A beginning is a very delicate time...

[d_Guy]

Well here is first representative infantry for my foray into the Franco-Prussian War.  As always sorry for the photo quality (iPhone) but it helps to hid a number of imperfections:


Plan to start on representative light infantry next - with the long range view of having two French Corps, two Prussian Corps, and one Bavarian Corp by the sesquicentennial! 

Incidently I did darken the Bavarian blue a bit - true color is to close to NC Tar Heel powder blue 

[fsn]

Nicely done Sir!

How do you do the flags?

[ronan]

I like you figs !

[Steve J]

Very nicely done!

[d_Guy]

Nicely done Sir!

How do you do the flags?

This time I actually freehanded them (usually print and/or print and paint) I bought the F and P with the sculpted flags (which are nice indeed).
The Bavarians came with only the pole but I've got a couple dozen ECW sculpted flags which I had cut off to add my paper ones - cut these down to size then scribed in fringe border. The next ones I'll glue 180 deg to this one so you can see it better.

[Leon]

Looking good!

[Roy]

Looking good 

But you can't have taken those pictures from an iPhone - the images aren't showing sideways 

[jambo1]

Nice work there!!

[mollinary]

Lovely work! But you needn't have scribed the fringe border - neither the Bavarians or Prussians had a fringe on their infantry flags,  

Mollinary

[Techno]

Damn fine work, that man ! 

Cheers - Phil

[Shedman]

Excellent - what rules are you using?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Top work fella!

[paulr]

 

The flags are particularly impressive

[d_Guy]

Thanks very much gentleman! Maybe by August or so I can actually try a battle

But you can't have taken those pictures from an iPhone - the images aren't showing sideways 

  this wasn't one of those random times!

Lovely work! But you needn't have scribed the fringe border - neither the Bavarians or Prussians had a fringe on their infantry flags,  

Mollinary

Thanks! That'll save some time! Plus at this stage easy to correct - well - looks like more references to buy

what rules are you using?

Lehman recommend both "1870" and "BBB"  I am basing using "1870" as a guide - one base = one battalion and this is probably the set I'll use for the level of granularity I generally want to do. If I decide to do the larger battles ( which was my original plan) I'll jump up to BBB where my corps roughly become armies. Playing solo 99% of the time gives me great latitude.

[d_Guy]

Sorry Leman! Lehman = Leman in my bizarre mind - Shearson Lehman handles my pension - may the law never catch up with them but may carbuncles...oh never mind!