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[Jonathan Gingerich]

Let me correct the dimensions given by Gabayev. He said the staff of a cavalry standard was 3 a. 10 v. with the spearhead, which was 5 1/2 v. He also said 12 v. above the ferrule was a 4 v. narrowing of the shaft – i.e. a 7 inch hand grip area 21 inches from the bottom of the pole.

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The Cavalier-gardes had been a palace bodyguard for nearly a century. Paul dissolved them, reraised them, increased them to a 3 squadron regiment and then Alexander made them a full 5 squadron field regiment. Somehow, they were the most senior regiment of all, despite having been founded a few years after the Leib-garde Horse. The Horse was Constantine’s regiment and there was a rivalry between the two cuirassier regiments.

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The L-g. Cossacks had swallow-tail guidons, best info is here:

http://www.vexillographia.ru/russia/rarmk001.htm

[OotKust]

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Napoleon- The Leadership Team

Napoleons youthful ‘age’ is often benchmarked as significant, compared to his military opponents, and very often this is accurate.

However, he was a man of due diligence and perspicacity himself, and used those around him who suited, no matter their age or origins.
Such is the case when considering his army, and more importantly, those he chose as leaders.

As I am modelling a French 1805 Corps, plus ‘supports’, I’ve taken to maintaining a register of those most important in the hierarchy, and the models I will use to create these men. Let me remind you that my ‘commands’ in gaming terms are 1:1; that is each named individual is present with each leader- if they have two or three ADC’s, I depict them all.

The few characteristics based around important dates, relate core competency, promotion and durations and awards.

Using 1805 and Napoleons age in the campaign, just 36 years old, thus I measure those around him. This is important when selecting suitable other models for officers, aides and support characters I suppose one could call them.

I was surprised when I reviewed some of the ‘elders’ of the Imperial group, so will just restrict myself here to the top most and basic data for them. Some are extremely common names, others not so much.

Note that in my research [and therefore descriptions] I do not subscribe to the common form of applying a persons maximum role, rank or dignitary status at some future point. To take that to its’ logical conclusion, one would always then refer to Napoleon as the ex-Emperor of France. I do not bother with most dates and events after 1807 (the critical end of my interests).

Officers Aged 50 and Over

Berthier- Louis-Alexandre Age: 52 Born July 1753 Enlisted Jan-1766 (Geo-Engineers) and subsequently promoted General 1796. He served in the American Colonies, subsequently as ADC to LaFayette 1780. He was when promoted placed due to his overt abilities as Chef d’état-major in 1796 in the Armée d’Italie.

He lead, controlled and organised the highest command group under Napoleon- the Etat Major-Generale (Army General Staff), and as such held the unique rank, literally, of Major-Général of the Army. Alongside which from time to time he combined such a role and knowledge, with the ‘administrative’ role of Minister of War. As such, and Marshal of the Empire, he held the Grand-Cordon of the Legion d’honneur from 1804.

Dumas- Mathieu Age: 52 Born November 1753 Enlisted in 1773 in the Genie and promoted General of Division only in 1805, due to his post I imagine. He also served in the American Colonies and ADC to Rochambeau 1780 so clearly was a well known associate to Berthier in war.

In the Grande Armée he was placed in command, as one of three highly respected individuals called ‘Aides-Majors Generaux’ who each were ranked as Adjutant-Commandants whilst simultaneously holding their ranks of General of Division, to the Second (2eme) Section (Maréchal des logis) of the EM-G. He held the Commandeurs Cross of the Legion d’honneur from 1804.

Belfort- Jacques Renard (!) Age: 52 Born December 1753 Enlisted in Apr-1770 in the Royal Cavalry and was still a Colonel in 1805 of the 12e Cuirassier Regiment.
He was awarded for his actions during the campaign and Austerlitz the Commandeurs Cross of the Legion d’honneur AND promoted General de Brigade in the post Austerlitz recognition of 26 December 1805 (we better not call it ‘Christmas’ as it apears it wasn’t at the time). The ‘awards’ happened to coincide with his 53rd birthday. The Division (Nansoutys’ First Heavy Cavalry) was subsequently in pursuit of the Russians. He was one of the oldest cavalry commanders in the army. Great name btw, Jacques the fox! However strangely, he is not inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe!

Ordener- Michel Age: 55 Born September 1755 Enlisted in Jan 1773 in the Royal dragoons and served across a variety of regiments in all ranks. Distinguished in 1800 in the Army of the Rhine he was subsequently promoted to command the Grenadiers à Cheval of the Garde Consulaire. Promoted to General de Brigade (as were all Garde ‘Colonels’) and made Commandeur of the Legion d’honneur June 1804. Grievously wounded at Austerlitz, he was promoted General de Division in the post Austerlitz recognition of 26 December 1805.
Unable to recover from wounds, he retired from the military to civil occupation before dying in 1811.

