Actually nothing to add, but as white knight mentioned my humble trial, here's a link to the corresponding entry in my blog:
LINK. The beast suffered from bad lighting on the photos, but you'll get the idea.
If you scroll down, there's also a French officer from Conquest's FIW-range which worked well for the (younger) Chevalier de Fronsac. Admittedly, I've done this a pretty while back, before this beasty story got 'hyped' by excellent miniatures and scenarios. By now I would definitely go for some of the other figures mentioned here - apart from the beast, of course.
