These figures are included in Valiant's catalogue for the best reasons, that gamers have asked for them and have given the firm all the details of the pose, uniforms etc. etc. that they want. For £15 your ideas are transformed by Valiant into figures. The gamer gets 15 figures customised to his/her ideas and they go on the list for all to buy, for, at the moment, 50p each.

Hungarian Infantry

HUN01 Musketeer advancing. Slightly narrowing-to-the-crown shako. Hungarian trousers and short boots. Water bottle on the left hip (canteen style) with knapsack behind and partly beneath it. Cartridge pouch on the right hip. He carries a bayoneted "fucile da fanteria mod:1854". Sorry, my reference book is, "L'Esercito Austriaco nel 1859", #8, EMI Serie "Bello" by Mario Zannoni. [It does have subtitles in English however and a shortened text ditto at the end of the book a la Osprey, "Men at Arms" series]. Curious English at times they are. Anyway "an infantry fusil model 1854". The book quoted above is well worth getting if you are interested in this period. His furry pack has a mess tin placed centrally retained by a strap and the rolled greatcoat goes around the pack and is retained by four straps. All these figures are uniformed in the same way so I shall describe the poses.
HUN02 Musketeer High Porte. Exactly in that pose, advancing.
HUN03 Musketeer firing. A good aiming pose. The lock of the weapon is well modelled.
HUN04 Musketeer at the ready. Wide spread legged stance to make a steady "platform" when firing. Looks quite menacing actually.
HUN05 Musketeer getting cartridge. Holding the weapon at the point of balance in the left hand and reaching behind into his cartridge pouch with the right hand. The copper cap pouch can be seen centrally on the cross straps over his chest.
HUN06 Grenadier advancing. The item that shows his elite status is a sword on his right hip. The bayonet scabbard goes on top of this. He is moving forward, looking 1/4 left.

These are very cleanly cast, well animated figures. I hope some officers, musicians may be forthcoming at some time.

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