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Post by bruce on Mar 31, 2017 22:48:50 GMT
Just wondering - how many different nations do people have armies for? And do you paint armies of one nation differently for different eras? There is a lot of painting to be done to cover the period. Do you just specialize in one era with two or three protagonists or do you have armies for lots of historical eras? Bruce
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Post by tim on Apr 1, 2017 5:43:46 GMT
In 6mm I have just got French and British but there will be some Spanish and Portugese eventually. This is for the Peninsula but would probably stretch through to the Russian invasion. Would like to do Russians but probably getting a bit old to start another army. I Also have British and French in 15mm for the Peninsula for skirmish games (less than 150 figures) Other periods include 6mm WW2 Germans, American and Russian for 1944 onwards, and Romano British and Saxons in 28mm for Dark Ages skirmish games. Tim
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Post by twr on Apr 1, 2017 6:15:42 GMT
All my horse and musket gaming is in 6mm. For Napoleonic I have Austrians, 1813-15 Prussians and French. The French have a range of allies including 1809 Saxons, various Germans, Italians and Poles. Being rebased are Russians and British. Spanish need to be done as well as additional stands for these armies. I also have ACW, FPW forming and SYW Austrians to complete.
I use 6mm for WWII and Moderns but 15mm for Renaissance and Ancients.
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Post by davidsh on Apr 1, 2017 6:24:31 GMT
Basically, all nations for Napoleonic, including 1806 and 1813-15 versions of Prussians (same for Saxons). All French allies are represented as well as Portugese and two versions of Spanish (pre and post 1812). This is so there is always a game to be had!
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Post by profjohn on Apr 1, 2017 11:21:58 GMT
I have big 100 Days armies with all participants. Early Austrians, Prussian, Russians and French with various German and Polish forces. Have not done Peninsular at all but would like to but might try it in 10mm. Just invested in the new Lancashire Games 15/18mm Egyptian campaign.
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Post by moosedontbounce on Apr 1, 2017 16:18:11 GMT
All for late war. 1813 and on. France Bavaria Saxony Prussia Austria (being rebased and expanded to include some 1809 units.) All H&R figures.
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Post by mark1 on Apr 1, 2017 16:21:52 GMT
Including semi finished armies I have the following: GB 100 days, GB Peninsular, Spanish (incomplete), French 100 days/Peninsular, Saxon 1812-14 (work in progress), Dutch/Belgian 100 days, Bavarian (work in progress) Wurttemberg( work in progress) Prussian 1812-15, Russian 1812-14 (work in progress), Austrian 1812-14, Polish (work in progress). Hankering about doing some Italians, and would do revolutionary French if Leon would release early Austrians. I think I may have an addiction? Just never enough time to devote to painting the wee fellas.
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Post by suchet on Apr 7, 2017 11:11:59 GMT
In 1:20 scale French: 100 btn Italian, polish, bavarian, danish: 20 btn Austrian: 60 btn Prussian: 50 btn Russian: 60 btn British: 40 btn Spanish 15 btn All with appropriate cavalry, artillery, staff and train :-)
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Post by silent on Apr 11, 2017 23:23:09 GMT
Hi Bruce, it's a difficult one isn't it. 1806 saxons or 1810? 1806 Prussians or 1813? Oh the choices are limitless. Personally, I can't cover it all so I adopted for the 1807-13 period. But then I also don't play actual historic battles anyway, so it shouldn't make much difference to me but there you go. I probably went for it as it's, I suppose, my favourite period. So French in campaign dress easily covers Spain & Russia. The same for her allies. Although westphalia is a bit of a bummer, changing their infantry lapels to blue throughout in 1810! I still haven't decided on them yet. Spain & Naples have a mixture of old & new uniforms that can be used together, so that's easy enough. All Austian infantry are wearing the shako. Brits are in the stovepipe, with German contingents wearing the Belgic shako to distinguish them more. Russians are 1812 and Swedes 1813. Like you say, there's enough painting for one period let alone the whole era! So I just stick to the one. Eight armies so far. Austrian army is just over 6,000 strong
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Post by bruce on Apr 12, 2017 18:38:25 GMT
Very impressive everyone! Serious numbers indeed! You guys are way ahead of me, I am not sure if I will ever get any faster at painting so now I am trying to weigh how much it matters to me whether my Austrians have helmets or shakos for any given battle. As much as I love the history behind all of it, and I always research and plan my painting, I am leaning towards some compromises so I can get more nations on the table and more battles fought. I am not getting any younger, Tim makes a good point.
