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Helge:
Greetings from a new arrival to this forum. A decade ago I was part of many “Tales of Painter” style events on long-forgotten forums, so now I am unashamedly hoping to leverage this community for motivational boosts. And motivation I shall need aplenty, as my newest adventure is to recreate the battle of Waterloo in 28mm!
The sections below list the grand plan and the list of units which I will “check off” when completed (and posted!). Finally, I am adding a reply with the very first completed unit to kick this off with some eye candy.
Cheers Helge
The Plan
The game plan is straightforward if possibly a tad ambitious: the entire engaged order of battle of all three armies with Black Powder style unit scales in 28mm. As with my previous ranked historical effort – an Early Imperial Roman Army – I shall use uniform square bases for all elements as follows: 50mm square for all formed units (6 infantry, 4 formed light, 2 cavalry) 50mm round for skirmishers and other unformed units 50mm, 75mm, 100mm round for brigade, division and corps/army command respectively 40mm wound market dial for ADCs with one ADC for all Division and Corps commanders (and as actual wound markers obviously) Artillery as: - 1 Section (2 guns) represented as 1 model on 100x100mm base - 2 Sections (4 guns) represented as 2 models on 150x100mm base - 3 Sections (6 guns) represented as 3 models on 200x100mm base (usually 2 cannons and 1 howitzer) - 4 Sections (8 guns) represented as 4 models on 300x100mm base
With that basing, infantry will come in 2, 4 and 6 bases for small, standard and large formations respectively. Cavalry with 2 bases per squadron, forming a second line if the third and fourth squadrons are present. That gives all standard units a 20cm frontage which appeals to my orderly mind (and seems broadly consistent with the fighting frontage in real life).
At this point, I have purchased just over 5,000 models – a mix of Perry, Warlord and Victrix for the bulk but with command/specialized models from Elite, Front Rank, Foundry, Steve Barber, Avant Post, Eagle, Calpe, and anybody else I could find online. Everything for the Allied army is cleaned up, assembled, glued to popsicle sticks and primed with dozens of cans of GW Wraithbone spray. The latter being critical as my hope is to leverage GW Contrast Paints for the bulk of the paint job. Add 100+ glorious GMB Flags on custom poles and 1,000+ 3mm MDF bases from Warbases. Now everything just needs a spot of paint… and that’s where hopefully this community will give me a (virtual and moral) hand.
Note from the Future (November 22nd 2023): I am adding this comment on the one year anniversary of this project. The Allied Army is largely completed now with only a few units left. I have started to assemble and prepare the Prussian army as the second phase of the project. The anticipated order of battle for the Prussians has therefore been added at the end and will get checked off in the same manner once completed. If you wish to see the 100+ Allied units without clicking through endless pages, you can get everything in one shot on my website.
Order of Battle Below is the “To Do” list through which I will have to gradually progress – marking completed units as I finish and post them here (and exploding entries as I drill in). I shall start with the Allied Army. Huzzah!
Allied Army of the Netherlands 66 Command Bases (4 Corps, 12 Division, 32 Brigade, 16 ADC, 2 Regimental) 58 Line Battalions (12 large, 45 regular, 1 small) 20 Light Battalions and other formations (3 large, 15 regular, 2 small) 10 Heavy Cavalry Regiments 21 Light Cavalry Regiments 27 Artillery Batteries This represents all formations in the active OOB at Waterloo excluding units posted in the rear to guard the line of retreat.