Piston- Joseph Age: 51 Born in 1754 Enlisted in 1791 in the Royal Cavalry and joined his new home as Gen de Brigade to the Carabiniers in 1793! In June 1804 he was awarded Commandeur of the Legion d’honneur and remained in command of the 1er (Carabinier) Brigade of Nansoutys’ 1er Heavy Cav Division. Post Austerlitz he was promoted GDV and he retired in 1808.

Scalfort- Nicholas Age:53 Born February 1752 Enlisted in Apr-1788 in Royal Cavalry and became a General de Brigade August 1803 at the Army of the Coast. Awarded Commandeur of the Legion d’honneur June 1804. Leading the 2eme Brigade of the 3eme Division des Dragons (Gen de Division Beaumont) he performed better than more junior officers.

These are some of the senior officers who ran and led some of the critcal formations of the Grande Armée.
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cheers

[OotKust]

Thanks, but

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewargameswebsite.com+cuirassier&t=ffab&atb=v270-1&ia=web

was what I was supposed to post. Web crawlers (search engines) are supposed to be able to trawl web sites and locate the data annotated- why half a WordPress site is visible (the commercial) but not the rest (the forums/ hobby)?

>>Not sure, that black bar search is part of the site and not external?

Not sure what that means. the bar IS the web site domain, all the elements are yours-Edit/ TWW/ Forums/ membership/ Search.

Which begs the question, why would one have to go Home/Forums/ Search to find a useable one? Surely logic dictates that the search symbol should lead to only one active (programmable) search across the entire site?

From my use point- I bkmark the Nap forum, so I expect that ‘Search’ is going to be available on the same page. Very counter intuitive and inefficient having to follow the ‘process’ cited back to the ‘Forums’ home page, and the magical ‘Search’ box there- when it is a duplicated page of the side bar menu’s seen on every page delivered.

Then, forums ‘Home Pages’ have no ‘Search’ function at all? Why isn’t it repeated on every forums ‘Home Page’? Is it because there is that unknown usage ‘Search’ in the TRHC? That IS on every page delivered!

Before I signed up I recognised this limitation and to determine usefulness, actually crawled page by page [yes all 59 of them or whatever] to locate informational threads.

So in a nutshell, why is/ have a difference in the script for the TRHC different, and in the ‘news’ ballpark, when possibly, like me, others want to search for ‘forum’ posts, the ‘other’ search tool which is secreted away in only one place on the site?

Hope this clarifies my confusion and expectations, without prejudice. 25 years ago I was hand coding html for small business and hobby sites as a side income, which was fun for a while.

thanks d

[Mike]

I don’t follow. That is not the forum search you just used . If you use the forum search there are lots of results for cuirassier.

This which you posted is the news search:

https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/page/4/?s=cuirassiers

Google is not involved. Shields or otherwise??

A forum search reveals scores of results:

https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/search/cuirassier/

If you are still struggling with the forum search, drop me an e-mail and I can walk you through it

[OotKust]

Mike wrote:

I am not sure what you mean external search engine, if you mean Google, it finds forum posts too.

Oh well even with my antiGugle shields down it didn’t find a single legitimate forum thread;

as per = https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/page/4/?s=cuirassiers

-neither did DDG…but then I’m using heavy anti-tracker minefields as well, so perhaps it all conffuzzes the AI bits. Nice to know something does.

[OotKust]

Aethelflaeda was framed wrote:

In Spain, there was at least one affair of vedettes where the maybe a troop or two of dragoons dismounted to take possession of a bridgehead to fight off British cavalry.

No disputing it Mick- it happened all the time. That was, after all, their ‘time honoured’ profession. As did many other cavalry when equipped (remember French ‘Empire’ Cuirassiers were NOT equipped with firepower other than defensive pistols until 1811).

I’ve pointed out elsewhere, that while Kienmayer HAD plenty of grenzers, he undertook at 3am on 2nd December a walking reconnaissance of Tellnitz, with men from the regiment of O’Reilly Chevau-leger, who scared the small garrison (caught Napping?) and captured a few, possibly from the Tirailleurs du Po company that had been included there.

This question/ statement was ALL ABOUT the mass ‘Division’ of unhorsed, FOOT DRAGOONS that had, prior to this battle existed, but elsewhere, and the various other defects in aggregated knowledge.

But thanks for you input- whilst I no longer research outside my areas of interest, I have in the past covered the most and wil play anything where others organise something.

