Conversions in resin.

Dated: October 1, 1999.

Here are some more interesting conversions from Chris D'Arcy of New York. Mr. D'Arcy was the first visitor to contribute conversions to this site, back in 1997. Mr. D'Arcy specializes in casting his conversions in resin.


Nassau Fusilier, 1st regiment (1815) and Nassau Grenadier, 2nd regiment (1815). These are both 20mm metal figures converted in resin. The Nassauers, which were part of the Dutch army, were the largest complement of the Dutch army and fought well. Though the Nassau fusiliers can be converted from other infantry such as the upcoming Dutch, the Nassau grenadiers wore a bearskin that was different from other grenadier's bearskins. The correct shape of this bearskin is probably midway between a French Guard's bearskin and a Chasseur a cheval elite busby.


Brunswick Leib officer and two marching infantry. Converted from metal into resin. To non German speakers, it's often easy to confuse Leib (Guard) with Lieb (Love), just remember it's not a L-I-E.


French Line fusilier cornet (1815), another 20mm metal figure converted to resin.


Prussian Reserve Infantry Musketeer, 3rd battalion, 1st E. Prussian Infantry Regiment. After the defeat by Napoleon in 1806 the size of the standing Prussian army was limited by the French. In order to prepare more men than allowed in the standing army the Prussians used the Kreumper system. This was a rather simple but ingenious system in which bodies of men were trained and then dismissed to be replaced by raw men who would then be trained and so on. This way a large army could be trained without increasing the size of the standing army. This system is still currently in use today by countries as diverse as Switzerland and Taiwan. They can have a large army at a moment's notice without the cost of a large standing army. (That's the same system Boeing uses to maintain a large reserve of engineers in Seattle, sorry, couldn't resist a little insider joke.)
Following the defeat after years of war, the Prussian State was poor and dressed her reservists in as simple a manner as possible. This conversion shows the simple grey tailess tunic, grey pants and grey cap worn by these men. In our eyes this might not look unusual but in the intensely colorful Napoleonic era, these men look positively drab and unready for war. This conversion was made with a Revell Prussian Infantry body and probably a Prussian Landwehr cap, and cast in resin.


25th Prussian Infantry Regiment (1815). This is the famous Luetzow's Freikorps a volunteer regiment which was taken into the line as the 25th Inf. Regiment in March 1815. Resin figure, converted from a Prussian Landwehr body and ?

All figures are courtesy of Mr. Chris D'Arcy, many thanks! All figures are scanned at 300DPI, 100%.

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