I Corps - Prince of Orange & MG de Constant-Rebeque as Chief of Staff 1st British Division (Guards) – MG George Cooke 1st British Guard Brigade - MG Maitland II/1st Foot Guards (Grenadier Guards) III/1st Foot Guards (Grenadier Guards) 2nd British Guards Brigade - MG Sir Byng II/2nd Foot Guards (Coldstream Guards) II/3rd Foot Guards (Scots Guards) Divisional Artillery Sandham's Company, 3rd Btn. RFA 2nd KGL Horse Artillery
3rd British Division - MG Count Sir Karl von Alten 5th British Brigade - MG C. Halkett II/30th Foot (Cambridgeshire) II/33rd Foot (Duke of Wellington's Own) II/69th Foot (South Lincolnshire) II/73rd Foot (Perthshire Highlanders) 2nd KGL Brigade - Col Baron Ompteda I KGL Light II KGL Light V KGL Line VIII KGL Line 1st Hannoverian Brigade - MG Graf von Kielmansegg Light Battalion Grubenhagen Light Battalion Lueneburg Field Battalion Osnabrueck Field Battalion Bremen Field Battalion Verden Feldjaeger Company Divisional Artillery Lloyd's Company, 10th Btn. RFA 1st KGL Foot Artillery
2nd Netherlands Division – LG Perponcher Sedlnitsky 1st Brigade – MG Bijlandt 27th Chasseur Belge (Belgian) 7th Line (Belgian) 5th Militia (Dutch) 7th Militia (Dutch) 8th Militia (Dutch) Foot Artillery Battery 2nd Brigade – Prinz von Saxe-Weimar I/2nd Nassau II/2nd Nassau III/2nd Nassau I/28th Line (Nassau-Orange) II/28th Line (Nassau Orange) Horse Artillery Battery
3rd Netherlands Division – LG Baron Chasse 1st Brigade – Col. Detmers 35th Chasseur Belge (Belgian) 2nd Line (Dutch) 4th, 6th, 17th and 19th Militia were not engaged 2nd Brigade – MG d'Aubreme 36th Chasseur Belge (Belgian) 3rd Line (Dutch) 12th and 13th Line, 3rd and 10th Militia were not engaged
II Corps – Lord Rowland Hill 2nd British Division – LG Clinton 3rd British Brigade – MG Adams I/52nd Foot (Light) 71st Foot (Light) II/95th Rifles III/95th Rifles 1st KGL Brigade – Col du Plat I KGL Line II KGL Line III KGL Line IV KGL Line 3rd Hannoverian Brigade – Col H. Halkett Landwehr Osnabrueck Other three battalions skipped as they never advanced from reserve Divisional Artillery Alm's Company, 3rd Btn. RHA 1st KGL Horse Artillery
4th British Division – LG Sir Charles Colville 4th British Brigade – Lt. Col. Mitchell III/14th Foot I/23rd Foot I/51st Foot (Light) The remainder of 4th Division was posted at Hal to guard the line of retreat for the army.
Reserves - Duke of Wellington 5th British Division – LG Picton 8th British Brigade – MG Sir Kempt I/28th Foot (North Gloucestershire) I/32nd Foot (Cornwall) I/79th Foot (Cameronian Highlanders) I/95th Foot Rifles 9th British Brigade – MG Sir Pack III/1st Foot (Royal Scots) I/42nd Foot ("Black Watch") II/44th Foot (East Essex) I/92nd Foot (Gordon Highlanders) 5th Hannover Brigade – Col. von Vincke Landwehr Gifhorn Landwehr Hameln Landwehr Hildesheim Landwehr Peine Divisional Artillery Roger's Company, 3rd RFA Kpt. Braun's Battery, Hannover Foot Artillery
6th British Division – MG Sir Lambert (acting) 10th British Brigade – Lt. Col. Brooke (acting) I/4th Foot (King's Own) I/27th Foot (Inniskilling) I/40th Foot (2nd Sommersetshire) 4th Hannover Brigade – Col. Best Landwehr Osterode Landwehr Verden Landwehr Lueneburg Landwehr Muenden Divisional Artillery Sinclair's Company, 3rd RFA
Reserve Artillery A Troop RHA D Troop RHA
Brunswick Division – Duke of Brunswick Advance Guard - Major von Rauschenplatt Jaeger Btn. Light Brigade - Lt.-Col. von Butlar Light Btn. Leib 1st Light Btn. 2nd Light Btn. 3rd Light Btn. Line Brigade - Lt.-Col. von Specht 1st Line Btn. 2nd Line Btn. 3rd Line Btn. Cavalry 2nd Hussars Uhlans Artillery Horse Battery Foot Battery
Nassau Brigade – MG von Kruse I/1st Regiment II/1st Regiment III/1st Regiment Landwehr
Cavalry - Earl of Uxbrigde Staff Corps of Cavalry 1st British Cavalry Brigade (Household) - MG Somerset 1st Life Guards 2nd Life Guards Royal Horse Guards 1st Guard Dragoons