No longer research means to the point of selling all my old British references to people who still seem interested in them. I’ll never paint another Brit, unless he’s wounded/ captured etc.

Ironically I have a 25mm Minifgs set of Brit ‘sappers’ that I cant sell (we have zero British armies in 25mm any more) so they will be ‘decaptitated’ to become French style sappers, a road I’ve already been down!

Regards dave

[OotKust]

General Etienne-Marie-Antoine Champion de Nansouty to recount his full noble birth name, was in 1805 in command of the ‘1st Division’ of Cuirassiers and Carabiniers of Cavalry Reserve.

There is scant detail in any of the major works I’ve been able to consult on his ADCs. The only name I have is ‘Capt Thiezy’. Surely there were others.

I’m stuck with incorrectly dressed figures, as I have two ‘gifted’ old school Hinchliffe that bear the sash/ cordon of the GALH that was not proferred until 1807. Nevertheless I’ll make use of one for him as they are both painted in oils. My ‘army’ that includes this division will modestly extend to the last campaign of 1807, which is a sort of vindication.

Thanks for any help, davew

[Jonathan Gingerich]

I’ve been looking at Russian flags for many years, hampered by a fundamental question and a lack of really in-depth sources I can pilfer. But I do have ideas about the cross and radiance which is being discussed on TMP. Most sources describe both as gold, but often vaguely. However, they do include the Inventory of the Artillery Museum’s description of the Glukhov Cuirassiers. On the other hand, the Condé standards have a gold radiance with a silver cross. Now these were particularly lavish presentation standards for a pampered ally so might be at variance. But the 1799 L-g. Horse standard, again possibly variant, appears to show the same. And finally, the standard, (badly mis-?)identified as belonging to the Astrakhan Cuirassiers, appears to be one of the earliest Alexandrine standards, where only the eagle and cypher had been updated, also shows this.
Further it and the Condé standards show a very naturalistic depiction of the fronds and branches in the border, using brown and green silks and silver and gilt cannetille. So, the only distinction in the standards between gold and silver buttoned regiments may have been the border tapes.

And Michman, mon ami, that New Ingermanland flag is a bit dire!-o

[Jonathan Gingerich]

Very nice. I think I recognize the address. Anyway, I gave it a shot.

Well as a tease (to a conversation elsewhere, sigh) I note that Bleckwenn, in his plates on the K2 has 10 swordknots: all white for the Leib-company, an all green one, and yellow, blue, red, and black ones in pairs – all colored, and white body with colored ruff and slider. He cites Kling (Cuirassiers and Dragoons) page 82 where Kling describes a “Maßrolle” of 1784. Can’t find a definition of a Maßrolle – maybe some kind of tailoring specs.

[Huscarle]

Have you checked Perry? http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product/fn-193-camp-followers-and-cuirassierretreat-from-moscow/

Maybe too late? http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product/cat16-female-civilians/

or Foundry for early Nappies in their 18th Century civilian range http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/18th-century-civilians

Gripping Beast have just put up the Front Rank Napoleonics  http://www.frontrank.com/product-category/napoleonic/napoleonic-civilians/

You may want to check some of the fantasy ranges such as Reaper too. Good luck 🙂

[Whirlwind]

Agreed on the virtues of a clean table.  I tend to only use obtrusive markers now when I am trying to make them visible for some reason (perhaps to explain them in a blogpost).  It really is one of the few advantages over a boardgame.

Tony S wrote:

And speaking of subjective, do you usually use Ruse de Guerre as opposed to the Polemos Napoleonic (either scale) rules for Napoleonic warfare in Europe? I don’t own Ruse, so I’d be curious to hear your thoughts about the differences and strengths of it?

I use all three.  Once a month I will be using Ruse de Guerre typically, since that is the ruleset that the Napoleonic Miniature Wargames Society of Toronto uses and I attempt to play their monthly scenario using the same rules.

Ruse de Guerre is an evolution of Polemos Napoleonics, since its author, Glenn Pearce, used the latter a lot and they were gradually changed and amended largely but not entirely as a result of play experience. RdG is set more at the scale of General de Division than Marechal de l’Empire. The play is considerably smoother, mainly by eliminating a lot of the outcome moves and by a little bit more precision in the consitution of forces and in the way certain actions are performed (particularly reorganisations). This also makes the sequence of play more intuitive.

Firing at range is considerably more effective in Ruse de Guerre – offensively destroying enemy forces by fire is a viable option in a way it really isn’t in Polemos Napoleonics. It uses d10s, so the results are somewhat more swingy too. Although somewhat changing the performance of infantry, the real change is in the value of artillery, which is muich more effective than in the Napoleonic game.

