I'm new to Napoleonics and thought I'd start off with 6mm.  I ordered the French Army pack and British Army pack.  I'm giving the British Pack to a friend of mine and we're going to see if it's something we'd like to pursue.  What I'm having some trouble with is distinguishing the differences between the cavalry miniatures.  I see the differences between the heavies, Cuirassiers and Dragoons, verse the lighter Hussars and Chasseurs. 

1.  Is there a difference between the castings of the Cuirassiers and Dragoons, or are they the same casting? 

2.   Is there a difference between the castings of the Hussars and Chasseurs?   Again, they look the same. 

3.  Do the lighter cavalry units not have a standard bearer?   All I see/have are the same cavalry figures. 

4.  I also purchased some of the buildings and a couple of them took some damage while in transit.  Because of the material is there a type of glue anyone recommends for the material they are made of?   I'm assuming some instant glue should do the trick.   Once glued, primed, and painted they should look as good as new.  
 

Thanks for any help!
Mark~

The differences are subtle between the Cuirassiers and Dragoons.  The Cuirassiers have a smoother chest and back because they are wearing armor.  The dragoons have a different sidearm and horsetail/plume from the Cuirassiers.

The differences between the Hussars and Chasseurs are more apparent.  The biggest difference is the coat.  The hussars have a dolman and pelise and the chasseurs have a plain coat.  The husssars also have a pouch called a valise on their left side.   

Historically, the light cavalry did not carry standards.  Some manufacturers add them, Baccus does not.  There is an officer and a musician.

Painting can help accentuate the differences (or hide them). 

As for the buildings, I have dropped and damaged them.  I used cyanoacrolate/CA to attach the big pieces.  I've used various methods to fill in the gaps.  My current method is using sprue-goo and then smoothing out when dry. 

Sprue-goo is a made by dissolving plastic sprue in a plastic glue such as Tamiya extra thin.  There are more than a few Youtube videos about it, one is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH8xp0BJwQo&t=681s  

Thank you for the help!   I got my magnifying glasses and was able to differentiate what you described between the cavalry units.  It helped knowing what to look for.  I wish they came marked in a separate bag for easy identification.  Thanks also for the tip on using sprue_goo.  I've heard of it but have never made any.  There were some hedges that took damage, small pieces broke off, and a grave yard which was actually snapped in half.   I think just the standard CA glue will fix each issue nicely.  I'm assuming it's a good glue to put the top part of the church on too since it's a separate piece by design.  

We picked up the Blücher rule set   We'll be trying that first.  It seems like a good system.  I have a few others but were wanting to recreate some of the larger battles once we get enough miniatures painted up and based   
 

Mark~

For my Napoleonics I have based them on 1.5 mm magnetic sheet.  I have then ordered galvanised steel sabots, and printed some more magnetic backed labels for corps and special ability IDs.  These all go on the sabots for which I have printed some labels.  Once a unit is revealed you just pop the relevant figures on it and you can track the fatigue by moving the marker along the track printed on the label.

You can see it here:

This is a battle start with the units unrevealed

We're going to keep it simple and just glue the minis to a base.  Later as we get more familiar with the rules and what we're doing we might try the magnet approach.  

Your scenery looks great!

Thank you.  Have you thought about how you will mark fatigue and track special abilities and corps IDs?

The great thing about Blucher is you can play it with cards.  So if you don't like it you won't have to rebase a whole load of minis (or have to paint a load of minis to play a game)

Baccus also do a Napoleonic rule set.  That is written for 60 by 30 mm bases I believe so might be a good place to start with your basing.

We have an assortment of different bases, cards, and rule sets including Polemos.  Here's a sample of what we have.  We'll be using the bases on the left.  


 

I found the bottom image online and thought we'd do something similar with a dry erase marker.  My buddy is away for a few months at a trade school so it gives me plenty of time to paint and learn the rules.