2nd British Cavalry Brigade - MG Sir Ponsonby 1st Dragoons 2nd Dragoons 6th Dragoons
3rd British Cavalry Brigade - MG Sir von Doernberg 23rd Light Dragoons 1st KGL Light Dragoons 2nd KGL Light Dragoons
4th British Cavalry Brigade - MG Sir Vandeleur 11th Light Dragoons 12th Light Dragoons 16th Light Dragoons
5th British Cavalry Brigade - MG Sir Grant 7th Hussars 15th Hussars 13th Light Dragoons (attached from 7th Brigade)
6th British Cavalry Brigade - MG Sir Vivian 10th Hussars 18th Hussars 1st KGL Hussars
7th British Cavalry Brigade - Col. Sir Arentschildt 3rd KGL Hussars
Hannover Cavalry Brigade - Col. Baron Estorff Duke of Cumberland Hussaren
Netherlands Cavalry Division – LG Baron de Collaert Heavy Cavalry Brigade - MG Jonkheer Tripp Karabiners No. 1 (Dutch) Carabiniers No. 2 (Belgian) Karabiners No. 3 (Dutch) 1st Light Cavalry Brigade - MG Baron de Ghigny Lichte Dragonders No. 4 (Dutch) Hussards No. 8 (Belgian) 2nd Light Cavalry Brigade - MG van Merlen Dragons Legers No. 5 (Belgian) Huzaren No. 6 (Dutch) Divisional Artillery Peters' Half-Battery, Horse Artillery van Pittius' Half-Battery, Horse Artillery
Horse Artillery – 8 Batteries E Troop F Troop G Troop H Troop I Troop 2nd Rocket Troop
Prussian Army of the Lower Rhine
My second army for this project are the Prussians. The force is composed of three Corps though the first two only made it partially onto the field. I am using German names throughout but it should be pretty easy to translate. All in, the Prussians will be a bit smaller than the Allied Army but not by much:
52 Command Bases (4 Army/Corps, 10 Division (Prussian Brigade), 27 Brigade (Prussian Regiment), 11 ADC) 61 Line Battalions (11 large, 50 regular) 4 Heavy Cavalry Regiments 14 Light Cavalry Regiments 13 Artillery Batteries This represents all formations in the active OOB at Waterloo excluding units that didn't make it onto the field.
Armee des Niederrhein - Generalfeldmarshal Bluecher
I Korps - Generalleutnant von Zieten 1. Brigade - Generalmajor von Steinmetz 12. Infanterie Regiment - Oberstleutnant Othengraven I/12. Infanterie Regiment II/12. Infanterie Regiment F/12. Infanterie Regiment Westfaelische Landwehr Jaeger 24. Infanterie Regiment - Major von Laurens I/24. Infanterie Regiment II/24. Infanterie Regiment F/24. Infanterie Regiment Schlesische Schuetzen 1. Westfaelische Landwehr - Major von Huelsen I/1. Westfaelische Landwehr II/1. Westfaelische Landwehr III/1. Westfaelische Landwehr
Reserve-Kavallerie - Generalleutnant von Roeder 1. Brigade - Generalmajor von Treskow 2. Dragoner 5. Dragoner 3. Ulanen 4. Husaren (attached to infantry) 2. Brigade - Oberstleutnant von Luetzow 6. Ulanen 2. Kurmaerkische Landwehr Kavallerie
II Korps - Generalmajor von Pirch 5. Brigade - Generalmajor von Tippelskirch 2. Infanterie Regiment - Major von Cardell I/2. Infanterie Regiment II/2. Infanterie Regiment F/2. Infanterie Regiment Jaeger 25. Infanterie Regiment - Major von Petersdorff I/25. Infanterie Regiment II/25. Infanterie Regiment F/25. Infanterie Regiment Tyroler Jaeger 5. Westfaelische Landwehr - Oberstleutnant von Roedel I/5. Westfaelische Landwehr II/5. Westfaelische Landwehr III/5. Westfaelische Landwehr Westfaelische Landwehr Jaeger 10. Fussbatterie
6. Brigade - Generalmajor von Krafft 9. Infanterie Regiment - Major von Schmidt I/9. Infanterie Regiment II/9. Infanterie Regiment F/9. Infanterie Regiment Jaeger 26. Infanterie Regiment - Oberst von Reuss I/26. Infanterie Regiment II/26. Infanterie Regiment F/26. Infanterie Regiment Jaeger 1. Elb-Landwehr - Oberstleutnant von Bismark I/1. Elb-Landwehr II/1. Elb-Landwehr III/1. Elb-Landwehr
Reserve-Kavallerie - Generalmajor von Wahlen-Juergass 1. Brigade - Oberst von Thuemen 1. Dragoner 2. Ulanen 5. Kurmaerkische Landwehr Kavallerie (attached from 3. Brigade)