Ruse de Guerre reduces the differentials between troop types compared to the Napoleonic version, both in reducing how many there are and in the effective of being better. The maximum viable swing between infantry units in RdG is really +2 on an opposed d10 roll (Raw Line Infantry vs Well-Trained Light Infantry), whereas in GdD it could be +5 on an opposed d6 roll (Raw Infantry Skirmish Rating 0 vs Veteran/Elite Guard Light Infantry SK2). All cavalry is ‘cavalry’ in RdG and is either Raw, Trained or Well-Trained – and that is it. No faster moving Hussars, no better fighting Cuirassiers per se. It is a bold call but actually works surprisingly well.

The command structure in RdG emphasizes the ‘force’ which tends to be the regimental or brigade commander (although might be a battalion commander for certain scenarios), and these commanders are rated separately, whereas divisional commanders are not; whereas GdD emphasizes the divisional commanders and makes brigade or regimental commanders an undifferentiated group.

My ‘first thoughts’ review is here. I could do another review since I guess I have played maybe around 20 games now, but I haven’t got enough new to say to make it worthwhile yet.

[Truls Engebakken-Fjell]

I had planned on expanding my French units to I’d end up with a brigade of 60, which would be nice and impressive. But I’m not very tidy and have misplaced quite a lot of my Crann tara French cavalry. I’m missing 9 in fact to finish the last two regiments. So the brigade became a humble 36 instead.
Regiments, Mestre de camp Général, Cuirassiers du Roy and Talleyrand.
It’s led by Antoine Chrétien de Nicolaï, who really led a division of infantry at Minden, but so far my French army isn’t big enough to require a divisional leader. So until a second French infantry brigade is done, he’ll lead my cavalry.
All these are Minden miniatures with Maverick cloth flags.
Except for the Antoine Chrétien de Nicolaï figure who is really a Montclam figure from Crann Tara.

Talleyrand is the lastest complated regiment, it had stood at 6 painted for like a year or more.

[Truls Engebakken-Fjell]

One of the best looking regiments of the French army.

[vtsaogames]

Thank you guys. I worked on a couple two-player games. One was Crusader, the WWII desert battle. It was so misbegotten I gave up after one solo play test. Another was Wagram. It provided some entertainment but was not in the same galaxy as Junta. Each side had a powerful stack of units. The French one was the Imperial Guard and the Austrian one, less imposing, was the Reserve Corps of grenadiers and cuirassiers. In play testing both avoided each other and feasted on the lesser breeds who made up the rest of the combatants. I decided it didn’t really have that much to add to the gaming world. Both games hit the trash bin.

It's never too late to have a happy childhood

[6mmwargaming]

The next units I have finished is 6 bases of French Cuirassiers. I painted all the horses black as my plan is to paint darker colours for heavy cavalry and lighter colours for the light cavalry. They dont look very exciting but its another 6 bases finished!

 

 

My 6mm Wargaming site https://6mm.wargaming.info

[Chris Pringle]

Have you ever fancied a game that’s not just a straight line-out but where the defender also has to cope with besieging a city behind his line? A game that features a full range of troops from elite cuirassiers and grenadiers right down to scythe-armed rabble? Maybe you’d like to throw an armed paddlesteamer into the mix, and a rocket battery, and a sortie by radical revolutionaries?

That sounds like a tall order to fill. Luckily, I have just the battle for you: Schwechat. This was the second major action of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-1849, which we are currently fighting through as a complete campaign. Those of you rooting for societal order and rule by legitimate monarchs will be dismayed to learn that the rabble of rowdy radical revolutionary rebels gave the forces of reaction a bloody nose last Monday.

If you can bear to read more about this shocking affront to decent society, my AAR is now on the BBBBlog.

Chris

Bloody Big BATTLES!
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[Jonathan Gingerich]

Okay, so I only know Russians – You can add your favorites!

o late Russian jaegers – without short sword – one of the biggest gaps out there
o L-g. cuirassiers with their characteristic crossbelts – you wouldn’t see the Imperial Garde dissed like that…
o L-g. Horse Artillery (horse jaeger uniforms), Guard Equipage, and L-g. Sappers – can’t sell a lot to anyone, but can sell a little to everyone. Make them vignettes.

(Oh yeah – 18mm)

JG

[Truls Engebakken-Fjell]

I decided to move away from the 8 figure units of my Seven years war cavarly and use the more standard 12. That means I need to expand several cavalry units, 1 Austrian dragoon, 1 Prussian cuirassier, Hessian cavalry, 1 Hanoverian cavalry, Scots greys, 1 french heavy cav unit.

But usually, once I’m done with a unit I’m done, Having to paint 4 more and rebase, is not something I want to be doing. I got the figures to expand the Cuirassier, scots grey and Hessian cavalry. I just need to do it.

