1914 Germans

[realthing]

Here is the opposition to my BEF, some 1914 Germans. The only interloper is a Brit officer who has managed to infiltrate the command team disguised as a German, otherwise these are all standard early war German figures. They are based up for Phil Barker's Horse, Foot and Gun rules so one infantry element represents a full-strength battalion, cavalry a brigade or so and artillery about 18 guns. This therefore represents a division plus a few cav. Now working on some Jaeger to add variation and thinking about some head swapping to create some dragoons and maybe cuirassiers. Hope they are of interest.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Those are great! Nice work sire!

[Leon]

Excellent, thanks for posting!

[mijalo]

Splendid paint job. Prefer your BEF, but that's just me being biased

[nikharwood]

Very nice indeed 

[realthing]

Thank you all for the kind comments.

[Hertsblue]

Very neat. And the Brit officer fits in nicely. 

[lekw]

Great job, they look very good.

[Bernie]

Just ordered some early war WWI and glad I did having seen the nice way you have painted and based your figures

Bernie

[realthing]

Just ordered some early war WWI and glad I did having seen the nice way you have painted and based your figures

Glad you like the result, Bernie: they're nice figures to paint up - I've ordered some of the early war infantry with backpacks to go with these so will be adding to the force once they've arrived.

[Aart Brouwer]

Hmmm, gorgeous. Nice palette, too, with the toned-down browns and greens 'n all. Great job, Sir.

Cheers,
Aart

[realthing]

Thanks, Aart. Here's my next batch, some Jaeger (GP 15). I really like this set of figures which were a pleasure to paint. The base colour for the uniform was Vallejo German Field Grey WWII (830) to represent grey-green of the Jaegers and to contrast with the lighter grey of the 'standard' Germans.

[Bernie]

Jaegers look really good

Need some cavalry for them to operate with

Does anyone do bicylcles in 10mm as they oftem impressed them to increase their mobility?

[realthing]

Thanks Bernie. More cavalry are on the 'to do' list but I want to do some head-swapping to make some dragoons/cuirassiers form the Uhlans so will be a while yet I think.

As far as the Jaeger are concerned, my understanding is that they had a cycle-mounted company in each battalion. Don't know about the availability of bicycles in 10mm but since many armies had bicycle companies in 1914 it would be good if they were available. Wrong nationality but found this brilliant website on French folding bicycles - surely must inspire someone to make a figure carrying a folded bike on his back? http://bsamuseum.wordpress.com/1898-1914-peugeot-captain-gerard-folding-bicycle/

[mollinary]

GR45 in the Pendraken WWII range is pushing a bicycle - conversion possibility?

Mollinary

[OldenBUA]

Does anyone do bicylcles in 10mm as they oftem impressed them to increase their mobility?

You could try the N-scale manufacturers. Here are some, these are supplied in kit form. You can also buy them ready made.

http://www.artitec.nl/index.php/en/kits/item/n-bikes-old-n?category_id=124

[realthing]

This bicycling thing is looking interesting. Must investigate further 

[Bernie]

Hi

Anorak alert

Yep the Jaeger bicylce units were amalgamated into adhoc battalions, but the remaining Jaegers liberated bikes as they went so a hefty portion of the so-called foot Jaegers were mounted on bikes or civilian cars/lorries which carried their packs. This accounts for the amazing march rates of these battalions in Belgium in 1914 - 40-50km per day

I'll get some of the WWII bicycle packs and try some conversions

Thanks
Bernie

[realthing]

Work continues on my Germans and have just received some of the GP23 infantry with packs and pickelhaube. Will get on to those to beef up my infantry to a complete corps. Meanwhile, been converting some GP3 uhlans into dragoons by swapping heads. The donors, may they rest in pieces, were the chaps running with rifle at trail in set GP1. No other details were changed and here's the result:


Quite pleased with the result so will do a few more elements. To be honest, I'm not too worried about fine points of accuracy so may also treat these as cuirassiers despite the difference in the shape of the helmet, particularly at the back. Will also have a bash at converting some into hussars.
A simple conversion and hopefully one that Pendraken will consider as well. The officer would be particularly useful as a generic mounted type and I plan to do a couple of those in due course for command elements.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Really looking good, nice conversion!