Basic Figure - Japanese Infantry The figure shown is just one example of the conversions available using the Japanese. The carbine should be carefully cut away leaving the hands intact. The jacket skirts, pockets, collar, puttees and cap are cut away, the puttees are carefully trimmed to represent gaiters. The haversack at the side can be left if the figure is before 1807 but after that date a haversack was worn on the back. Tails of .paper are added along with a bayonet and sword from staples. A new musket is added from an A.C.W. figure or made from a flat staple. The casque haversack and cartridge pouch are fashioned from plasticene and coated with glue. COLOURS Jacket - Light blue. Facings, collar etc - Scarlet, yellow or black. Breeches White. Gaiters Black. Further details can be found in Funken's books or in Preben Kannik. Other figures from the set can be used especially the ones kneeling and firing. The same methods can be used to reproduce the troops of most of the nations involved with the Napoleonic wars. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 112 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1971 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com