[Jemima Fawr]

Yes, in the case of Chevauxleger Regiments 1, 2 & 4 (who continued to wear white coats while 3, 5 & 6 wore green) the only difference was the light cavalry-style harness with an ‘X’ over the horse’s face.

Perhaps there was a difference in horse size and weight, but I don’t remember ever reading that anywhere.  In terms of role the Dragoons were usually (but not always) kept in reserve alongside or instead of Cuirassiers, so as they weren’t running around conducting recce tasks for the army corps, one might argue that their horse might have better-retained good condition, but that’s pure speculation on my part.

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Roger Calderbank]

I too had seen the mention of the 1802 change. On the other hand, I have not seen any image of a post-1802 Austrian chevau-leger with a sword curved to a similar degree to the Hussar sabre. All the images I have seen have them with a straight sword. Of course, many of those images are modern ones, so may simply be perpetuating a mistake. However, if a curved sabre had been common, I would have expected at least some images to show it. The Perry figures are just following what seems to be the common chevau-leger image

Whilst the Osprey books are not always reliable, I see that the one on Austrian cavalry says, when referring to cuirassiers, dragoons and chevau-leger, ‘An improved sabre was introduced in 1802, largely like the previous Pallasch, with iron scabbards for all ranks’. Since ‘sabre’ is often used for any cavalry sword, I wonder if someone has seen the reference to a sabre change, and assumed that was a change to a curved sword, rather than a redesign of a straight sword.

The only difference between Austrian dragoons and chevau-leger that seems consistently referred to is the slight difference in horse harness that gave a ‘cross’ across the face for chevau-leger horses. I have also seen it suggested that chevau-leger had shorter boots, but since the boots are always covered by overalls, I can’t think of a way of proving that, one way or the other.

RogerC

[Guy Farrish]

Bits, lots of unrelated and apparently (and actually) uncoordinated bits of things.

Some 30YW Pendraken to expand armies for Twilight of Divine Right, and general megalomania:

Cuirassiers (new version – not that new but my others are the old version) not quite finished or based.

 

Some prepped shot awaiting priming

 

Some (very) old Davco WWI ships found lurking in the attic and in the process of being readied (some more in another box waiting for cleaning and priming.

 

Some Elhiem US Army

and Insurgents –

very new, inspired by the Battlespace Ultra Modern Solo Skirmish rules reviewed in this forum some weeks ago. The buildings and board have all been made and sloshed with paint to a stage I am prepared to try a few trial games with my son who expressed an interest. Part 1 completed –Part 2 was only a partial success as he had an execrable run of d10 throws to kick off. He says he may give it another go. Time to finish off the painting and terrain maybe.

[grizzlymc]

Model engineer exhibition 1970, I saw a Wellingtonics game being played and the next weekend my dad and I made up some rules and used my Airfix ACW figs and the confederates got some cuirassiers as cavalry.

[Truls Engebakken-Fjell]

Doing some allied cavalry with the LOA range from Pendraken, while I wait for Van Dyck to do it’s cavalry.

[Prince Rhys]

Trebian wrote:

Good combination of D&G and IGABC. Dave M and I corresponded about converting the land strength points in his campaign game to IGABC battalions. Those Bolivian cuirassiers appear at the back of the table in a lot of my games, before turning round and running away. I love the look of that cloth…very tempted. You are right about the expense of model railway stuff. I don’t know why railway modellers put up with it.

Yeah I really like the fact that you can link a naval and land campaign across the two rules.

I will definitely be fielding the cuirassier as well – like you say at the back watching the action and then probably running away!

Did you ever Wargame Daza linking up with the Peruvians instead of just turning around and going home?

The cloth is superb and I can highly recommend it. As are the buildings – I can’t get over how good the buildings are.

The expense of even N gauge is ridiculous! I will get some for the right price eventually!

[Trebian]

Good combination  of D&G and IGABC. Dave M and I corresponded about converting the land strength points in his campaign game to IGABC battalions. Those Bolivian cuirassiers appear at the back of the table in a lot of my games, before turning round and running away.

I love the look of that cloth…very tempted.

You are right about the expense of model railway stuff. I don’t know why railway modellers put up with it.

