Sunday, May 17, 2020

Field bakery

I came across a picture of Dirk Langendijk which is known as a reliable source for depiction uniforms of the late 18th century period (including the FR period).
As I was looking for a theme for the Crisis show of November 2020 (now sadly cancelled) I thought this would be a good new addition to our FR wargame and a nice model to make.
The first picture is the plate by Langendijk, the second a bigger pic of the mobile ovens, the third a bigger pic of the tents with bakers.



I tried to model three mobile ovens and found suitable figures for it made by Black Hussar Miniatures. Although these are ment for the 7YW, I think they are suitable for my little Dutch FR project as the Dutch wore some older looking unifoms and I think a bakers outfit of the 7YW would not be out of place in the FR period.











Oh, and because we are Dutch, a bicycle appeares in some of the pictures; just a gimmick. Some like such additions, some not.


4 comments:

Fire at Will said...

Great picture and lovely modelling

Alde Garde said...

Will, thanks
Jan

French Follower said...

Absolutely beautiful and very inspiring. The presence of the bicycle is a joke. The ancestor of the bicycle was invented in 1817 and patented in France by a Baden resident, Baron Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig,
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Drais

Alde Garde said...

Thanks for the kind words; the bicycle is a joke but as you look closely at pictures of earlier wargame tables you see them appear even in earlier times.