Following a flood of requests (well OK, one) for more info on my Great War Belgians, here is part one of their story.

My starting point was the Deetail French Foreign Legion figures – including some of the newer plastic-based copies made by DSG.  First step was to lop their heads off and trim away the havelock (neck cloth).  I took the opportunity at this point to make a few other changes – such as replacing the officer’s sword with a flagpole.

New heads came from Tradition Of London.

New paintwork began to transform their appearance…

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Here is one with a pair of Tradition cyclists.  I picked them up for rather less than half price at a Paris Eurofigurines show a couple of years back.

And no – before you ask – I haven’t built a dog-pulled MG.  Yet.