| French Wargame Holidays | 21 Nov 2009 8:31 p.m. PST |
Ok guys A number of the guys are opting for WSS next year for the club project and I am tossing up between French, Spainish or Bavarians. Greg wants to go down the 1/20 figure scale so a fair outlay for metal. What I am after is for figure comparisons between FR and Reiver castings. And any Painted WSS reiver figs out there? would like to see these guys
BVSS1 Musketeers
BVSS2 Grenadiers
BVSS3 Command
BVSS4 Artillery Crews
BVSS5 Cuirassiers
BVSS6 Cuirassier Command
BVSS7 Dragoons
BVSS8 Dragoon Command
BVSS9 Dismounted Dragoons with Command
BVSS10 Hussars
BVSS11 Hussar Command
BVSS12 Generals cheers
matt |
| Leadjunky | 21 Nov 2009 9:37 p.m. PST |
Matt,
I had to make the same decision myself. I went with FR.
You can see some of Reiver's Nine Years War here.
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| Cardinal Hawkwood | 21 Nov 2009 10:09 p.m. PST |
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| Cardinal Hawkwood | 21 Nov 2009 11:19 p.m. PST |
willow there are enough pictures here to get an idea
link
they look big and chunky and far too active for my tastes.like fat old glory |
| French Wargame Holidays | 22 Nov 2009 2:30 a.m. PST |
some nice paintjobs there Cardinal. No one else does Bavarians apart from Reiver? cheers
matt |
| Leadjunky | 22 Nov 2009 8:16 a.m. PST |
It was suggested to me that FR British in gaiters was suitable. |
| Prestonpans | 23 Nov 2009 4:20 p.m. PST |
Matt,
If you get in touch with Reiver I'm sure they'll send you some samples so you can make your own mind up. They've done it before for customers. |
| Unlucky General | 23 Nov 2009 11:47 p.m. PST |
Futher to Matt's Spanish Succession announcement, I have ordered the latest book on Rammillies which, with any luck, will have good references for orbats. There is one for the French on-line but none for the allied army which I can see. If people want to get in on this, I am going for Marlborough's – Dutch foot and a lot of Danish and Dutch horse. If there, I'll also do the Buffs and the Queens Own. I am happy to get a spreadsheet going – perhaps this could go toward a grand demo game somewhere later next year? |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 24 Nov 2009 12:11 a.m. PST |
Baverains, apart from Grenadiers look pretty much like imperialists so use austrainas,, foundry do some very cionvinvingly ferocious looking grnadiers.. Matt I have the editions Brokaw phamphlets on many of the armies and cds as well..at one stage the baverians officers nco and musicans all wore reversed coat colours.. |
| French Wargame Holidays | 24 Nov 2009 4:32 a.m. PST |
ooooh may need to visit or are you coming to breakfast sat morning? cheers
matt |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 25 Nov 2009 7:15 p.m. PST |
tomorrow at 10 but feel free to drop up over the weekend . I have a bit of stuff on the period.
German Imperialists, Austrians would work fine..the gaiter look for Bavarians isn't compulsory comes off the Blenheim tapestry? I think there are Brits in gaiters as well on the tapestry but people don't go into a lather about them..Now you need to get somebody to make the flags..IIncidentallyfrom looking at the scans of the Reiver I would definitelygo for Front Rank |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 25 Nov 2009 8:09 p.m. PST |
Right willow, all the materialk is assembled.. I am the go to guy..some of it is fragile..as for Baverians , like Imperialist the infantry tied their neck cloth at the back , I am not sure Front Rank, or most people get that right.. |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 25 Nov 2009 8:13 p.m. PST |
As suspected all Front Rank infantry have the neck cloth tied at the front..I'm out over this matter.. |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 25 Nov 2009 8:22 p.m. PST |
well well take it all back brits have neck cloth tied at back…and gaiters.. good on two points
and the French as well..so only the Grenadiers with their neck cloths the wrong way….Front Rank I take it all back.. |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 28 Nov 2009 10:15 p.m. PST |
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| cherrypicker | 02 Dec 2009 11:39 a.m. PST |
Brian Phillips paints loads of these ( bpfp.co.uk/) he would be a good person to ask about the best figures to use. Jules |
| spontoon | 06 Dec 2009 5:33 p.m. PST |
Ye Gods! Asked to choose between chalk and cheese! No comparing the Quality of Front Rank to the sheer badness of Reiver… And I don't even like Front Rank!!!! |
| Unlucky General | 09 Dec 2009 1:18 p.m. PST |
My existing army (1/50 troop scale) is all Foundry and Dixon but I'll be throwing in Old Glory and Reiver to mix it up as much as I can when boosting the numbers to 1/20. I wish I liked them better but I just can't come at the Front Rank stuff – short, over-fed with cherubic faces and rigidly posed. It's a shame because they have lovely detail. |
