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Author Topic: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812  (Read 11522 times)

Offline Alan Mercer

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #60 on: May 05, 2023, 11:17:56 AM »
Napoleonic (and 1812) Infantry base sizes are 50mm frontage and 60mm depth. Skirmishers and command figures are on 60mm round bases. This works well for Sash and Saber and Perry. I haven't decided on Cavalry base sizes yet, I suppose I should really as there are some on the painting table.

For AWI, the bases were the same size, but I used 60mm frontage and 50mm depth as the figures were bigger (Front Rank and Triguard) and looked a bit odd squashed onto a 50mm frontage. I'm going to start to re-visit the AWI this year.  In 40mm of course.




Offline schoey

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #61 on: May 08, 2023, 06:14:50 PM »
Cheers Alan, will give it a try, most my French are  Sash and sabre, my Spanish are Perries.

Paul

Offline Alan Mercer

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #62 on: May 13, 2023, 06:33:25 AM »
Another group of Voltigeurs.

And a base added to a AWI British Battalion, 15th. The uniform is speculative and based on a Troiani painting.

The bases on the left and centre were painted in 2018, so I had forgotten which paints I used. The new ones almost match. Kind of.

 They aren't my favorite sculpts, odd proportions, very large, and the officer has an odd arm.

Offline schoey

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #63 on: May 19, 2023, 03:01:24 PM »
Those British lights are looking good.

Paul

Offline CapnJim

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #64 on: May 21, 2023, 06:14:37 PM »
Those chaps look good to me!
"Remember - Incoming Fire Has the Right-of-Way"

Offline Alan Mercer

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #65 on: July 27, 2023, 07:47:08 AM »
Some Austrian Jagers, All 40mm Sash and Saber. Trying to get to grips with the camera on my phone.

The idea is to represent jagers skirmishing along a hedgerow.

Offline schoey

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #66 on: July 28, 2023, 07:10:28 PM »
Excellent jaegers, terrific basing, the shrubs/bushes is a great idea.

Paul

Offline Alan Mercer

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #67 on: October 13, 2023, 09:23:46 AM »
Here's the command base for a Battalion of Hungarians. I've made a silly error in that the Ensign should be wearing a shako but, for some reason, I ran out of shakos. Not sure what happened. Anyway, another 18 to go. Sash and Saber 40s.

Also added the start of my 40mm AWI reboot, 66% of 1st Maryland, 6 more figures and a flag to do. Front Rank miniatures. I'll probably start a new thread for this once it gets going properly as there will be a lot of it.

Offline Alan Mercer

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #68 on: November 05, 2023, 08:27:18 AM »
1st Maryland finished.

Offline Count Belisarius

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #69 on: November 05, 2023, 09:53:52 AM »
Those are very nice. 40mm is not a scale I've ever considered. Though I do have some 42mm shiny toy soldier types.

Offline schoey

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #70 on: November 17, 2023, 08:28:52 AM »
Alan, lovely looking Austrians, wonder the marching chaps could be used as German allies in Spain?

Look forward to seeing more

Paul

Offline Alan Mercer

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #71 on: November 20, 2023, 10:32:37 AM »
I think they could for some. The Austrian Germans would make good stand-ins for Wurzburg (with covered shako heads for later), Hungarians for Reus (would need shako heads).  They wouldn't be 100% correct, but close enough. Others might be more tricky to re-create.

My original intention was to use the Germans as Wurzburg, but I then thought 'sod it' I'll do Austrians.


Offline Alan Mercer

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #72 on: November 30, 2023, 10:00:07 AM »
A command base for my 40mm AWI collection. Front Rank miniatures.

Offline traveller

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #73 on: November 30, 2023, 10:40:19 AM »
Excellent work!  :-* :-* :-*

Offline Bloggard

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Re: Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics and War of 1812
« Reply #74 on: November 30, 2023, 10:43:41 AM »
they've come out a treat.

 

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