{"id":5205,"date":"2015-04-06T15:39:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T14:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=5205"},"modified":"2015-04-06T15:40:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T14:40:06","slug":"bicycle-bicycle-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/04\/bicycle-bicycle-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicycle, bicycle\u2026.."},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>

We’ve had dismounted Carabinier cyclists<\/a> available for quite some time but until now the poor chaps haven’t actually been able to ride into battle as intended. Well now they can!<\/p>\n

One company in each Carabinier battalion were equipped with bicycles for reconnaissance and to provide support to the cavalry regiments. They were originally equipped with the standard Carabinier Tyrolean hat before being issued with a smaller and more practical hat with a detachable peak.<\/p>\n

\"Carabineer<\/p>\n

The basic soldiers will be available in packs of two different figures and individual officers with a choice of kepi or bonnet de police.<\/p>\n

They’ll all be available at Salute<\/a> in around three weeks time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve had dismounted Carabinier cyclists available for quite some time but until now the poor chaps haven’t actually been able to ride into battle as intended. Well now they can! One company in each Carabinier battalion were equipped with bicycles … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-great-war","category-salute-2015"],"views":3038,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Carabineer-cyclists.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1lX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5388,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/05\/painting-belgians-part-two-carabinier-cyclists\/","url_meta":{"origin":5205,"position":0},"title":"Painting Belgians part two – Carabinier cyclists","author":"Phil","date":"May 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Part two of our Belgian painting guide was meant to be cavalry and it was meant to have been done a long long time ago (part one was after all back in August 2013) but apathy can be a wonderful thing.\u00a0However the release of our Carabinier cyclists has finally encouraged\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Great War"","block_context":{"text":"Great War","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/great-war\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cyclist-front.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cyclist-front.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cyclist-front.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cyclist-front.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4728,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/11\/sound-the-bugle\/","url_meta":{"origin":5205,"position":1},"title":"Sound the Bugle !","author":"Tony","date":"November 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I mentioned in the run up to Crisis that Phil has sprung a surprise on me by turning up with two new moulds of 28mm WW1 Belgians - NCOs and Buglers. He's finished painting and photographing some sample figures so we're pleased to say that they've been added to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Great War"","block_context":{"text":"Great War","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/great-war\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/GW28-1140.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5347,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/05\/5347\/","url_meta":{"origin":5205,"position":2},"title":"Gentlemen, Mount Your Bikes!","author":"Tony","date":"May 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We've had dismounted cyclists available for our 28mm Great War Belgians for a while, but today we're finally telling them to do a Norman Tebbit and 'get on your bikes'! We have two options for a Carabinier cyclist officer with Kepi or sidecap, and a pair of cyclist infantrymen to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Great War"","block_context":{"text":"Great War","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/great-war\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/CyclistRelease.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/CyclistRelease.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/CyclistRelease.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/CyclistRelease.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4603,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/10\/new-for-crisis\/","url_meta":{"origin":5205,"position":3},"title":"New for Crisis","author":"Tony","date":"October 31, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Last post before I go off to Crisis (in fact I've already left, this is a timed post !). We have a number of new items at the show in several ranges, which I'll quickly summarise below. Phil sprang a surprise on me this week by turning up with some\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "15mm SF"","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SSS-8045.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SSS-8045.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SSS-8045.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SSS-8045.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5196,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/04\/the-salute-sticky-page\/","url_meta":{"origin":5205,"position":4},"title":"The Salute Sticky Page","author":"Tony","date":"April 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Assuming all goes to plan, this page will list everything we're planning to release at Salute this year. We've made it a 'sticky' page, which means that it will remain at the top of the blog until the big day (April 25th) - after which I'll un-sticky it. It will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "15mm SF"","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"salute2015logo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/salute2015logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/salute2015logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/salute2015logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2937,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/08\/painting-belgians-part-one-the-infantry\/","url_meta":{"origin":5205,"position":5},"title":"Painting Belgians part one – the infantry","author":"Phil","date":"August 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been meaning to produce a painting guide for our Great War Belgian figures for a rather long time. Since I'm currently working on a project that involves painting a large number of them now seemed a good time to actually do it. This first instalment will cover the different\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Great War"","block_context":{"text":"Great War","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/great-war\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Infantry front","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Infantry-front-230x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5205"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5214,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5205\/revisions\/5214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}