[Prince Rhys]

Trebian wrote:

It’s a great period, with lots of colour and interest. Those Tumbling Dice models are super. We have used them several times: Pacific Ironclads. Still searching for the ideal rules, but Dave Manley’s rules from Wargame Vault are a good start. I’ve mainly concentrated on the land campaign. The uniforms are colourful, especially if you have the Bolivians. We did a lot of games at the back end of last year: 1879 Games as we were working on our set of rules called “It’s Getting a Bit Chile”, which, I think, are the only set of rules written specifically for the actual campaign, rather than using generic 19th century rules. There’s somew more info about them, plus links on where you can get them here: Wargaming For Grown Up Rules. Love the look of those 10mm buildings. If I wasn’t already committed to 15mm I’d be tempted by the Pendraken figures as they are very nice (BTW Blotz do a 15mm wind pump for your Officianas. Might be a bit big, but it’s only £3). Best of luck. Looking forwards to seeing some AARs.

I already have your rules ready to go – these will be my primary rules for wargaming this conflict.

I have painted Pendraken figures for their website and photos should go up soon of my painting of their range which is exciting. And I have a large order on its way to me (I reinvested my commission payment in Pendraken). So I can highly recommend these figures. It’s a shame the Matchlock 28mm range hasn’t been expanded beyond a few figure codes only.
my favourite unit from this period is a Bolivian Unit – the guard cuirassier. They are ridiculous and wonderful all at the same time!

[Jemima Fawr]

Thanks Truls!  Yes, cuirass-wearing generals are always handy to have for those cuirassier divisions and brigades.

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Truls Engebakken-Fjell]

Very nice, beefy post!

And thanks for the pic of D’Espagne. I need to make a cuirassier general in bicorne for my French 10mm.

[Truls Engebakken-Fjell]

I had the full 140 paint paint set from CDA some are very nice. But foundry is easier.

That said some of the foundry stuff isn’t that good either. Many colours are quite shiny,  and some don’t  over well. Their napoleonic lines are very good. And for MANY years their Union blue triad was my go to colour for anything dark blue(with a highlight of CDA fester blue)

Some of the CDA colours have changed, the aforementioned Fester blue is not the same I got 10 years ago.

Most of what I use now is a mix of reaper miniatures (some of their colours are great like the ivory is perfect for prussians  SYW cuirassiers and I use their wood triad exclusively for my muskets,  and their red leather triad is fanatic) with Andrea  colors (superb,  white, blue, red, black sets) these are 6 colour sets but unless you really want to paint for a long time. 3 of them are usually enough.

I also use AK paints.

[Andrew Rolph]

About to start on what is likely to be my last big project. My eyes are shot and, over the past four months, arthritis in my thumbs has gone from an initial diagnosis and minor niggle to constant pain exacerbated by any fine manipulation with my hands…such as painting/modelling.

Somewhere along the way I became inspired to do the Great War in 6mm at one base = one company and have now ordered three Infantry Corps and three Cavalry Divisions – something like 700+ bases. I suspect completing it will demonstrate that this sort of thing will be beyond my abilities henceforward.

Anyway onto the advice part of this post. Bearing in mind that it’s 6mm we’re talking about and that I am a less than skilled painter anyway, does anyone know the uniform colours used by the artillerymen of the French, German and British in 1914. I suspect that it is basically their respective infantry uniforms, although frequently they might be in shirtsleeves or shirtless, but I can’t seem to find any images to confirm or contradict that. So British – khaki, German –  grey green and French – blue tunic and red trousers? Any help appreciated, but please don’t expend any energy on researching the official regimental eye colour or similar – such detail will rapidly be lost in my work.

Secondly, I will be labelling the bases once complete with their battalion and regiment name and/or number. Does anyone know of any convention in this regard for

1) the precedence of numbers/type over names or vice versa and

2) any standard abbreviations for the various mounted types – chasseur a cheval, dragoons, Dragonen, hussars, hussards, Husaren, lancers, lanciers, Uhlans (in the three languages)

So, bearing in mind I will be working with 12-14 characters, how might the following examples be best abbreviated?

2nd Dragoon Guards (Queens Bays) – number and type or number and name?

Infanterie-Regiment Herzog Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig (Ostfriesisches) Nr. 78. 1/78, 2/78 etc is straightforward but would the name or region be a more familiar German abbreviation? Surely there must be a short version – they can’t have written that out in full in every order?!

2. Hannoversches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 26 (what’s the ‘2’ here – the zweite Abteilung?)

Feldartillerie-Regiment von Scharnhorst (1. Hannoversches) Nr. 10 – so is this the first regiment or the tenth?

16th (Schleswig-Holstein) Hussars “Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, King of Hungary” – 16. KuK Husaren? 16. Schleswig Holstein Husaren? Is Schleswig Holstein shortened routinely?

2nd (Pomeranian) Cuirassiers “Queen” – 2. Kuerassiere, 2. Koenigin, 2. Pommeranian Kuerassiere?

