1860/70's Dismounted Dragoons/Hussars and firing/skirmishing line! Please read!

[maciek]

I've just chcecked in GTR1866, that Austrian hussars did indeed skirmish on foot at Gitschin.
These rules allow dismounted action for Austrian and Prussian hussars and dragoons only.

[Hertsblue]

Pendraken do Saxon line and Jaegers, they also do standard bearers (command group). Are you in the right forum.

We were discussing a list of skirmishers, to which the three or four poses in the Saxon infantry don't exactly lend themselves. And if there is a Saxon standard bearer he is a fairly new arrival. There were certainly none in the last batch I ordered.

And, yes, I think I know what forum I'm in.

[cameronian]

I completed my Saxon army two years ago complete with standard bearers so they've been around since then. The photo's not great but its here, best viewed as original.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pendraken/4395569865/sizes/o/in/set-72157623404033825/

The forum comment was meant to be facetious BTW.

[mollinary]

Perhaps the confusion of standard bearers lies in the fact that there are Saxon infantry figures in two ranges, the 1866 Saxon and the 1860s/70s Prussian/German.  The first range certainly has a Command Group pack with standard bearers, SA 6, which have graced my tables for a number of years. The second range has Saxon infantry in a peaked feldmutze, PP24, which do not have command.

Regards

Mollinary

[maciek]

Perhaps the confusion of standard bearers lies in the fact that there are Saxon infantry figures in two ranges, the 1866 Saxon and the 1860s/70s Prussian/German.  The first range certainly has a Command Group pack with standard bearers, SA 6, which have graced my tables for a number of years. The second range has Saxon infantry in a peaked feldmutze, PP24, which do not have command.

And all this confusion is due to lack of pictures of packs on Pendraken's page.
I noticed, that even new pack, although photos appear on this forum, are not properly depicted on webpage.

[Chad]

A question on Saxon standard bearers (and any others with cast flags). For those of us who do not have the ability to paint 10mm flags, any suggestions on how we deal with this? I have thought of buying flags, cutting them up and sticking them on, but it seems unnecessarily messy, when a plain flag pole would be a better option.

Thanks

Chad

[cameronian]

The flags aren't cast chad, poles only, see photo in post above (yes I know, wrong flag apparently but hey ho, unless I'm wearing my specs I can't even see the bloody table!).

[Leon]

And all this confusion is due to lack of pictures of packs on Pendraken's page.
I noticed, that even new pack, although photos appear on this forum, are not properly depicted on webpage.

The pics for the new releases are usually done by me on a small digital camera, so aren't high enough resolution for the website.  Those pics are done by MaximumJpeg with her fancy DLSR kit.

A question on Saxon standard bearers (and any others with cast flags). For those of us who do not have the ability to paint 10mm flags, any suggestions on how we deal with this? I have thought of buying flags, cutting them up and sticking them on, but it seems unnecessarily messy, when a plain flag pole would be a better option.

All figures we get designed going forward will be bare poles, no cast on flags.

[Leon]

Right then, the email has been sent to the designer, for Fr/Pr/Au skirmishing line in 2 poses each, and also dismounted Austrian Hussars.  We'll have to look at any other requests when we have another sculpting gap.

[maciek]

Great !
When will they be released ?

[cameronian]

Great news; thanks Leon 

[Leon]

Great !
When will they be released ?

We wouldn't be receiving them until the end of May at the earliest, so we wouldn't have them moulded until June probably.

Great news; thanks Leon 

Dave's actually been working on the Hussar today, so we may have that one a bit quicker.  He's taken a head from one of the mounted Hussars, popped it on a kneeling figure, and added the pelisse.  Once it's cured I'll get some pics taken.

[cameronian]

This is very good news indeed; see you at Falkirk.

[privateer]

hello Leon

Will the infantry be available for purchase as a bulk lot to flesh out armies. I will be looking for a 100 or so of each type

[Leman]

Hi Leon,
would also be interested in bulk numbers of mid C19th infantry.
DP

[Leon]

They'll be getting designed during May, so I wouldn't expect to receive them and get them moulded until the July Releases at the earliest.  They'll be in the regular 30 figure packs.