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Online Bloggard

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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #405 on: September 23, 2024, 02:58:14 PM »
here we go, we're off again.  8)
amazing prep.

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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #406 on: September 25, 2024, 12:22:45 PM »
Can i ask where you bought the drawers please.

Magnificent keep it up.

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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #407 on: September 27, 2024, 10:04:17 AM »
 :-* HURRAH!!! Looking forward to seeing your progress. I'm certain you'll finish the Prussians before I get my 6mm Brits done  lol
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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #408 on: September 27, 2024, 10:18:07 PM »
Glad to hear you're on the mend.  Nice organizing job.  Paint away...
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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #409 on: September 28, 2024, 05:06:40 PM »
Thank you all for the good wishes.

Martha's Dad: The storage units - of which I have four (two shown) - are from an industrial furniture supplier. I bought them over a decade ago so the exact model might not exist anymore. You can find a wide variety of shapes and designs with different drawer unit types. Look for "bin storage drawers" or similar terms.

Before I reveal the first Prussian unit, a few words on army organisation. I will of course use the same basing scheme as for the Anglo-Dutch with a standard battalion having 24 figures on 4 bases of 50x50mm each. Large battalions will have 6 bases for a total of 36 figures. For the Anglo-Dutch, there was a pretty clear line between the two size classes because most British/Hannoverian/Dutch units had around 400-500 troops while some of the Guards/Nassau battalions had over 1,000 men. For the Prussians, this is a bit trickier as virtually all their battalions have a target strength of 800 men with very little variation.

I found a scan of an old German book showing casualty figures for the battle at Ligny which I used to estimate unit sizes on June 18th when the Prussians arrive at Waterloo. As expected, this reduced the headcount of battalions in I and II Corps quite considerably since they bore the brunt of the fight at Ligny. That brings them closer to the 400-600 men range of "standard" size units and I have classed them accordingly. The regiments in IV Corps were not engaged at Ligny so they would have arrived at Waterloo with approximately their full strength. With the exception of organically smaller regiments - such as the under-strength Silesian Landwehr - I have classed such units as "large".

Appropriately, this gives me a dozen or so large battalions to lead the initial steamroller charge into Plancenoit, followed by regular units for the second wave. The units of IV Corps are also the most conventional in uniform and history, so they make an ideal choice for the plastic kits from Perry (Line) and Warlord (Landwehr). I am starting my painting effort on this front both to get some of the boring stuff out of the way first and to optimize my painting drill before arriving at the more exciting metal - mostly Calpe - in I and II Corps.

As a final note, I will from now on use German unit names because that's how I think of them (and have labelled them). Should be pretty straightforward...

With that out of the way, it's time to show the first Prussians. IV Korps arrived in reverse order on the field, so here we have I/15. Infanterie Regiment as the lead unit of 16. Brigade. The regiment was formed as 3. Reserve but had been refitted with regular uniforms before the battle. The figures are Perry plastics. I am forming - and photographing - large battalions in attack column. Swordknots show company designation which I have kept consistent per base (white front left and command, yellow front right, blue back left and center, red back right). This will be easier for standard-sized units with just one company per base.


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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #410 on: September 28, 2024, 09:32:54 PM »
Nice start on your Prussians.  Well done!

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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #411 on: September 29, 2024, 08:37:49 AM »
Really great start  :-*

Just wondered why you aren’t doing the French next so you could start having games for your efforts?

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« Reply #412 on: September 29, 2024, 05:47:00 PM »
Excellent painting and quite a start at pace! You'll be done by Christmas at this rate ;)

An interestingly gore filled casualty figure. Where did you find it??

Offline Helge

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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #413 on: September 30, 2024, 03:27:15 PM »
And here we have II/15. IR.



Really great start  :-*

Just wondered why you aren’t doing the French next so you could start having games for your efforts?

Precisely for that reason. For big projects like this, motivation management is everything. By doing the Prussians first, I will continue to have a reason to finish them before anything can go on the gaming table. It's all about setting up rewards to look forward to.

LazyStudent: The casualty figures are a blend of models I bought from Perry, Warlord and Calpe Miniatures. I think this one is from Calpe. Their figures are excellent but often without photos so I can't confirm this for sure.

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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #414 on: October 01, 2024, 03:46:36 AM »
I just realized that the photography angle prevents you from seeing the swordknot colours per company. So here is a side shot just to point out that painstaking detail :). I am also printing movement trays per unit as with the Anglo-Dutch. Fusiliers are in progress.


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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #415 on: October 01, 2024, 04:18:06 AM »
Ah. So there are the swordknots.  lol
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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #416 on: October 01, 2024, 08:51:58 PM »
Impressive looking units even with the sword knots hidden :)

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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #417 on: October 02, 2024, 11:30:14 AM »
Love the basing formula too.

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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #418 on: October 03, 2024, 08:20:10 PM »
Nice progress on the Prussians.  Great work!

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Re: Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log
« Reply #419 on: October 05, 2024, 10:10:30 PM »
Thank you all for the kind words. Here are the Fusiliers. These are metal Perry figs.


 

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