"Waterloo (General de Brigade)" Topic
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ciaphas | 04 Aug 2014 11:06 p.m. PST |
Hi, further to my question regarding suitable Dutch and Belgian miniatures, should i build the battalions to actual strength or to maximum sizes allowed in the rules. for example a french battalion can be 36 figures strong but for Waterloo the vast majority are around 24 figures strong, likewise British battalions are either 30 or 40 strong but are similarly under strength. thanks jon |
Murawski | 05 Aug 2014 1:59 a.m. PST |
Jon If you go to the General de Brigade website there is an OOB for all the participants at Waterloo. Even if you dont want to use it then it will be good for ideas etc. Roger |
Col Blancard | 05 Aug 2014 2:52 a.m. PST |
If my opinion can be of some help: - if you stick to an approximate 1:20 ratio for all units, then the overall result will be fully in scale with the forces present on the day - it is cheaper and faster to paint under strength units - for French units at least, they were understrength from 1813 onwards, and I believe you are aiming for post-1812 uniforms. |
ciaphas | 05 Aug 2014 10:42 a.m. PST |
I have been to the site and that is why i am asking, as it is obviously quicker to paint 24 figures as opposed to 36, but i don't want to re-fight Waterloo every week either but if as the colonel stated they are under strength from 1813 then under strength it is. cheers jon |
Littlearmies | 05 Aug 2014 12:22 p.m. PST |
Ciaphas, Why not just paint six figure stands for the French, and use four for the understrength units and another one or two to give you 30 or 36 figure units? If you paint a pool of extra centre company stands you can use them as and when you need them…There aren't that many battles where all French units are completely up to strength so this would give you a good bit of flexibility. For the British there are only a few facing colours actually used so you could do the same. And paint the more unique units in full? Alternatively, start with 24 figure units and add the extra 12 later on? Malc |
Fried Flintstone | 05 Aug 2014 4:30 p.m. PST |
Why not just paint six figure stands for the French, and use four for the understrength units and another one or two to give you 30 or 36 figure units? Exactly right. Or consider that you are working at the regimental level and one full strength unit on the table actually represents a couple of under strength battalions. |
Camcleod | 05 Aug 2014 9:18 p.m. PST |
Jon / Murawski You should note that the OOB for Waterloo on the General de Brigade website front page is a somewhat streamlined version and doesn't represent all the units or the true 1:20 strengths. ie: the 8th Militia is missing and the 5th Militia's strength is closer to 24 at 1:20. See the OOB on Wikipedia for a more complete OOB: link For my armies I've done an approx. 1:20 rounded a bit to get an even number of figures per company – so usually 24 for most French (6 cos x 4), 30 for many of the Brits ( 5 double cos x 6), 36 for most of the Netherlanders (6cos x 6), 24 for the 5th Militia and 48 for the Nassauers (6cos x8). Cliff |
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