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Post by twr on Mar 31, 2019 7:48:43 GMT
A selection of photos of my 1809 Saxons. The miniatures are from Heroics & Ros and based for Volley & Bayonet. They include concentrated massed guns, where a single artillery stand represented 12 actual guns, and guns allocated to support individual infantry regiments. The latter are modelled on the infantry bases.
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Post by tim on Apr 3, 2019 5:37:57 GMT
Very nice and colourful!
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Post by twr on Apr 3, 2019 9:33:45 GMT
Thanks Tim. I rather liked adding the artillery to the infantry bases, it provides some real interest and something a little different.
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Post by bruce on Apr 3, 2019 17:40:01 GMT
I agree Keith. You do not see battalion or regimental guns being represented in this way on a single base and it does look interesting and natural. Per V&B, these are "dedicated guns", I presume - do you add a marker to indicate whether the gun is limbered or unlimbered, thereby reducing the whole stand's movement to 2 inches? Bruce
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Post by twr on Apr 3, 2019 18:41:02 GMT
Dedicated guns in V&B terms do not require any record of being limbered or not. They are treated as always able to move with the infantry at full speed, and are able to fire. They always have a limited range, representing a few guns with more limited capabilities, compared to full batteries.
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Post by bruce on Apr 3, 2019 19:21:12 GMT
Thanks Keith, I did not quite get that but it makes sense as these are smaller weapons, represented in the game, I reckon, by their short range. I am guessing that they are like the Grasshopper canon the British used in the AWI - these were moved by the gun crew like a hand cart. Bruce
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Post by twr on Apr 3, 2019 20:03:37 GMT
That is certainly how the “dedicated guns” rule started out - that is it was representative of the small pieces. In the second edition it has been expanded somewhat to represent the small pieces and distributed batteries or small sections directly allocated to support a regiment or brigade. Either way it actually looks really good from a modelling perspective. Well in my view. I thought it would be something slightly different for one of my contributions to the competition.
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