Austrian 1860 - Hungarian line in Kittel

[Martyn]

Can I make a suggestion and i don't wish to tell you how or what to produce but would it not be possible that in responding to customer demand, Those making the request for a figure could also supply historical details etc to back their case otherwise it's too easy to slip from historical to fantasy. al a FOW.

[Chad]

Martin

The kittel was used in 1859, which was what I was looking for in terms of Hungarian line. The German line is in Kittel and I was disappointed that all the Hungarian figures were in a firing pose. The German Line are modelled with the trousers turned up at the ankle. In terms of Hungarian Line the same figure would be fine but with that fold removed and the trousers smoothed down to the anklet of the half-boots that they wore. Regrettably I have neither the time nor inclination to buy the German line and file them down myself, so as I have stated previously I will have no option but to use German line only.

As to uniform information for 1859 and 1866, I have all that is necessary and am happy to supply details to anyone who wants it. I am not in the habit of making requests that slip into fantasy as you put it.

As an example , I am quite happily using figures from the 19thC century/ACW range to produce forces for Nassau, Baden, Oldenburg and Bremen. They are not exact but I am happy that in 10mm the uniform differences are almost unnoticeable. I have also had very useful suggestions from other posters as to figures I can use for cavalry for 1859, which I very much appreciate.

Chad

[Dour Puritan]

If Prussian cavalry in 1860s/70s never dismounted why did Bruce Weigle choose an illustration of dismounted Prussian hussars in foot skirmish line as one of his illustrations for his 1870 rules? Why has Quintin Barry chosen an illustration of dismounted French dragoons fighting in volume 2 of his history of the Franco-Prussian War? Obviously nobody bothered to tell these chaps at the time that they were being historically innaccurate. Do any other wargamers out there fight campaigns on the tabletop that don't necessarily unfold in exactly the way they did in the past?

[Chad]

DP

I thought that's what we all did sooner or later.

Chad

[Leon]

Can I make a suggestion and i don't wish to tell you how or what to produce but would it not be possible that in responding to customer demand, Those making the request for a figure could also supply historical details etc to back their case otherwise it's too easy to slip from historical to fantasy. al a FOW.

We have done for some of the figures produced.  With the recent skirmishers/dismounted Hussars, we asked people to let us know exactly what they wanted.  There were some good replies, but the thread did get a little sidelined by a 'did Hussars actually dismount' discussion!