What ho chaps!
I've had a pack of Winter Peussians that I 'inherited' at the same time as my Wurttenbergers (about 5 year ago). All my other Prussians are in Summer dress and basing. Any suggestions? Really don't want to have to start all 12 Corps again in winter order too!!
Any units attack at Gravelotte/Saint Privat in trench coats?
Puzzled. 
ML

Quote from: mad lemmey on 05 August 2014, 08:15:06 AM
What ho chaps!
I've had a pack of Winter Peussians that I 'inherited' at the same time as my Wurttenbergers (about 5 year ago). All my other Prussians are in Summer dress and basing. Any suggestions? Really don't want to have to start all 12 Corps again in winter order too!!
Any units attack at Gravelotte/Saint Privat in trench coats?
Puzzled.  
ML

Nope!  E bay or the Russian front may be your best solutions!  

Paint & sell

Good practise, and a bit of cash never hurts

But what sized bases should I put them on (mine are quite 'niche' at 3" by 3")?

Erm, yes. Fire & Fury size-ish? Either that or a larger single regiment sized one!

Have some troops in great coats to break up the monotony.

Or don't base them - pop a piccy on the auction of other basing you've done and say "if you want them based, email me post auction with details and cost will be XXX extra"?

Quote from: Dour Puritan on 06 August 2014, 06:10:36 AM
Have some troops in great coats to break up the monotony.

Yep.

Quote from: toxicpixie on 06 August 2014, 08:50:28 AM
Or don't base them - pop a piccy on the auction of other basing you've done and say "if you want them based, email me post auction with details and cost will be XXX extra"?

Or this. 

Paint them up and buy Danes to oppose them for the 1864 Schleswig-Holstein War.

Now that is a good idea.

Ohhh!

Now THAT'S a winner.

Well said Lem.

As owner of a Danish 1864 army I'm proud to have tempted someone else over to the very obscure 'Dark side' of gaming - the Schleswig Holstein wars! Lol!

Okay,
Sources needed now...
Mollinary. Camerionian. I know you guys will set up here.

Mike Embree's  "Bismarck's First War"  and Bruce Weigle's 1859, which includes rules and scenarios for 1864.  Prussian Army for the War:

A composite corps consisting of 6th and 12th Divisions. In addition an ad hoc division of Guards.  Two cavalry Brigades, and a hodge podge of artillery, in four, six, and eight guns batteries, including 6pdr and 12pdr smoothbores, 7pdr howitzers, 6pdr rifles, and one battery of 4pdr rifles.  Infantry regiments are 35,7.  24,64. 13,53.  15,55.  7 Jäger Btn.    7 Dragoons
           Cavalry regiments   3H, 6K.   8H, 4K.

Guards:   3,4 Foot Guards.    3,4 Guard Grenadiers.    Guard Hussars.

So a bit of an opportunity to blood a lot of the new boys from the post 1861 regiments, with a stiffening of earlier ones.

Over to Cameronian!  Uniforms, pretty much as 1866.

Mollinary

The Danes in greatcoat look to be a doddle to paint as well - black greatcoat, dark blue field cap. Incidentally Bruce Weigle's 1864 rules show that the battles tended to be pretty small as he has most of them in quarter scale, so maybe an opportunity to do something like RF&F.

Embree lists 6th and 13th divisions.

6th Divn - 35, 60, 24 and 64. 11th Uhlans. 8x7dr Howitzers, 6x6dr rbl and 6x 12pdr sml
13th Divn - 13, 35,15 qnd 55. 7th Jager. Artillery as for 6th with extra 12pdr battery.
6th Cavalry Bgde - 6th Cuirassier and 3rd hussars - 4 x 12pdr sml
14th Cavalry bgde - 4th Cuirassier and 4th Hussars - 4 x 12pdr sml

Artillery reserve - Foot - 1 x howitzer battery, 2 x 6pdr batteries and 1 x 12pdr battery
                      - Horse - 4 x 6dr sml batteries

Don't forget the Austrian Corps

Chad

Mollinary has said it all really; Mike Embree's BFW and Bruce's 1859 will give you all you need to know. Boring little war dontchathink ?

Chad is of course 100% right  .   Only cos wot he is betterer than me at copying.  Swot  .   chiz , chiz

Molesworthinary