"25mm/28mm Napoleonic casualty figure use" Topic

What do you use your Napoleonic casualties for? I use them on unit bases to make dioramas (and also to fill in spots where I'm missing figures!)

I've just painted up some Old Glory French Napoleonic infantry casualty figures I've had lying around for a decade of so. I'm planning on using them as counters in a rules system I'm writing. These are just French (I couldn't find any other nationality when I checked for more yesterday) but you can never have too many dead French.

I think I have a few spare Elite minis British casualties lying around somewhere for variety. Naturally these figures would count +1 for being British and be +1 on the "pluck" scale.

What are you using your casualty figures for?

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Shock markers. I mount them on bases with dials.

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I use casualty figures to mark .. er … casualties. Much more attractive (unless you're the casualty concerned!) than an ugly cap.

Thanks for reminding me to put a dial on these things!

For marking required morale checks, routers, bases
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As casualty markers, but also as you do, to make dioramas :

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malcolmmccallum,

Where did you get the dial bases for the casualties? They look great.

cheers,

Dave

Pretty cool Malcolm!

I was thinking of using casualties to place on the table each time I remove a stand from the game. This way there is a sort of 'running commentary' of where the action occurred on the table top as marked by the casualty figs on the ground.

I also used to use them as routing markers in an old rules set.

malcolmmccallum,

I'd also like to know. Very good idea. And also very pleasing to the eye when on a table.

Thanks

The bases aren't inexpensive. I used two 40mm or 60mm GW round bases for each.

Cut viewing slots in each. It is needed in both so that you can also spin the dial.

Make a round dial on cardstock. No central hole needs be cut into it. As long as it is a good fit inside the bottom of the base, its great.

Glue the bases together, base to base, with the cardboard dial between them. Spin the dial a bit as it dries to make sure that you don't accidentally fix it.

Simple. If using bases made by another manufacturer (likely less pricey), put an eye to the protrusions at the bottom/inside of the base. The GW bases are perfect because the stubs don't go right to the bottom, serving as aids in keeping the spinner neatly seated.

I use them to dress up the battlefield, usually adding a few after a dramatic combat result…ie., they are just eye candy….

Oooooh. Another option might be to get some small dice (EM4 do really dinky ones) and model a square depression into the base to hold it, and then just put a dice in the depression. It'll only count to six, but that might work for some systems.

thanks malcolmmccallum,

I have a few 60mm bases, I'll give them a look.

That dial idea is great….gotta do it for rules where you track casualties. I don't like casualty caps or the like.

Otherwise I use the casualty figures to mark casualties or to ID units that are shaken, disordered.

I've used casualties for hit markers in our Boxer Rebellion game and WW1.

I like the dial idea as well. I went low tech on mine and mounted on hex bases were the two sides where the head is are one casualty, the side parrallel to the body is two and the feet sides are three casualties.

Let me see if this works:

-------X
--1 X-H-X 1
---X---^---X
---X----^----X
-2 X----^----X 2
---X----^----X
-3 X---F---X 3
--------X

H= head

F= foot

VR
James Mattes