Mateus | 09 Jul 2018 6:12 a.m. PST |
Some pics of the combined forces of cuirassiers in my Austrian army. More pics on my blog: link
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cavcrazy | 09 Jul 2018 7:37 a.m. PST |
Very nice, bringing in the thunder! |
archiduque | 09 Jul 2018 8:29 a.m. PST |
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wrgmr1 | 09 Jul 2018 11:09 a.m. PST |
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Prof Pate | 09 Jul 2018 12:00 p.m. PST |
Good grief, do we have enough cannister? Cheers John PS what base size/ratio? |
Frederick  | 09 Jul 2018 2:10 p.m. PST |
Very nice! Put the fear of Gott into those Frenchies! |
French Wargame Holidays | 09 Jul 2018 3:15 p.m. PST |
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torokchar  | 09 Jul 2018 4:18 p.m. PST |
Very nice – I am so leaning towards 1/72 Napoleonics for my 2019 project…… |
Mateus | 10 Jul 2018 5:15 a.m. PST |
@Prof Pate, I base my cavalry in 6 bases per unit, each base 5cm x 5cm, holding 3 riders, for a total strength of 18 riders per unit. @Torokchar, 1/72 can look very good, if painted with care. I used 6 boxes to build all these cuirassiers, each box costing an average of £ 5.00. Hard to beat that in any other scale! |
Marc at work | 10 Jul 2018 6:04 a.m. PST |
Torok – go for it, 1/72 is a great scale. Widely available, and a great range (for Naps and WW2 especially). As Mateus continues to show, they paint up well, and (in my not so humble opinion) have more tabletop presence than 15s, without taking up the space of 28s. And if plastics don't appeal, there is a wide selection of incredibly detailed metals available. |
Prof Pate | 10 Jul 2018 4:49 p.m. PST |
Thanks Mateus, does each base represent a 'weak/campaign' squadron? I ask because I am thinking four or five field squadrons each three or four figures. More typically four for heavy Cav and threes for hussar/horse jagers/Uhlans. Stressing I am considering Russian organisation, not Austrian which I am unfamiliar with. |
Mateus | 11 Jul 2018 4:21 a.m. PST |
I treat each unit as a full regiment of cavalry, so individual bases have no value on their own, though we could say that in the case of regiments that comprised 6 squadrons, each of my bases would be representing 1 such squadron. Still, in the scale I play, individual cavalry squadrons are not relevant. |
rob polymathsw | 11 Jul 2018 7:24 a.m. PST |
Wow…impressive! That's a real impact, awesome! |