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1:72 French Mounted Guards Royal Musketeers

Mounted musketeers of the royal guard in 1:72 scale. The elite escort of the French monarch of the seventeenth century, a rewarding subject for a scene at a chateau or on the road.

Scale1:72
Manufacturer MARS Model

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About product

The guard made famous by a novel

The company of mounted musketeers was formed under Louis XIII and made up the personal escort of the monarch. Its members came mostly from the poorer nobility, served both in the saddle and on foot, and wore the loose cloak called a casaque with a large cross, by which they were recognized at a distance. Although literature made them most famous, this was a real fighting unit committed at sieges as well as in the field.

Display needs a different space from a battle

This set suits a scene that does not show a clash but an episode from life. A carriage in front of a gate, a group of riders in a street or an arrival in a courtyard are situations where the figures work as a scale for the architecture and as a narrative at the same time. Different turns of the heads and positions of the hands mean more here than the number of figures, because the viewer's attention is directed by a gesture and not by quantity.

Painting and details

  • The cloak carries the color of the whole set; keep the other parts in muted tones.
  • Apply the cross on the cloak with a thin brush in two passes, otherwise the edges will run.
  • Glue the hat with its feather on last; it is easily torn off in handling.
  • Unify the horse harness with the color of the boots and the set gains visual coherence.

The castings are supplied without paints, a base or additional terrain.

Combining with other sets

They go well with foot figures of the same century and with models of wagons, because a scene in an urban setting needs more than soldiers alone.

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FAQ

Yes. The company was formed under Louis XIII as the personal escort of the monarch and was committed in the field and at sieges; literary fame came later.

No. They served both mounted and on foot, according to the nature of the task. The mounted form is the one this set captures, however.

Urban and chateau scenes, gates, courtyards and roads. They stand out better next to wagons and buildings than on an open battlefield.

Best with the finest brush in two layers once the base color has dried. Any overrun is put right by painting over the area around it.
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