 

Obviously none of this really matters but I can get a bit obsessive about this sort of thing, so if anyone, particularly native speakers of the relevant foreign languages, has a view then I’d like to hear it. I’ll extrapolate the others from any views I get here.

Thank you in advance.

Cheers

Andrew

[Abwehrschlacht]

Almost there! The penultimate cavalry division for Napoleon’s 1815 army is the 13th Division. Packed full of cuirassiers, this is another heavy unit! Check out more pictures and information on my blog here:

https://www.stormofsteelwargaming.com/2019/12/13th-cavalry-division-cavalry-reserve.html

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[Abwehrschlacht]

Here is the 11th cavalry division of Napoleon’s 1815 army, and this one consists of Cuirassiers! My favourite French cavalry type, the heavy bois. Check out my blog for more pictures and information on the unit:

https://www.stormofsteelwargaming.com/2019/12/11th-cavalry-division-cavalry-reserve.html

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[jeffers]

That’s because Airfix British Hussars have a significant weight advantage over the French Cuirassiers. Can’t wait until the kettledrummer kicks off…

More nonsense on my blog: http://battle77.blogspot.com/

[Thaddeus Blanchette]

A Corps of Old Guard Grenadiers and cuirassier-equipped Old Guard Grenadier Cavalry.

A panzer division fully equipped with Tiger IIs, Jagdtigers, all-halftrack borne infantry and a completely mechanized artillery regiment.

A brigade of Napoleonic British Rifles.

Spanish  Napoleonic troops that don’t run away… 🙂

 

 

We get slapped around, but we have a good time!

[Patrice]

Many years ago I heard about a guy in Paris who had a unit of French Napoleonic cuirassiers-lanciers.

He said he made a mistake when ordering the figures, he ordered flag-bearer cuirassiers instead of ordinary cuirassiers; so to do something with them he had to cut their eagles and use them as lancers.

People believed he did it on purpose, to get the tactical advantages of breastplates AND lances…

http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/en.html
https://www.anargader.net/

[Bandit]

jeffers – I’ve got a copy of that and will see when I have time if I can find anything there.

Jemima Fawr – Thank you! And what you found about the Austrian flags actually begs a question: If it was generally placed with the 1st Company on the march, did people then presume it stayed with the 1st Company when forming other formations other than a march column? Thus leading to a false assumption that it was always placed to the right? Or is this immaterial and something else drives the idea?

Darkest Star Games – Thank you!

And for all, here is the Russian Yekaterioslav Cuirassier Regiment (after being dull seal coated, i.e. actually finished):

Cheers,

The Bandit

[Truls Engebakken-Fjell]

The new Crann Tara Charging Prussian Cavalry.

[Leon Pendraken]

Some of our Marlburian codes were done by a different sculptor many years ago so we thought it was about time to get them revamped! The foot command, artillery crews and Austrian cuirassiers have all been replaced with nice new sculpts, which brings them into line with the other figures in this range.

For anyone needing any of the old figures, we’ll still have the moulds here and can supply those for you to finish off existing armies.

18th Century
Marlburian – https://pendraken.co.uk/18th-century/marlburian/
MAL6 Foot command in tricorn
MAL14 – MAL19 New artillery crews
MAL20 Austrian cuirassier

Some pics of the new sculpts:

MAL6 – Foot command

MAL16 – 9pdr with new crew

MAL20 – Austrian cuirassier

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[Whirlwind]

Angel Barracks wrote:

All that aside, how many things do you have on the go at once and do you ever complete them and play?

I have lots of projects on the go that I switch between (there is a full list on here).  I do an intense initial burst to get two viable forces ready for gaming: I will have already selected a bunch of appropriate scenarios to get me started.  I don’t ever complete these projects as such, but add smaller numbers of more niche units as the project develops if I feel that I need extras for a new scenario or campaign.  For instance, I added some 1812-era US last year to tackle the War of 1812.  This year I am thinking of doing the Gallic War, Montrose in Scotland, the Thirty Years’ War. 1809 and some late WW2 stuff, so I will get a few extra units of Romans and Gauls, some Highlanders, some Cuirassiers and Light Horse (for the TYW stuff that can’t be proxied by ECW units), some Wurttembergers and an extra company of US infantry.

[Anonymous]

In case anyone else likes these details, I looked up the four Combined Grenadier battalions with Suvorov ….

