 Der Alte Fritz  | 06 Mar 2013 7:00 p.m. PST |
A number of TMPers asked me to stage a photo shoot of my 1806 collection depicting a French square in a 1:5 ratio of figures to men. I did this by pushing two 72-figure battalions (at a 1:10 ratio) to form the 144-figure square.
Here is the same square, panning away with the camera:
To see more, click on the link below to my Der Alte Fritz Journal blog: link The French figures are from Elite Minatures, as are the Prussian dragoons in the foreground (DR3 von Winning) and the Prussian infantry in the background. The second wave of Prussian dragoons are the giant Imperialist Miniatures cavalry. They tower over the Elite figure and must be about 36mm, not quite 40mm. |
| ArchitectsofWar | 06 Mar 2013 7:07 p.m. PST |
Nice. My kind of cup of tea. |
| Der Alte Fritz | 06 Mar 2013 7:45 p.m. PST |
I clearly need a lot more Prussian dragoons.  |
 John the OFM  | 06 Mar 2013 7:47 p.m. PST |
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| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 06 Mar 2013 8:43 p.m. PST |
That is truly a work of art! |
 Woolshed Wargamer | 06 Mar 2013 10:00 p.m. PST |
That looks great. Reminds me of a 10mm ACW union regiment at 1:1 I saw on Scott McPhee's blog. A lot of models:) |
| 14Bore | 07 Mar 2013 1:27 a.m. PST |
Puts things in a better perspective. Thanks for doing it. |
| ScottWashburn | 07 Mar 2013 4:10 a.m. PST |
Looks great! Here is a photo of my 1:1 scale square :) (scroll down half a page) mifflinguard.org |
| epturner | 07 Mar 2013 4:51 a.m. PST |
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| epturner | 07 Mar 2013 4:52 a.m. PST |
Scott;
Will we be practicing that at School of the Soldier in a couple of weeks? Eric
(Pvt, 28th PVI) |
| Big Red | 07 Mar 2013 9:24 a.m. PST |
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 Mserafin | 07 Mar 2013 10:05 a.m. PST |
I clearly need a lot more Prussian dragoons 12lbr's work better on squares… |
| Kevin in Albuquerque | 07 Mar 2013 10:21 a.m. PST |
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| Der Alte Fritz | 08 Mar 2013 5:49 a.m. PST |
I found another dozen untainted dragoons last night. I'm happy, but the French are not. |
| Marc the plastics fan | 08 Mar 2013 8:53 a.m. PST |
I like the sound of untainted dragoons – obviously cannot be Prussian then :-) |
| Der Alte Fritz | 08 Mar 2013 9:13 a.m. PST |
um, err, make that "unpainted" Prussian dragoons. I blame it on the autocorrect feature on my iPad. At any rate, I'm about to send in an order for another 40 or so. |
| Marc the plastics fan | 08 Mar 2013 11:38 a.m. PST |
Sorry DaF – I was being cheeky. Just popped over to your blog (I have been away from it for a while – I like the AWI stuff you are doing, but it does not draw me like the Naps) and seen your Elite chasseurs a Cheval. They look really nice – and less "necky" than teh infantry can sometimes look. Very inspiring. I have not painted any CaC yet, so maybe I should. |
| Der Alte Fritz | 08 Mar 2013 5:28 p.m. PST |
No worries Marc, cheeky is ok. It has really been a blast setting all of the Napoleonics on the table and getting inspired enough to start painting more. |
| VonBlucher | 09 Mar 2013 11:00 a.m. PST |
DAF
Reminds me of some Chef de Batalion games in 15mm. Great looking troops though!! |
| 1968billsfan | 09 Mar 2013 4:44 p.m. PST |
It doesn't look realistic. A square is suppose to be two 3 figure stands back to back. |
| Landgraft | 09 Mar 2013 7:24 p.m. PST |
The sudden realisation of what 1:5 would be like to model with big Austrians battalions has set my eyes watering. Beautiful models, if a little intimidating! |
| Der Alte Fritz | 10 Mar 2013 8:07 a.m. PST |
Well, if Gilder used 48 Austrians at 1:20, then it would be 96 of them at 1:10 and 192 white coats at 1:5. Yikes! |
| Skull and Crown | 11 Mar 2013 10:40 p.m. PST |
That is really inspiring!Thanks Der Alte! |
paints brigs for the British fleet.
