Cherilea U.S. Cavalry, Paragon & Armies in Plastic Napoleonic English Gunners

 Cherilea toy soldiers were among figures I did not have as a child. However, I occasionally collect them. Some traits of them are they are lanky and animated, including a lot of falling over or nearly overbalancing poses.

 The pennant says '5th Cavalry' but the holder lacked a sword. I made a new one from a flattened piece of wire ground down to shape on a grinding wheel. The lower section of the flagpole is a metal addition.

  I painted the figures a while back, in the original color scheme. The main difference is I added corporal stripes on him as he had engraved trouser stripes; (only NCOs and officers had the stripes, but all the Cherilea figures have them). The wounded or dying figure with the odd angle of the arrow, is an officer.

  Due to the very animated poses, I added substantial bases to prevent over-balancing.

     Below is a prone Paragon cavalryman I also painted in the same stereotyped style with yellow neckerchief. (In reality US cavalrymen had muti-colored civilian neckerchiefs although, at some point, Custer's men had red neckerchiefs).

Below: Armies in Plastic Napoleonic artillery officer at left and at right a home casting metal copy. The figures are based on poker chips that I often use for artillery figures. The metal figure I finished recently.