A place to post about ‘Epic’ Age of the Big Battalions

[Ray Rivers]

Those look great! 

Your basing gives the unit a proper mass. As I have said before, the 5 troopers to a base always struck me as weird.

[Roo]

Think those Prussian Landwehr look grand based in that manner

[Norm]

Having given the Epic Prussians a Landwehr Lancer unit earlier in the month, I decided to give the French their first cavalry unit and they too have lancer models, so these went onto the painting sticks. 

They have been done as Chevaux Légers Lanciers, line lancers, not to be confused with the 1st Regiment of Polish lancers of the guard. This is the 1st Line Regiment with scarlet facings, the first of six regiments converted from dragoons in 1811 and rather colourful chaps they are too.

They have white plumes on their helmet except for the elite company sitting on the right flank of the unit, which had red plumes.

They were involved in the 1812 battles with Russia and 1814 actions at Dresden, Leipzig and Hanau.

In 1815 during the Waterloo campaign, they operated on the French right and were used against Bulow’s Prussians as they emerged from the Bois de Paris, who were advancing on Plancenoit (hence our photo).

I have continued with the 80mm x 60mm base, which holds 12 cavalry models set in two ranks. It is easy to image 2 - 3 of these horse bases forming into a cavalry brigade without their footprint taking up too much space on the table.