I am currently about to start painting and modelling my next squad for my back of beyond red army. The squad is a group of 12 lancers to give flanking and skirmishing to the remainder of my force (still very small at the present - a squad os sailors with a HMG, a squad os partisans and 2 squads off regular infantry. A half finished plane is also on the way). ALthough I am not of the standard of the majority of the modellers on this forum I do like to make a model that is fundamentally in scale. The Copplestone castings I have do not come with lances and previously I acquired in preparation a pack of foundary 80mm lances/spears. These are I think far too long but I am unsure as to the length that I require for a well balanced model.
I am sure that there is someone in the forum who could give me an idea of either real length that I can scale back or the size that they have used on previous models.
Lancers may not have been the best of troops by this time as well positioned machine guns could mow them down on mass along with close support artillary but they have always been a favourite of mine and an army supposed to be fun 9not just the best troops available).
Thanks for the help in advance
Gordon
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