheval Regiments

Tour de France - Stage 3

Only stage 3, and Im feeling like I'm struggling to keep up already !

 Lucky for me, I have some Chasseur a Cheval already finished off, which fits in nicely with the results from Stage 3.

Peter Sagan - again - puts the hammer down at the end of 197km of too-fast racing, to grab an easy sprint finish ... on a set of climbs .. against the best in the world.

.. And still has plenty of time to stop before the finish line, smile for the cameras and perform an intricate victory dance on the saddle as he coasts over the line to another stage win.

That's none less than Mark Cavendish and Fabian Cancellara struggling in the background to take 2nd place.

WTH ?  How good is this kid ?

So here we have some squadrons of French Chasseurs in a dark shade of Liquigas Green.

The close observer will note that these 'French' guys are actually not what they seem  !

Since Warrior miniatures don't actually have a Chasseur figure in their French range, this is a simple paintbrush conversion of 'British Light Dragoon with Shako', press ganged into French service.

Which I think does a pretty reasonable job of looking the part, under the circumstances.

More matching sets of cufflinks ... most important part of the base is the part you cant see.

Whilst Im at it, I may as well throw in some pics of Sunny Adelaide Action as we go with this series : 

Here is a random shot from Willunga earlier this year, prior to opening up Willunga Hill :

 

French Chasseur a Cheval Facings

Regiment	Coats	Collars	Turnbacks	Cuffs
1st	Dark Green	Scarlet	Scarlet	Scarlet
2nd	Dark Green	Green	Scarlet	Scarlet
3rd	Dark Green	Scarlet	Scarlet	Scarlet
4th	Dark Green	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow
5th	Dark Green	Green	Yellow	Yellow
6th	Dark Green	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow
7th	Dark Green	Pink	Pink	Pink
8th	Dark Green	Green	Pink	Pink
9th	Dark Green	Pink	Pink	Pink
10th	Dark Green	Crimson	Crimson	Crimson
11th	Dark Green	Green	Crimson	Crimson
12th	Dark Green	Crimson	Crimson	Crimson
13th	Dark Green	Orange	Orange	Orange
14th	Dark Green	Green	Orange	Orange
15th	Dark Green	Orange	Orange	Orange
16th	Dark Green	Sky Blue	Sky Blue	Sky Blue
17th	Dark Green	Green	Sky Blue	Sky Blue
18th	Dark Green	Sky Blue	Sky Blue	Sky Blue
19th	Dark Green	Lt-Orange	Lt-Orange	Lt-Orange
20th	Dark Green	Green	Lt-Orange	Lt-Orange
21st	Dark Green	Lt-Orange	Lt-Orange	Lt-Orange
22nd	Dark Green	Dk-Orange	Dk-Orange	Dk-Orange
23rd	Dark Green	Green	Dk-Orange	Dk-Orange
24th	Dark Green	Dk-Orange	Dk-Orange	Dk-Orange
25th	Dark Green	Madder Red	Madder Red	Madder Red
26th	Dark Green	Green	Madder Red	Madder Red
27th	Dark Green	Green	Madder Red	Madder Red
28th	Dark Green	Amarante	Amarante	Amarante
29th	Dark Green	Green	Amarante	Amarante
30th	Dark Green	Amarante	Amarante	Amarante
31st	Dark Green	Chamois	Chamois	Chamois