Quote from: mollinary on 23 November 2020, 01:07:45 PM
The painting is lovely, but that dog is as big as sheep! No wonder they do what it tells them.

If the dog is going to have to help repel wolves, or similar, you probably don't want a Chihuahua!

The Sumerian giant mastiffs used by shepherds from the 2nd or 3rd millennia BCE were also used in the 1st millennium BCE to hunt lions!

Modern sheepdogs have it easy!

Quote from: mollinary on 23 November 2020, 01:07:45 PM
The painting is lovely, but that dog is as big as sheep! No wonder they do what it tells them.

Great Dane? 

Quote from: Chris Pringle on 23 November 2020, 09:52:26 AM
Never mind the cuirassiers' white horses, us sticklers for historical accuracy want to know what breed the sheep are. Bleu du Maine, perhaps? And what about the dog's pedigree? 

They look a bit like Shaun and his mates.  The dog is clearly Bitzer.

Quote from: John Cook on 23 November 2020, 01:34:49 PM
They look a bit like Shaun and his mates.  The dog is clearly Bitzer.

I'll need to add some spots to his back...

 

to both 'units'

Quote from: Ray Rivers on 23 November 2020, 01:43:37 PM
I'll need to add some spots to his back...

As long as he doesn't end up looking like 'Spotty Dog' from the Woodentops ! 

Cheers - Phil 

Only you remember them Phil

I remember the Woodentops and loved it as a kid! Hated Andy Pandy which was just weird.

I remember Muffin the Mule ..... there's probably an outstanding warrant!

Both Andy Pandy and the Woodentops were favourites a few years later.

What about Twizzlze ?....And Torchy, the battery boy ? 

Cheers - Phil.

Spotty Dog... Andy Pandy... Muffin the Mule... Twizzlze... Torchy...

I think I am out of my league here... 

Now... Dino, Porky Pig, Yogi the Bear... 

 

Cheers - Phil.

The sheep can actually be useful in the FPW as a flock was fired on when mistaken for Prussian cavalry. Perhaps used as a panic marker.

Andy

Interesting, Andy. 

Now I need some help.

My French are based on a 30x30 base (a battalion) and 3 make a regiment of approximately 750 blokes.

As I draw closer to starting my Huns, I've been thinking about their basing. The plan was to use a 40x30 base with 8 men which would give me a regiment of 1,000 Prussians.

The closer I get to doing this, the more I wonder... should the frontage of a Prussian regiment (120mm) be greater than the frontage of a French one (90mm)? Wouldn't someone have adjusted their frontage?

I could go deeper with the Prussians to maintain the same frontage and give them a third rank. I could also try to pack another 2 minis on the 30x30 base. Or... I could just accept that the Prussian regiments are going to be bigger and accept the asymmetry.

What'ca all think?