"The Prussians have arrived… and brought friends" Topic

They are not Prussians.

They are French.

Look again, French Blue not "Prussian Black (?)"

Voila Grouchy! Have some faith

Those look good

these are 15mm?

6MM?

I believe 10mm.

As a 15mm collector they look real good for little guys.

Nice figures, but I have to agree with deadhead. The blue is far to light. I understand that sometimes on small figures it is good to "brighten" them up but this is way to bright.

Calpe Prussians.

Sorry, I was only quoting Rod Steiger in "Waterloo" 1970. That daft line that the Prussians wore black. I was prompted by the topic title. I was not really commenting on the models themselves.

I think in very small figures the colours cannot be as dark as we would want on 28mm figures, as you said above. Plus who knows what the lighting did for photography?

Calpe miniatures are amazing. If I was going to paint 28mm figures they were the ones I would buy. :)

The sun lightens and fades uniform colours, what is seen on the parade ground will rarely be seen on campaign. The colours look good to me ;-)

Interestingly, none of the painted figures are Prussian. I'm sure David will paint some soon.

As to the illustration of the box, "Prussian troops storm the village of Plancenoit during the Battle of Waterloo" by Adolf Northen certainly shows Prussians in correct uniforms.

As a general point, why as soon as someone posts a picture of smaller scale figures do 28mm gamers feel obliged to post pictures of their figures? I've never seen a 28mm thread when suddenly someone posts a picture of 10mm figures for example.

Ah, well that is because those working in 28mm can paint their figures nearer to the right colours. We have already agreed that scale effect means you progressively have to lighten, as you miniaturise.

Hand me a paint tin of AP 507B or whatever it was, as used on HMS Hood in the Denmark Strait and I could not slap it onto a 1/700 scale model, however "correct"

The models above are all "right" colour-wise I think.

I wish Calpe would make some British. Just a couple, even, would be amazing and I'd buy tons.

Interested you should say that. I honestly would have thought British are particularly well covered in 28mm, whether metal or plastic, Light, Line or Rifles, standing, firing line, advancing etc. Assuming you mean infantry, what would be on your wish list? Units and pose especially………

I honestly would have thought British are particularly well covered in 28mm

Oh they are, I'm not griping – I just love Calpe figs and it would be great to supplement my Perry/Victrix British with Calpe figs.

The only thing really missing for the British are staff officers – ADCs, DQMGs etc it would be nice if the Perrys could produce just a couple of sets of those (there seem to be dozens of such figs for the French).

If I could have a Calpe British 28mm wishlist
1) ADCs – Only 1 fig from Front Rank, would love some from Perrys or Calpe (or Victrix!?)
2) DQMGs/Majors of Brigade etc – nobody makes any of these
3) Royal Horse Artillery and Drivers – lots of options for interesting figs, the farriers for example had an interesting fur hat! Nobody makes RHA or RA casualties.
4) Royal Waggon Train (only Front Rank make these at the moment)
5) Mounted Adjutants (every British battalion had a mounted adjutant and nobody makes such a figure)
6) 71st officers and NCOs – I've enjoyed converting figs to make my own but would be nice to have some metal options.
7) Serjeant Majors, Drum Majors etc (as above)
8) Dismounted heavy cavalry – standing around or casualties (or running for their lives from the Grand Battery!)
9) Dismounted light cavalry – again, there's a fantastic Dutch cavalry casualty pack but nothing for the British.
10) Surgeons – I have a couple by Westphalia but more would always be nice.

Great suggestions. I tried to prioritise the list 1-10, but frankly every single one is a significant omission. I'll put 3 at the top, mounted HA in any nation are almost absent