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PM Colin the Wargamer
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Colin the Wargamer
4th Apr 2022 05:17:54

They look really nice.  I would suggest that you carefully paint the edge of your flags with blue & red paint to remove the white edge.  It does add to the flag - honest.  If you're like me, it can also hide misaligned paper flags!  ;-)  If you're interested in the result, take a look at the "Colin the wargamer" blog.  Cheers Colin


PM jon1066
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jon1066
5th Apr 2022 02:45:25

Looking great. 

 

One thing I wished I'd done was to differentiate the artillery a little by using the number of crew.  So lighter pieces/batteries get 3 crew (eg horse artillery), average use 4 crew and the 12 lbers give them five crew.  That way you can see at a glance whch is heavy and which is light.


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Bilfred
6th Apr 2022 05:08:20

French fought in three ranks - brits in two


Hi Peter,

got an email that my order was dispatched (#32573) checked on the website to confirm - twelve days on there's still no sign of it at this end

Bill MacDonald

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under_score
10th Apr 2022 01:37:55

Thanks for the tip Bilfred.  My army will not be a 1:1 representation of troops, unfortunately.


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jon1066
19th Apr 2022 07:50:41

"French fought in three ranks - brits in two"

A French Battalion would also be about 200 men wide as well.  I don't see anyone complaining when that isn't represented 1:1.  Why get hung up on this one detail when so much else is abstracted?  The main value I could see on something like for that for modelling is to further differentiate the combatants.  Eg If French are X then make their opponents Y.

 

 


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under_score
10th May 2022 09:29:11

Then the Hussars arrived.

Cavalry is hard to paint at any scale, but these guys are ok.

I think I'm going to change it up and paint some Prussian infantry next.


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jon1066
13th May 2022 09:23:59

Looking great.


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29th May 2022 08:22:45

Got covid and haven't done much painting the past couple weeks, but I was able to finish up my first Prussian infantry unit today.

Something I hadn't even considered when I decided to work on Jena is that the Prussian and French infantry have pretty similar uniforms.  I went with a slightly darker blue for the Prussian's jackets, and a khaki rather than white for the trousers, and I think they're pretty easily distinguished on the battlefield.  And if not, accidently firing into the wrong regiment is hardly unheard of in the Napoleonic era.


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dourpuritan
30th May 2022 08:14:44

Looking suitably sombre in that particular Prussian way.


A little goes a long way

PM levs
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levs
1st Dec 2022 09:10:34

 What size bases are you using? If you don't mind me asking.


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