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Post by pinotnoir on Aug 24, 2019 4:50:30 GMT
A Prussian army rumbles towards the French... In Blucher the Prussian Army of 1813+ is characterized by "corps" of Line, Reserve and Landwehr infantry often supported by a light cavalry unit. The Reserve infantry presents a small issue-not made in 1/32. Fortunately Russian infantry is a good stand in for the Russo-german legion, ACTA British light infantry in blue uniforms looks like the 9th reserve regiment with their British supplied kit, and Line infantry in grey uniforms stand in for reserves (with an early issue of the shako). The dearth of allowable artillery means all but one battery are "attached", invisible, in this particular Prussian Army. This aligns well with the historical Prussian doctrine to subordinate cav and arty to the infantry. Advantages in this army include the Line infantry can be "avante guard" with attached arty/cav at the brigade level. Just to spice things up some of your landwehr can become pretty formidable in the assault. Finally you can pay for Blucher as a cinc which adds a lot of staying power to an otherwise ramshackle force. All in all it is a fun army to play-get everything right and it can crush a French corps. Get it wrong and you'll have plenty of time to enjoy everyone else's 1/32 army marching across the table!   |
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Post by quarion on Aug 24, 2019 20:21:34 GMT
Great army! Give us some closeup photos! On the other side I don't think so Prussians wore shakos like this Russians you used. You can easly make Prussian Reserve using Prussian Line bodies and Prussian Landwehr heads.
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Post by pinotnoir on Aug 24, 2019 21:02:32 GMT
Hi Q If only I could "chop heads" for reservists! For whatever reason the landwehr are much smaller than the line. Perhaps AIP heads might work...
Think the Russo- German legion became the 30th and 31st Prussian infantry- I'll take any excuse I can get to field one unit in two or more armies.    |
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Post by Stan on Aug 25, 2019 7:39:34 GMT
Great Masses! Envy your amount of painted troops! Looks great!
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Post by quarion on Aug 25, 2019 11:38:56 GMT
I saw some time ago on the old HaT 1/32 Blog conversion of Prussian Infantry with heads from Armies in Plastic Landwehr and they look great! You can be right that HaT Prussian Landwehr is a bit smaller.
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Post by Stan on Sept 13, 2019 19:14:26 GMT
Hi Q If only I could "chop heads" for reservists! For whatever reason the landwehr are much smaller than the line. Perhaps AIP heads might work...
Think the Russo- German legion became the 30th and 31st Prussian infantry- I'll take any excuse I can get to field one unit in two or more armies.
Very nicely done! Which army is on the other side of the field? Do you have some French painted already or are they still marching in the far distance?☺️ |
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Post by pinotnoir on Sept 14, 2019 1:13:25 GMT
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Post by Stan on Sept 15, 2019 15:22:08 GMT
Stunning Pinotnoir! Really cool and impressive to see! I also very much like your Wurtemberg and Bavarian troops! Now I really want to paint mine! I should also really paint some French Line infantry since I have so much elites!..Well one step at a time!
Thanks for sharing! Motivating images and also some nice eye candy! Will you wargame with them or play a battle? :-)
Stan
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Post by pinotnoir on Sept 15, 2019 17:26:39 GMT
Once or twice a year the Salem Oregon war-gamers travel (hour) to the vineyard and we do a scenario using Blucher rules. Did "almost" Hanau and "almost" On to Leipzig scenarios. At Hanau the Bavarians and their Austrian allies came close to an upset with the help of Prussians and Russians close behind the French. Napoleon's wiley veterans managed to push over the rivers just in time to eke out a victory. In the Leipzig scenario MacDonald waited a turn too long to request Napoleon's aid then failed several reinforcement request rolls (pretty bad when you can't roll a 5 using 2 dice!) His draftees and line infantry put up a decent fight but the veteran Prussians and Russians routed the French off the field before help arrived. Both games saw in excess of 800 54mm troops deployed. The trick to fielding so many troops is in not painting as beautifully as you do. They get the "good enough" paint job, a coat of floor wax and ink wash and sometimes a few highlights then- off to the wars...
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Post by Stan on Sept 16, 2019 11:58:56 GMT
Yes indeed..I somehow got into that..I will try after my batch of Chasseurs to find also quicker ways of painting as I did long time ago, and only paint the eye-catchers with buttons and all that...But that is hard to let go once taken that road..My Austrians are for example more simple though...And my dutch grenadiers :-) Btw is this your blog? I thought to recognize the billiard table schlagtan.blogspot.com/2016/ :-D I have been following it for many years already :-) And you have images of those big wargames? :-) All the best, Stan |
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Post by pinotnoir on Sept 17, 2019 17:43:06 GMT
It is though I rarely post on it- maybe I'll pay more attention to it.. Images and a video of the last game are on FB A Gentleman's War. Ian Croxall posted them.
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Post by Stan on Oct 15, 2019 19:01:01 GMT
pinotnoir! Yes that would be nice! I have a different question to all 54mm collectors! I am on the lookout for 1/32 Flags! I have spotted your Prussian flags here so I'll first drop it here ;-) At the moment I am working on some Austrian/Hungarian grenadiers. I converted one figure into a standard-bearer. I was wondering in 1/32 how do you estimate the seizes of the flags or just by the bare eye? I have found some sites or pages on eBay were one can purchase flags but maybe someone knows a nice link or set or page?
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Post by Stan on Oct 15, 2019 19:35:53 GMT
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Post by Stan on Oct 16, 2019 15:34:23 GMT
I think I managed ;-)
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Post by Stan on Sept 10, 2021 9:01:53 GMT
Btw, for people into 54mm Wargaming..Victrix has amazing wargame rules set (just 4 pages I think!) to download for free on their website, specialized for 54mm Napoleonic wargaming!
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