| Oh Bugger | 15 Sep 2009 3:39 a.m. PST |
I'm thinking of taking the plunge into Napoleonics and thought to do the Peninsular War. I will be using DBN rules initially so about 36 elements a side. As CGM are coming to SELWG I thought I would use their figures although I know that will leave some gaps. I would appreciate help with the following. I want to use foriegn troops as part of the French army will CGM French line do for Italians, Swiss and Germans? Do I need Flank Company Figures for the Spanish or are all there line troops the same? Are Spanish Grenadiers deployed in seperate battalions? Any wisdom gratefully recieved. |
| Jeremy Sutcliffe | 15 Sep 2009 3:51 a.m. PST |
Taking the plunge into Napoleonics? Expect to go very deep from your dive! |
| NoLongerAMember | 15 Sep 2009 4:03 a.m. PST |
CGM? Ok for help on this, what scale are you intending? How many figfures to a base etc. |
| Oh Bugger | 15 Sep 2009 4:12 a.m. PST |
Jeremy I've got me snorkel. Fred 15mm and 4 inf to a base, 3 cav, 2 for rifles. Oh and Campaigh Group Miniatures = CGM. |
| trailape | 15 Sep 2009 4:15 a.m. PST |
"will CGM French line do for Italians, Swiss'
YES
"and Germans"?
Not sure. What "Germans" do you mean?
DBN are a good choice for intro to the period also, IMHO. |
 Extra Crispy  | 15 Sep 2009 5:07 a.m. PST |
Incidentally…. Campaign Game Miniatures has been releasing a 15mm Napoleonics range for Waterloo. Many of the uniforms would not be correct for the war in Spain, especially the British. But CGM carries the Warmodelling 15mm range. As they are a Spanish outfit they are particularly strong on this theater of the war. Mark "Extra Crispy" Severin
Owner, Scale Creep Miniatures
ScaleCreep.com
DeepFriedHappyMice.com |
| Oh Bugger | 15 Sep 2009 5:23 a.m. PST |
Trailape any of the following Baden, Berg, Nassau, Frankfurt-am-Main, Hanoverian Legion, Legion du Midi, the Rheinbund Regiments of the Saxon Duchies and Lippe-Detmold,and also the Kingdom of Holland. Mark, thanks for that I know I need stovepipe shakoes for infantry and bicornes for the heavy dragoons. I will have a look at the Warmodelling figs too. |
| colbert | 15 Sep 2009 7:27 a.m. PST |
CGM French would NOT do for Italians as they did not go with the French changes of 1812(Bardin Reg)
As for most of the German States I would look at Fantassin/Warmodeling as again the CGM are not so suitable.
Regards, |
| Florida Tory | 15 Sep 2009 8:18 a.m. PST |
I recently answered a similar question about the Spanish grenadiers in another post: TMP link To amplify that answer, they were not always converged, either, so the best answer to your questions is "sometimes." Rick |
| Connard Sage | 15 Sep 2009 8:31 a.m. PST |
CGM French would NOT do for Italians as they did not go with the French changes of 1812(Bardin Reg) Not much of a problem if he's doing the Peninsula, as he said in his first post, though is it?
These should give you an idea. Click the pics to enlarge, then use the zoom button bottom left
Baden line infantry link Baden light infantry link Kleve/Berg Infantry link More here link Confederation of the Rhine (Saxony, Anhalt-Lippe, Nassau, Frankfurt etc.) link Hesse Darmstadt link Westphalia link Hannoverian Legion link Legion du Midi and Piedmont, and other Italians link Others here link |
| Oh Bugger | 15 Sep 2009 8:55 a.m. PST |
Excellent Connard thank you. |
| Timmo uk | 15 Sep 2009 9:56 a.m. PST |
I also understand AB will be at SELWG… |
| colbert | 15 Sep 2009 11:05 a.m. PST |
Connard,
AS he said in his first post, he was going to use CGM figures.
It would be a problem, as the CGM French Are in the post 1812 uniform. So the figures would not be suitable to use as Italians (anywhere).Your problem with this is ?
Regards, |
| Jeremy Sutcliffe | 15 Sep 2009 3:47 p.m. PST |
Glad you've got your snorkel. Now you've plunged in you'll note that there's far more than CGM-fish swimming about there. Enjoy the show. Drool over available figures. Indulge. |
| Oh Bugger | 17 Sep 2009 2:36 p.m. PST |
Thanks boys, it looks lihe combination buying! Fred your CEO material. |
| Rob UK | 18 Sep 2009 1:45 a.m. PST |
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| Oh Bugger | 18 Sep 2009 3:28 p.m. PST |
Cheers Rob and nice website. |
| campaigner | 01 Oct 2009 4:35 p.m. PST |
Oh  , just saw this! Tell me what Figures you need from Warmodelling and I'll bring them to SELWG. I am a bit limited on the quantity of stuff I can bring.
My covered shako French are perfect for Hesse Darmstadt.
I'll be doing British riflemen in November/December.
I have some Nassau done by the way so I'll bring a few along though I don't want to release them until I have both regiments completely finished.
Spanish Grenadiers were usually separate (at the battle of Meddellin), although in 1808 the first battalion of a regiment (3bns strong) did have 2 companies of Grenadiers.
It gets very complex after that!
Beautiful painting Rob and a lovely website.
Great links Connard. |
| campaigner | 02 Oct 2009 9:17 p.m. PST |
Mr oh B- ugger. Here is what an Italian customer wrote about Italians who served with the British. My stovepipe Brits by the way are fine for penninsular and the Belgic shako came into use in 1811.
Anyway here's what he said about Italians:
> yes, they are quite right for the "Italian Levy", which basically use Brit uniforms (the color is in doubt and I chose the blue jacket version to make them stand out of Brit regulars)… recruited mostly among Sardinians, Sicilians and lots of the Neapolitan guys of the
first regiments sent by Joseph in Spain (the ones made up mostly from prisoners… it looks like lots were, really, political supporters of the Ancien Regime in Naples and good Catholics that deserted at the first occasion in Spain and accepted to join the new regiments), saw service in Spain (again, on the other side) and in Italy, mostly in the 1814 invasion. |
paints the Dogman from the Flintloque starter set.
