Hi FredG, curiosity is cool. So are questions.
I am aware of the French Cuirassier set you refer too,but I have been unable to buy those. None at Model Hobbies! None on E Bay.
As for your question, yes I wanted to show my conversions, but want to paint something to get my painting eye in tune, before doing smaller figures.
All my paints are in the kids pocket money priced range.
The conversion game I like to play is one of leap frog. Cutting the French Dragoons, and Carabiniers heads off to make the 1st Dutch Carabiniers meant I could do a straight swop over without having headless body waste!
So a few French earned brand new heads.
I am not doing many though. Perhaps another two.
BB