"Basing Cavalry division in 2mm" Topic

A follow up question to my earlier thread about basing 2mm for La Grande Guerre (Here TMP link if you want to see it)

Started sorting out the Cavalry. I'm using Borodino as the basic OOB – it doesn't really matter as the bases will be used for all sorts of fictional battles, and hopefully a campaign, though Borodino is on the cards.

What I didn't realise was how BIG the Cavalry Divisions were. The OOBs I have quote the number of Infantry Battalions, and number of Cavalry squadrons – typically the French cavalry are 50-100% larger comparing Sqds/Bns.

I'm using 1 2mm block for 2 infantry bns, giving divisions 6-8 blocks wich fit nicely on a 60mm base, allowing a variety of formations.

I was going to use the same ratio for squadrons – 1 strip for 2 sqds. However this means 11-14 strips a base, and it looks a little crowded. I can comfortably get 3 strips wide on the base- 4 is a solid line

The strips are the same width – the length of a horse means they are a little deeper.

Should I stay with the 2:1 I use for the Infantry, or should I increase the ratio – maybe 1 strip per Brigade (4 sqds)?

Thanks

*FYI the infantry blocks are 20 men in 2x10 (though they look like LEGO blocks used by LEGO mini figs!
Cavalry are 6 or 8- the 6 will be Light, 8, Heavies

Personally I'd go with 2 Inf Bn equivalent to a cavalry regiment (of 4 Sq) and that should solve the problem.

the 2x10 Infantry block is about 14mm wide and the 8 man HCav block is 17mm so a fair bit bigger.

You're right – I only put the infantry up against the Lights.

Reading this old thread
link

am I right in understanding 2 squadrons are roughly equal to the frontage of a battalion.

A cavalry squadron of 100 men and horses (in 2 lines) is equal in frontage to two companies of 100 men each in three lines, if you're talking French. I did all the math when I was putting together a 1:1 cavalry brigade with over a 1000 figs in 3mm.

Anyways, if you have a full cav regiment in line it should actually overlap a battalion in line. So, if you figure that an infantry company is 60mm in frontage (for example), you'd need 6 of those bases for French battalion and 8 60mm bases for a regiment of 4 squadrons.

As GF says, go with one strip per per regiment, makes life much simpler.