"Danish Line Infantry, Part 1" Topic

Following on my first post on the background of Danish participation in the Napoleonic Wars:

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This post (1st of 2) concerns the Danish Line Infantry Regiments. Included is the table of facing colors, many uniform details and a listing of print and internet references used for the series, which will continue.

Prince Frederick Infantry Regfiment

Funen Infantry Regiment (Fynske in Danish)

many more pictures and lots of information in this blog post at:

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Finally, a question. I try to be quite careful about intellectual property; that's one of the reasons I use my own panted figures to illustrate uniforms. I an tempted to post the Hansen plates, which are 40 years old and long unavailable, but I don't wish to infringe on the artist's rights to his work. I had considered posting some images from the Tradition articles, which are of similar age, but I see that back issues are available for sale, and that they are actually reprinting out of print issues, so that would clearly be inappropriate, just as posting images from any Osprey work would be.

There are many links to online images of various sorts in the blog post above. Opinions?

Peter

Legal experts will doubtless be along shortly, but I recently saw an illustration marked as "believed to be in the public domain". Perhaps this could be you saving clause – provided you could prove due diligence in trying to track down copyrigth holders first?

It's great to see the Danish army showcased – and your Minifigs definitely have a charm of their own!

Peter, good stuff.

One suggestion -take some earthen color, dillute it a bit with some water and paint the sides of your bases with it. Currently they stand out a bit too much -I had the same problem in the past… :)

Well done Gonsalvo. This is a very informative post and a welcome gathering together of information.
It's also good to see someone using Minifigs which are still some of my favourite figures.

Peter,
Great looking unit and good info also.

Just shows there are other ways to get red coated units on the table for a game.

John

Well done!!

I see absolutely nothing wrong with those bases for what it's worth but I don't think Gonsalvo was seeking critique of his painting (although they are over nice). Love Minifigs. Thanks for post, the Danes are great army if one wants to deviate from the norm a bit.

Actually, I agree about painting the edges of the bases. They stand out more in pictures than real life, but I have gone back and done it on a number of my units. However, I have nearly 6,000 Napoleonic troops (!)with more on the painting table, so time is a factor. The outdoor lighting happened to be perfect the day I sot these pics, with thunder rumbling in the distance, so a quick touch up job wasn't at all a consideration!

While I'm asking about IP and internet ethics, one of the links in my post is to a now defunct website with some great information on it. I see no claim of copyright on the material (nor do I claim it for my own blog posts). I would think that reproducing that verbatim, with accreditation, would be permissble ethically as well as legally…

Interesting. I've always had a soft spot for the Danes and other Scandinavians.
Are the Minifigs actual Danes or stand-ins?
Are the Perry's reading this, because I think there may be a growing market for Danes?

The Minifigs are most definitely designed as Danes. The rather unique bearskins are one tip off in that regard, as are the short, tail-less jackets and the small turn backs a the FRONT of the jacket, which don't show in these pics but do in some of the others. This will become even more obvious when we move on to the cavalry and Artillery.

Peter,

Lovely figures. I note that you are using exactly the same basing that I use, single rank, French (or Danish) in 18 figure battalions. I personally think this looks far better than the current trend to basing all figures in two ranks.

What rules do you use?

Rod

Rod,

To each their own re: basing, but I agree that using 2 deep basing further worsens the exaggeration of depth that accompanies using miniatures.

I use Field of Battle rules:

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Peter

Excellent work Peter as always. A question… I seem to remember that the Grenadiers were the elite company of the 1st battalion only and the chasseurs (light) the elite company of the 2nd (and 3rd, 4th of later years) battalions. Your link mentioned the copy of the Little Wars magazine… plus the Courier Swedish issues. I still retain both on my reference shelves.

Also the books covering the Danish army:
a.) Den Danske Haer I Napoleonstiden 1801-1814. Loads of color and b/w prints even of the militia units.
b.) Uniformer, Faner Og Vaben (i Den Danske Haer fra 1659 til 1980). Again lots of color prints of the Danish army over the years.

M

Michael,

Thanks!

You are exactly right about the elite competencies… which are discussed in the post under organization. I did my units of 18 with one of each by personal preference.

Reference a) I clearly need to get a hold of!

Peter

I want 1801-1807 Danes!!!! To fight my British!

Gonsalvo,

If you can find the book Den Danska Haer I Napoleonstiden 1801-1814 it is worth its weight. Informational overload…….

I purchased from OMM (Dennis) years ago…. he may be able to locate a copy.

Appears to be a group of books by:
Hans Christian Wolter
Helge Scheunchen
Ole L Frantzen
Christian Wurgler Hansen

Tojhusmuseets Skrifter12
Udgivet af Tojhusmuseet
Kobenhavn 1992

Also includes a complete unit section (including OOB) for the 1800, 1807, General Danish movements 1801-1814, 1813 campaigns plus sections on the fortresses and batteries around Denmark. A glossary of Danish military equipment terms.

M

ISBN 87-89022-10-6
Tojhusmuseets skrifter ISNN 0903-2290

Thanks, Michael!

Peter