New Member from Chippenham, Wiltshire!

[Reille Reloaded]

Hello All,
I've been a 15/18mm Napoleonic enthusiast for many years, but now finally tempted to build the Waterloo armies in 10mm - and here at Pendraken seems to be the best place to start!
Cramming more figures into smaller spaces looks and feels more realistic, especially with 3-deep battalions, so I'm going to buy a few units and see how it goes.
I'll also be putting my first post to the forum in a minute or two about what I think are a few missing figures from the range (!). I wonder how that will go down
Michael

[fsn]

Welcome.

Yes. In all respects.

My Napoleonic infantry are 60-90 figures each, cavalry 40-60 and I make sure my artillery has cassions and as much bulk as I an get. I use a scale of 1 figure = 10 men.

My Polish army in action.


Photos of your progress, please.

[Leon]

Welcome to the Forum!

[Reille Reloaded]

Welcome.

Yes. In all respects.

My Napoleonic infantry are 60-90 figures each, cavalry 40-60 and I make sure my artillery has cassions and as much bulk as I an get. I use a scale of 1 figure = 10 men.

My Polish army in action.


Photos of your progress, please.

Thanks for the welcome!

Impressive photo, thank you. 60-90 per infantry unit? I was going to go for 48 inf and 18 cav as brigades, to squeeze as many units as possible on the table. Will have to experiment to see if that works or not! Yes I'll certainly post some pics of my progress.

[Reille Reloaded]

Welcome to the Forum!

Thanks, Leon!

[fsn]

I was going to go for 48 inf and 18 cav as brigades, to squeeze as many units as possible on the table.

What? How do you form square?   

I aim for about a division per side, quite low level. I like the clutter. I like having to spend time deploying from column to line or line to square. I like my artillery batteries being an impediment to units trying to pass through.

I am definitely interested to see how your "other end of the telescope" works.

One has to admire the diversity and creativity of our hobby. 

[Steve J]

Welcome on board !

[Roy]

Hello 

[Reille Reloaded]

Welcome on board !

Thanks Steve!

[Reille Reloaded]

Hello 

Cheers Roy!

[T13A]

Hi

And Welcome (from about 21 miles away from Chippenham).

As a matter of interest, what Napoleonic rules are you, or do you intend to use?

Cheers Paul

[Reille Reloaded]

What? How do you form square? 

I aim for about a division per side, quite low level. I like the clutter. I like having to spend time deploying from column to line or line to square. I like my artillery batteries being an impediment to units trying to pass through.

I am definitely interested to see how your "other end of the telescope" works.

One has to admire the diversity and creativity of our hobby. 

"How do you form square?"

Good question! Well, it won't look very convincing yet. Four 1" stands with 12 figs per stand, facing back to back. I'm interested in developing a brigade-size rule set for large battles like Waterloo, so I'm experimenting with base sizes/figures at present.

Agree, a lot of scope in the hobby for "doing one's own thing"

[Reille Reloaded]

Hi

And Welcome (from about 21 miles away from Chippenham).

As a matter of interest, what Napoleonic rules are you, or do you intend to use?

Cheers Paul

Hi Paul, from "yonder hills..."! Lovely area.

I'm actually interested in making my own rule set. Rules that only use dice and a tape measure, no charts - if at all possible. I'm not experienced in wargaming, so I expect to be experimenting over the coming months. I have the "Napoleon's Battles" and "General D'Arme"e rules on hand, so will probably start with one of those. 

[Techno 3]

Welcome from me, as well.

[Reille Reloaded]

Welcome from me, as well.

Cheers!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hello and welcome

[d_Guy]

Welcome to the forum! If fsn had a table big enough he would do a ratio of 1:1 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Hello and welcome

[fsn]

Welcome to the forum! If fsn had a table big enough he would do a ratio of 1:1 

  I did set up a 1:1 battallion for my British infantry, just to see how it looks, you understand.  600 figures, 2 deep gives a 3m (10') frontage. Had to go diagonally across my 8' x 4' table. The two flags looks awfully insignificant, and it's a long way from the first grenadier to the last light bob.

Couldn't fit a battallion at full strength onto my table.

[Last Hussar]

If FSN had a table big enough he would do 1:2!

I Have considered just setting up a 1:1 with the Little Wooden Men. I would have to do 4 ranks deep though as they are based 2 strips on 40x20

600 men = 150 frontage
7 figures wide to a base - 150/7 = 21 1/2

21 bases x 40mm = 840mm (84 cm) for a 4 deep line. 2 deep obviously 1m64


As to formations;
I tend to play Blucher. A unit of infantry represents about 4,000 men. There is no 'Square' formation in the rules. Infantry can go 'Prepared', which may include squares, but not necessarily all of them - it may be just a couple of battalions on one flank. You don't rearrange the men, you just add something to remind you they are Prepared- I use little squares of 2 men on a flank.