Old Guard Bearskins

Why do the Old Guard Grenadiers have these ugly and - I think - incorrect Bearskins?
Will that be fixed soon?

Originally Posted by German Knight

Why do the Old Guard Grenadiers have these ugly and - I think - incorrect Bearskins?
Will that be fixed soon?

No problem. Do it by yourself with the unit editor .

any news on the editor

Looks ok to me except cap visors which I don't think they had unless earlier version?

I think that Jack Lusted did most of the work on the uniforms and I think he did a great deal of research while doing them. Not that that would make them perfect but they are much better than ETW for the most part.

Truthfully, however, I worry more about unit stats and capabilities than the uniforms.


What exactly do you find wrong with the hats?

There has been a mod patch for removing the visor of the old guard bearskin (it was the bearskin for the artillery as Lusted explained it, so it's an obvious mistake) by Lord Mongsworth: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=337800

If Jack Lusted ever reads this, I'd like to know if he can help us in making this bearskin more historically accurate, as the visor really is an ungly mistake. This would be greatly appreciated.

[If Jack Lusted ever reads this, I'd like to know if he can help us in making this bearskin more historically accurate, as the visor really is an ungly mistake. This would be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]

yes it's time to make a patch, I can't barely look at this awful bearskin when my troops are fighting. And I remember to all of you that the first error was they used the bearskin of the imperial artillery for old guard and old guard bearskin for artillery. look here http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=324927

I´m glad that I`m not only one who wants to have the correct Bearskin for these brilliant elite soldiers!
Thanx guys

Well is there enough material for a serious patch?

Would they go back to fix minor details like that if they didn’t do it in the day one patch?

Originally Posted by Jack Lusted

The unit pictures in the first post are from the game, those in Reiksmarshals posts show the old placeholder models.

These minor details will not be changing at all as unit art work on Napoleon stopped over a month ago.

Maybe a modder could get a perfect mix between the bearskin of the feet artillery and the one of the old guard to remove the visor and other incorrect stuff, but for the moment, Lord Mongsworth's no visor patch seems to be the best we can get.

Although it does seem that the uniform editor could help us fixing that, as there has been some breakthrough about it in the "mod workshop - textures" forum.

Still not 100% what I want but here's my version of the OG bearskin ..
If you want it click the NTW Texture Thread link in my sig'

Hay! Love that cross eyed guy in the second row!

It makes you wonder what the guy in front of him had for lunch.

Originally Posted by Red Hue

Hay! Love that cross eyed guy in the second row!

It makes you wonder what the guy in front of him had for lunch.

Those "zombie" eyes freak me out more each time I see them...that just looks wrong.

That is one odd guardsman in the second row. Almost as if he is frightened at the prospect of being photographed.

What's wrong with the bearskins?

Originally Posted by ♔Sir Reginald♔

What's wrong with the bearskins?

That's what irritates me with this mistake from CA... Now a majority of players will think that it was how the old guard looked like.

Lord Mongsworth and Sir Digby, thanks again for correcting as much as you could this hideous mistake.

look here to have good bearskin, it's a great mod who tries to be accurate! http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=341303

Originally Posted by panzerschreck

look here to have good bearskin, it's a great mod who tries to be accurate! http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=341303

Sir Digby's bearskin for the old guard seems more accurate to me as he changed the red strip into white from what I see. Haven't checked the other units from Bart though.

Just an observation, but cheek whiskers and moustache were more common in the Old Guard, than just moustaches. Like Color Sergeant Bourne in the flick Zulu had.

This gives me the excuse to post this pic again