| paperbattles | 28 Dec 2015 8:55 a.m. PST |
Hi,
I have a question: as you can see on my site, I do like to represent a battalion for the SYW at a 1:1 ratio.
The question is: do you think it's better to represent the single men marching (as usually they were) or marching and firing? or a mixture? and if yes, in which percentage? |
79thPA  | 28 Dec 2015 9:16 a.m. PST |
Link to your site? If I had to pick a single army pose it would be marching. |
| paperbattles | 28 Dec 2015 9:17 a.m. PST |
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| paperbattles | 28 Dec 2015 9:18 a.m. PST |
I did the same for the SYW, but for the NApoleonic period, where the bayonet assaults were more used, and troops less parading and more modern I used different postures… even though always avoiding the firing ones |
| vtsaogames | 28 Dec 2015 10:01 a.m. PST |
March attack pose would be my choice. |
| paperbattles | 28 Dec 2015 10:08 a.m. PST |
both for NApoleonic and SWY? |
| rmaker | 28 Dec 2015 1:31 p.m. PST |
Yes, march attack for both SYW and Napoleonic. And NEVER a mix of marching and firing. Nobody wants to feel the Feldwebel's schlange across his back. |
| 79thPA | 28 Dec 2015 6:58 p.m. PST |
Where do you get your paper soldiers? Do you make them? |
| Henry Martini | 28 Dec 2015 7:07 p.m. PST |
I'm sure there'd be a few, rmaker, but there's a time and a place, and the middle of a battle is a very poor choice. |
| thehawk | 28 Dec 2015 10:34 p.m. PST |
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| paperbattles | 29 Dec 2015 12:55 a.m. PST |
thanks thehawk- This is actually the posture I am using right now for my papersoldiers for the Battle of Leuthen.
see link thanks
For Austerlitz I am doing different postures, but all in a some way, marching |
| paperbattles | 29 Dec 2015 12:57 a.m. PST |
Hi 79th PA.
yes I draw and trimm bymyself.. ….. paperbattles.it PS for thehawk: How can you reproduce a picture here? I cannot,. Thanks |
| paperbattles | 29 Dec 2015 11:09 a.m. PST |
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| paperbattles | 29 Dec 2015 11:10 a.m. PST |
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| paperbattles | 29 Dec 2015 11:11 a.m. PST |
Some ideas of the posture in SYW |
| Clays Russians | 29 Dec 2015 12:01 p.m. PST |
shouldered firelock for everyone but lights, ive never heard nor seen march attack in any drill books from the periods mentioned. |
| paperbattles | 29 Dec 2015 2:48 p.m. PST |
So, Clays Russians,
are they ok as they are in the above pictures? |
| thehawk | 29 Dec 2015 7:46 p.m. PST |
Here are some front views. March attack is a wargaming term, not an historical term. From what I have read, the cuff of the coat was placed over the musket to protect the firing mechanism from accidental discharge and any poor weather. The musket was held vertically to avoid clashing with other muskets.
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| thehawk | 29 Dec 2015 8:06 p.m. PST |
Duplicate post deleted but here is one more:
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| paperbattles | 30 Dec 2015 5:52 a.m. PST |
thanks .. I think the way I did the papersoldiers than match with the historical facts |
| von Winterfeldt | 30 Dec 2015 6:46 a.m. PST |
I would not use the pose of which Carl Röchling depicted neither that of the re-enactors, typically for 7YW was the steeply shouldered musket at the left side – left arm – left hand under the butt of the musket. |
worries about not losing his rules stuff.
