French Line Lancer - Refurbished

Over the past couple of weeks between projects I have been slowly repainting one of the French Line Lancers which I purchased off Ebay. Over the years they had become a bit battered and bruised. I kept to the colours used by the original painter and tidied him up. Nowadays I use gloss paint for all my figures and no shading, so a kind of toy soldier style which I like. I also use it on figures on my other blog Douglas Miniatures 20mm Crimean War. Here he is fresh out of the depot!

Napoleonic French Line Lancers

I took a closer look at the lancer figures and happily I was able to confirm that they are indeed by Ros. Here you can see the makers stamp, with the date 1975:

The horse is very typically Ros, with the over sized tail. The figures too are of classic Ros design, with the slightly over sized head and helmet. I doubt very much that the remnants of the lance pennant are original, appearing to be made from aluminium foil:

French Line Lancers - ebay find

I saw these figures on Ebay and I am convinced that they are by Ros. The horses are of a very similar design as others in the range. The heads have that over large Ros look about them too. However, I have never seen the lancer figures before, so cannot be 100% sure yet. I will have a better feel for them when I strip them down for painting.