Surplus gunner may result from purchasing extra boxes to get the infantry. The following are simple conversions; suitable for those who, like me, have little time, and less skill. Infantry Officer: From bucket man. Cut off bucket, and keep for use with guns. Cut away pack. Shove pin into right hand, (in line with arm), for sword. Infantryman: From ramrod man. Cut away ramrod. Evostick musket, (from ACW crawler) to left hand to shoulder, in "slope arms" position. Voltiger: From handspike man. Cut off curved end of hand spike, and replace with thick pin for musket barrel. Replace other end with piece of that office staple for musket butt. Voltiger Officer: From linstock man. Cut off linstock and pack. Push pin into right hand, (in line with arm), for sword. This chap, and his men, look suitably purposeful. Amm. Caisson: (Drawings in Head's "French Napoleonic Artillery" (Almark Publications) Even if you do not want these on the table with your batteries they may be useful in a game fought round a Supply Convoy. And will enhance a static display of your figures. Cut caisson bodies, (44mm long), from a strip of wood planed/sanded to a section like a tiny house - width 8mm, sides 7mm high, height to peak of lid 12mm. Pin a gun axle, with wheels under the back, and limber axle at front, with sufficient scrap plastic between it and the body to make the vehicle sit level. Paint brown, or olive, with black strapping. If you want an overlapping lid, cut from card. Spare wheel at back from gun. Uses for remaining bits: "Damage" remaining guns, for use as battlefield props. Recruit surplus loaders as mounted men, (orderlies, gun team riders, etc), by cutting off their stands. Horse leading men will make standard bearers. Flag from thin plasticard, (otherwise known as styrene sheet, from model railway shops - many of these shops sell warZames gear nowadays anyway!). Pole of thin wire, or hefty pin; base pushed into figures stand and "Uhued" to mans right hand and flag. if this, or any other figure, proves top heavy, Evostick to a larger base of thickish plasticard. (This is the very last of the conversion hints - more would be very welcome!) Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 121 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1972 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