IV Korps - Freiherr von Buelow 13. Brigade - Generalleutnant von Hacke 10. Infanterie Regiment - Oberst von Lettow I/10. Infanterie Regiment II/10. Infanterie Regiment F/10. Infanterie Regiment 2. Neumaerkische Landwehr - Major von Schmalensee I/2. Neumaerkische Landwehr II/2. Neumaerkische Landwehr III/2. Neumaerkische Landwehr 3. Neumaerkische Landwehr - Major von Braunschweig I/3. Neumaerkische Landwehr II/3. Neumaerkische Landwehr III/3. Neumaerkische Landwehr 21. Fussbatterie
14. Brigade - Oberst von Funck (replacing GM von Ryssel) 11. Infanterie Regiment - Major Graf von Reichenbach I/11. Infanterie Regiment II/11. Infanterie Regiment F/11. Infanterie Regiment (detached) 1. Pommersche Landwehr - Oberstleutnant von Brandenstein I/1. Pommersche Landwehr II/1. Pommersche Landwehr III/1. Pommersche Landwehr (detached) 2. Neumaerkische Landwehr - Oberst von Pawels I/2. Pommersche Landwehr II/2. Pommersche Landwehr III/2. Pommersche Landwehr 13. Fussbatterie
15. Brigade - Generalmajor von Losthin 18. Infanterie Regiment - Oberst von Loebell I/18. Infanterie Regiment II/18. Infanterie Regiment F/18. Infanterie Regiment 3. Schlesische Landwehr - Oberstleutnant von Thile I/3. Schlesische Landwehr II/3. Schlesische Landwehr III/3. Schlesische Landwehr 4. Schlesische - Oberstleutnant von Massow I/4. Schlesische Landwehr II/4. Schlesische Landwehr III/4. Schlesische Landwehr 14. Fussbatterie
16. Brigade - Oberst Freiherr Hiller von Gaetringen 15. Infanterie Regiment - Oberst von Crailsheim I/15. Infanterie Regiment II/15. Infanterie Regiment F/15. Infanterie Regiment 1. Schlesische Landwehr - Major von Fischer I/1. Schlesische Landwehr II/1. Schlesische Landwehr III/1. Schlesische Landwehr 2. Schlesische - Oberstleutnant von Blandowski I/2. Schlesische Landwehr II/2. Schlesische Landwehr III/2. Schlesische Landwehr 2. Fussbatterie
Reserve-Kavallerie - Prinz Wilhelm von Preussen 1. Brigade - Oberst von Schwerin 1. Ulanen 6. Husaren 1. Reitende Batterie 2. Brigade - Oberstleutnant von Watzdorff 8. Dragoner 8. Ulanen 12. Reitende Batterie 3. Brigade - Generalmajor von Sydow 1. Neumaerkische Landwehr Kavallerie 2. Neumaerkische Landwehr Kavallerie 1. Pommersche Landwehr Kavallerie 2. Schlesische Landwehr Kavallerie (attached to infantry) 3. Schlesische Landwehr Kavallerie (attached to infantry)
Reserve-Artillerie - Generalmajor von Holtzendorf 3. Schwere Batterie 5. Schwere Batterie 12. Schwere Batterie 11. Fussbatterie 11. Reitende Batterie 4. Haubitzen Batterie
French Army of the North
Imperial Guard – 22 Btn., 6 Cavalry Regiments, 12 Batteries I Corps – 33 Btn. and 4 Batteries in 4 Divisions II Corps – ignore for now VI Corps – ignore for now Light Cavalry (attached to Infantry Corps) – 14 Light Cavalry Regiments, 5 Batteries III Cavalry Corps – 8 Heavy Cavalry Regiments, 2 Batteries IV Cavalry Corps – ignore for now
Helge:
As promised, here is a quick snap of my "pilot" unit for this project: II/30th Foot (Cambridgeshire). Part of the 5th British Brigade of the 3rd Division in I Corps. I am starting with 3rd Division as it seems the most "generic" of the Allied formations which will get me into the grove of painting regular British battalions.
The photo also shows my default configuration for each unit. Four 50mm bases for a Standard sized battalion, a 50mm round skirmisher base for elements of the Light Company, and a wood marker. Having two columns of flank companies on each side is not entirely accurate for the British company structure, but a single column look too small. Models are Perry plastics which will form the bulk of my British units with some metals mixed in for commands.
OSHIROmodels:
They look grand 8)
Grumpy Gnome:
Admirably ambitious and off to a great start!
fred:
A great looking unit. Only another 199 of them to go!
I love your ambition for this project. The fact you have already built and base-coated 5000 28mm figures is pretty astonishing
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