I have nothing but admiration for all of you!
I have stopped my Austrian and French armies at around 2000 each for now and am now painting Russian line infantry, but this seems to be taking me forever. As some of you may recall, I hate painting cross belts. I just finished fighting Raab, and I got so wrapped up in it that I think I really only saw the mass of figures more than anything. But I can't bring myself to cheat on my painting too much just yet.
And clearly, many of you have created numerous large armies so I will take that as my inspiration! Bruce
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Post by davidsh on Apr 12, 2017 18:57:29 GMT
Close the door Bruce, good lighting, pour that single malt and set up the production line! It's surprising how much you can get through when on a roll. I guess I quickly moved to 'table standard' painting rather than competiton standard, just to get the numbers done. I can't remember who said 'paint the unit not the figure', but I took that as good advice. You also figure out techniques that look good but are speedy. When I painted my Guard Chasseurs a Cheval you could almost see their eyelashes! If I had continued in that way however, I would never have completed the Guard Cavalry Corps for Leipzig - and it is the mass which looks effective. All a matter of taste.
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Post by bruce on Apr 13, 2017 15:10:12 GMT
David: You are quite right on all counts of course. And painting H&R does not lend itself to as many details as more defined, larger figures like Adler and Baccus anyway. I am always impressed and inspired by the work displayed here on the forum. But we all have different goals and I need to find that middle ground for me. And the single malt may produce a steadier hand (and a shorter evening)! Thanks for the perspecrive, Bruce
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Post by wombat on Apr 13, 2017 22:00:22 GMT
Anyone doing War of 1812? I just discovered a website inb the style of the wonderful Mont St Jean Cent Hours one and American uniforms turn out to be a great deal more interesting than I'd thought.
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Post by rct75001 on Apr 14, 2017 7:54:31 GMT
Painted
French Bavarian Wurttemburg Saxon British & German Allies Spanish
Unpainted
Russian Austrian Polish
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Post by john124 on Apr 20, 2017 15:06:56 GMT
At the moment just French-Allied 1813 and Russian 1805-1807. With a bit of luck and a following wind, holding a rabbits foot, treading through four leaf clovers they should be joined by Prussian 1806-1807 and Austrians in helmets at some stage. I would also like to paint Prussian Landwehr 1813, Prussian reserve regiments 1813,you could have a 3 batts regiment all wearing different uniforms, wonderful!! A confederate regiment in butternut and some syw stuff. We can all dream. John.
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Post by Orlog Subedai on Apr 26, 2017 11:23:41 GMT
I have 72 infantry battalion of the Prussian I and II Armeekorps plus 12 battalions of the Guard. Supporting this lot are the required cavalry and artillery. To face that I have a corps d'Armee of French (forget which one) and a couple of British Divisions. All are the very old MiniFigs 5mm blocks with 3 or 4 infantry blocks to a battalion, 8 blocks to a cavalry regiment and 1 gun model to an artillery battery. The OOB is from the 1815 campaign but in that scale they can be from any of the campaigns across the Napoleonic Wars. I also have the Prussian I Armeekorps in 15mm based to Gilder's rules with 30 figures per battalion and 12 per cavalry regiment also based on the 1815 OOB.
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Post by bruce on May 14, 2017 21:10:57 GMT
Anyone doing War of 1812? I just discovered a website inb the style of the wonderful Mont St Jean Cent Hours one and American uniforms turn out to be a great deal more interesting than I'd thought. Hello wombat, I see there were no replies! I don't know of any activity around 1812 US battles in 6mm, but somebody must be doing them somewhere. Can you share the link with us? This part of the wars tends to be forgotten, no huge battles but a lot of interesting events and strategy. And thanks for bringing up the Mont St Jean Cent Hours site. I had never heard of it and found it very impressive. I can just make out enough French to get by, very good illustrations. Bruce
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Post by bandit on Jun 18, 2017 4:52:44 GMT
Early War (1804-1807): French, Prussian, Russian
Mid War (1808-1812): French, Austrian, Russian, Württemberg, Saxon
Late War (1813-1815): French, Austrian, Russian, Prussian, Württemberg, Saxon
All in 15mm, been painting Early War French the last couple weeks. Cranked out the better part of a corps d'armée thus far.
Cheers,
The Bandit
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