Rotundo | 27 Dec 2015 12:20 p.m. PST |
In 2014 I put out like ten armies including a 330 man SYW Prussian army. In 2015 I gamed like crazy…of course the aforementioned cav units are still sitting on my table. My big accomplishment was 64, 28mm Saxsons this year. Two questions submitted for your response. One, which do you personnally prefer? Gaming or Painting. Two, how do you achieve balance in your endeavors? |
drummer | 27 Dec 2015 12:27 p.m. PST |
I am thinking about getting some but there are no pictures to be found. The battle honors infantry are described as wearing "shakos" and "round hats." I am ideally looking for troops suitable for 1794 in Belgium, which I had thought were in bicornes. So can someone enlighten me about these miniatures and if they could be used for 1794 Belgium? Perhaps I should find other bicorne troops and simply paint them up as British??? |
The Young Guard | 27 Dec 2015 4:26 p.m. PST |
I didn't no you could get these still? |
Broglie | 27 Dec 2015 4:54 p.m. PST |
I used some OG15 AWI British. They look okay from a distance but not up close. |
drummer | 27 Dec 2015 6:49 p.m. PST |
Yes, they are still available. Here's the link: oldglory15s.com/British_c234.htm I'd like to hear from someone who has actually seen them whether they are suitable for the First Coalition or Second or both. I'm guessing the Second. |
baxterj | 27 Dec 2015 7:31 p.m. PST |
They are more suited for the later 1790s to be honest – Egypt, Italy, Corsica etc |
D6 Junkie | 27 Dec 2015 10:04 p.m. PST |
OHHHHHHHHHHH! You should get them Kurt, then we could do Egypt |
Duc de Limbourg | 27 Dec 2015 10:21 p.m. PST |
Minifigs 15mm has suitable figures |
Jemima Fawr | 28 Dec 2015 4:17 a.m. PST |
Shakos first appeared in the British Army in the late 1790s, along with the closed-fronted 'Austrian' pattern coat. In 1794 they were still wearing a slightly modified version of the 1762 uniform – modified by hooking the (turned back) lapels together across the chest and adding standing collars. Hats were still cocked hats, though they had grown in size since 1762 and often had plumes added. Gaiters were also generally longer than they had been in 1762, Bloody difficult to find figures for these in any scale! |
114th Pennsylvania | 28 Dec 2015 6:29 a.m. PST |
Wow How did this thread get High-jacked. Rotondo asked a question about Balance between painting and gaming. It some how got blended with 15 mm Battle Honors. To Rotondo- I outsource my painting which allows me to game more. (Cheating some say but I just shake, shake it off) I got in over 70+ days of gaming in 2015 To Drummer- I know Battle Honors are more true 15 mm but AB is more like 18 mm. They do not match up well but Eureka/AB figures are SWEET! link |
Oh Bugger | 28 Dec 2015 6:50 a.m. PST |
Yeah Minifigs 15mm do the figures I use them for '98 very nice too. |
Great War Ace | 28 Dec 2015 10:54 a.m. PST |
Gaming. I only paint so that I can game. Never have been a toys collector…. |
Jemima Fawr | 28 Dec 2015 2:13 p.m. PST |
114 Penn, It's the bug… It regularly throws two random threads together. |
drummer | 28 Dec 2015 8:28 p.m. PST |
Thanks to all. Which minifigs? I don't see any British for French Revolution at all. I am wondering whether I could paint some French in bicornes I have to look close enough to right to not matter. I have studied the pictures in Haythornthwaite's, "Uniforms of the French Revolutionary Wars" and the pictures he shows for the British of 1792-1794 are pretty similar in cut to the French. I may try an experiment and see. |
SJDonovan | 29 Dec 2015 3:11 a.m. PST |
The Minifigs British are here: link The French Revolution figures for the British and French are listed separately from the Napoleonics.
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drummer | 29 Dec 2015 5:38 a.m. PST |
SJDonovan: A BIG thank you! I am slowly building up armies for Blucher suitable for 1793-1796 (War of the First Coalition). So of course Napoleon in Italy, and Archduke Charles in south Germany but also all the big battles in Belgium and northern France. Up until now I was really wondering how I would build the Duke of York's army. So again, thank you! |