Ok, no more heat treating...
Time for some more reversible customizing.
My only French army man from the Napoleonic Wars.
I think he is an "Old Guard" line infantryman.
Here he is:
I used hot glue to glue the feather on, and the bayonet.
(Since I didn't have the proper bayonet.)
I really like how the bayonet looks on the rifle though,
so I may be using the same system for my light infantrymen when they come out.