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:
(https://leadenshipsandtinmen.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/first-fpw-infantry.jpg?w=800)
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 :o
Nicely done Sir!
How do you do the flags?
I like you figs !
Very nicely done!
Quote from: fsn on 02 April 2016, 04:47:50 PM
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.
Looking good!
8)
Looking good :-bd
But you can't have taken those pictures from an iPhone - the images aren't showing sideways ;)
Nice work there!! :-bd :-bd
Lovely work! But you needn't have scribed the fringe border - neither the Bavarians or Prussians had a fringe on their infantry flags, ;)
Mollinary
Damn fine work, that man ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil
Excellent - what rules are you using?
Top work fella!
:-bd =D> :-bd
The flags are particularly impressive :)
Thanks very much gentleman! Maybe by August or so I can actually try a battle :)
Quote from: RoyWilliamson on 02 April 2016, 05:33:28 PM
But you can't have taken those pictures from an iPhone - the images aren't showing sideways ;)
;D this wasn't one of those random times!
Quote from: mollinary on 02 April 2016, 07:03:26 PM
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 :-\
Quote from: Shedman on 02 April 2016, 07:35:41 PM
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.
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!
I took the name of a star Belgian general from the early part of WWI. Nice to be able to move up and down army level scales. When playing battalion level games I much prefer to play a segment of a battle or a small battle. Currently I'm looking at Amiens and Bapaume in the Army of the North's Somme campaign as my 10mm project. Would like to give Shakos to Coal-Scuttles a try with those, although I have heard positive reports of Weigle's 1871, which are supposedly an improvement and streamlining of 1870.
I likes them. Keep them coming.