| OSL2000 | 21 Mar 2017 2:38 p.m. PST |
Hello,I have a question regarding Great War Spearhead.
1. What is the standard amount of figures/bases per infantry and cavalry units? |
| OSL2000 | 21 Mar 2017 2:38 p.m. PST |
Hello,I have a question regarding Great War Spearhead.
1. What is the standard amount of figures/bases per infantry and cavalry units? |
| OSL2000 | 21 Mar 2017 2:38 p.m. PST |
Hello,I have a question regarding Great War Spearhead.
1. What is the standard amount of figures/bases per infantry and cavalry units? |
| OSL2000 | 21 Mar 2017 2:39 p.m. PST |
Hello,I have a question regarding Great War Spearhead.
1. What is the standard amount of figures/bases per infantry and cavalry units? |
 ColCampbell  | 21 Mar 2017 2:47 p.m. PST |
The Bug must know that Bill is sick today. Jim |
| Vimy Ridge | 21 Mar 2017 2:53 p.m. PST |
OSL2000, depends on the figure scale. With 15/20 and 25/28mm 2 per base, with 10/12 and 6mm 4 or 5 per base looks fantastic – though if the 12mm are large then 3 might be better. Shawn |
| 22ndFoot | 21 Mar 2017 2:54 p.m. PST |
There are a couple of websites and a Yahoo group which appear to be run by the author. You might try those. greatwarspearhead.com
link |
| Bashytubits | 21 Mar 2017 4:00 p.m. PST |
I would recommend you go with the number that you think looks good on a base and what you can afford. |
| Weasel | 21 Mar 2017 6:02 p.m. PST |
Whatever you like :) I tend to like 3 figures per stand in 15mm and 5 in 6mm. |
| boy wundyr x | 21 Mar 2017 6:36 p.m. PST |
Vimy Ridge is the author. |
| monk2002uk | 21 Mar 2017 11:56 p.m. PST |
I started out with 6mm. Irregular Miniatures were the main option at that time. Their infantry come as 3 figures on a strip. I toyed with putting 2 strips on a base but in the interests of getting as many stands out as quickly as possible then I went with one strip per base. Any worries that this would look too light on a tabletop were quickly set aside, as the massed effect of the stands more than compensates. To quickly differentiate command stands, I put an extra officer figure on. You can tell at a glance because the 4 figures stand out. Irregular Miniatures cavalry come as 2 troopers to a strip. This is perfectly adequate and I have used the same ratio with Baccus as well. The earlier Heroics and Ros figures were smaller, more like 5mm than 6. I used 5 figures per base. Given that they are quicker to paint then this did not increase the time taken to get stands to table. It is all down to personal preference. In this same vein, I tend to scatter the figures 'randomly' on the bases. This avoids any sense that WW1 troops operated in Napoleonic lines. Just a preference though. Robert |
| OSL2000 | 22 Mar 2017 4:39 p.m. PST |
How many bases equal a standard unit? |
| Vimy Ridge | 22 Mar 2017 5:09 p.m. PST |
A Regiment usually contains 12 Infantry stands, 1 HQ stand, 1 to 3 Machine Gun Stands and 1 to 3 Trench Mortar Stand. 3 or 4 Regiments forms a Division which is about the smallest you want to go, there are many scenarios that contain only 2 or 3 Regiments and some artillery but most contain a whole division or more. Baccus sells Division and Corps Packs complete for the Early and Late War French, British and Germans. (Late war really refers to post 1915, but not necessarily the latest artillery guns – which are coming eventually but not yet out). Shawn |
| OSL2000 | 22 Mar 2017 5:25 p.m. PST |
Good information, thanks. |
| OSL2000 | 22 Mar 2017 6:37 p.m. PST |
How many bases for a cavalry unit? |
| Vimy Ridge | 22 Mar 2017 9:20 p.m. PST |
Cavalry Brigade is between 8 and 12 mounted and dismounted bases – usually 1 MG stand early and up to 3 for late war. Shawn |
| GreenLeader | 22 Mar 2017 9:31 p.m. PST |
Vimy Ridge Forgive my stupidity, when you say a 'regiment', do you mean a 'battalion' or a 'brigade'? (in British / Commonwealth usage). If you mean battalion, that would mean each sub-unit is a platoon? But if you mean a Brigade, that would suggest sub-units are companies? Also, what frontage do you base each platoon / company on? As in, how many yards do they occupy? Again, apologies if these are silly questions. |
| Martin Rapier | 22 Mar 2017 11:47 p.m. PST |
These are regiments in the continental sense, a collection of battalions. The British equivalent is the Brigade. The basic elements are companies, squadrons and batteries. Same as Square Bashing. |
| monk2002uk | 23 Mar 2017 1:44 a.m. PST |
Yes, the British used 'regiment' and 'battalion' interchangeably for the infantry. This is because battalions were drawn from regiments and so each battalion had a regimental name (e.g. Royal West Kents or Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, etc) and a number within that regiment. A battalion has 4 infantry stands, each stand representing a company. A stand represents a frontage of around 100 yards. Infantry platoons are not seen separately in Great War Spearhead. Chris Baker has quite a good description of how the British army was organised: longlongtrail.co.uk/army French, German, and other European countries had infantry regiments made up of 3-4 battalions, i.e. 12-16 company stands. As Martin mentioned, the British called this unit a brigade whereas in these European armies a brigade was made up of two regiments. In the German army, many regiments were linked to geographic regions. This means that you will often see the name of the region associated with the regiment. Just a tad confusing. Robert |
| Martin Rapier | 23 Mar 2017 11:46 p.m. PST |
Not as confusing as when it is a Brigade containing a battalion of the rifle Brigade (which is really a regiment). :) |
| monk2002uk | 24 Mar 2017 4:23 a.m. PST |
Or the regiment called the Honourable Artillery Company (face slap). Best we stop now… Robert |
| Vimy Ridge | 24 Mar 2017 4:57 a.m. PST |
LOL yep best stop now before it gets REALLY confusing! And please don't go into artillery batteries/battalions/brigades and regiments! Shawn |
| GreenLeader | 05 Apr 2017 3:20 a.m. PST |
Not to mention 'Brigade Divisions' of Royal Artillery… unless that had fallen out of usage by the Great War? |