Сводно-Гренадерский подполковника (затем, полковника) Ломоносова батальон / Lieutenant-Colonel (later, Colonel) Lomonosov’s Combined Grenadier battalion
— composed of the four Flank companies of the Moscow and Yekaterioslav Grenadier regiments
— mid April 1799 : 670 men, 2x 1/4-pud unicorn
— late September 1799 : 330 men, exchanged unicorns for 1x Piedmontese 3-lber mountain gun
Ломоносов Григорий Гаврилович / Lomonosov Grigoriy Gavrilovich
— 17.III.1767 born
— 1775 listed in service
— 18.IX.1794 promoted second-major over complement in the Kazan Cuirassier regiment
— 1796 promoted premier-major in the Moscow Grenadier regiment
— 24.I.1797 commander from its formation of the Combined Grenadier battalion of the Moscow and Yekaterinoslav Grenadier regiments
— 1798 promoted lieutenant-colonel
— 9.IV.1798 chevalier of the Order of Saint-Anne 3rd class
— 3.V.1799 promoted colonel
— 14.V.1799 chevalier of the Order of Saint-Anne 2nd class
— 24.X.1799 granted leave from service *
— 28.XII.1799 departed service in the rank of major-general
— 10.IX.1810 died at his home at Bolshaya Morskaya Street № 159 in Saint-Petersburg – wife Karolina Semyonovna, 4 sons & 1 daughter
* The Combined Grenadier battalion was then commanded by the newly-promoted Major Gryazev of the Moscow Grenadier regiment.

Сводно-Гренадерский подполковника (затем, полковника) Дендрыгина батальон / Lieutenant-Colonel (later, Colonel) Dendrygin’s Combined Grenadier battalion
— composed of the four Grenadier companies of the Apsheron and Murom Musketeer regiments
— mid April 1799 : 623 men, 2x 1/4-pud unicorn
— late September 1799 : 339 men, no guns
Дендрыгин Спиридон Дмитриевич / Dendrygin Spiridon Dmitriyevich
— 1754 born
— 1764 listed in service
— 27.VII.1792 promoted second-major in the Apsheron Infantry regiment
— 1794 chevalier of the Order of Saint-Vladimir 4th class
— 26.XI.1795 promoted premier-major – chevalier of the Order of Saint-George 4th class (№ 1218) “For the storm of Praga [Warsaw] 24 October 1794”
— 24.I.1797 commander from its formation of the Combined Grenadier battalion of the Apsheron and Murom Musketeer regiments
— 1798 promoted lieutenant-colonel
— 28.VI.1799 promoted colonel
— 1800 commander of the Order of Saint-John of Jerusalem
— 5.VII.1800 retired due to the effects of wounds in the rank of major-general
— 13.II.1801 appointed active state counselor, inspector of the Kizlyar quarantine in the Caucasus
— 1804 left civilian service

Сводно-Гренадерский майора (затем, подполковника) Калемина батальон / Major (later, Lieutenant-Colonel) Kelemin’s Combined Grenadier battalion
— composed of the four Grenadier companies of the Tambov and Tula Musketeer regiments
— mid April 1799 : 614 men, 2x 1/4-pud unicorn
— late September 1799 : 397 men, no guns
Калемин Лука Фомич / Kalemin Luka Fomich
— 1768 born to a poor noble family
— 1776 listed in service, ranker in the Life-Guard Preobrazhskiy regiment
— 1780 listed sergeant in the Life-Guard Preobrazhskiy regiment
— 1791 promoted captain in the Tula Infantry regiment
— 1793 transferred to the Tambov Infantry regiment
— 26.IV.1794 promoted second-major over-complement
— 7.V.1794 wounded by cannister at Polyana (near Grodno)
— 1798 commander of the Combined Grenadier battalion of the Tambov and Tula Musketeer regiments, replacing Major Kaver pf the Tambov Infantry regiment
— 9.VII.1799 promoted lieutenant-colonel
— 4.VIII.1799 chevalier of the Order of Saint-Anne 2nd class, with brilliants
— 2.X.1800 promoted Colonel
— 14.IV.1803 commander of the Rylsk Musketeer regiment
— 24.VI.1804 army colonel, commandant of the city of Troitsk in Siberia
— 1811 retired

Сводно-Гренадерский подполковника Санаева батальон / Lieutenant-Colonel Sanayev’s Combined Grenadier battalion
— composed of the four Grenadier companies of the Butyrsk and Arkhangel Musketeer regiments
— mid April 1799 : 608 men, 2x 1/4-pud unicorn
— late September 1799 : 326 men, exchanged unicorns for 1x Piedmontese 3-lber mountain gun
Санаев Василий Данилович / Sanayev Vasiliy Danilovich
— 1751 born at Christopol (Kazan governate), staff-officer’s son
— 1763 listed in service
— 14.VII.1788 promoted second-major over-complement in the Suzdal Infantry regiment
— 1792 second-major in the 1st Orenburg Field battalion
— 26.XI.1795 chevalier of the Order of Saint-George 4th class (№ 1274)
— 29.XI.1796 major in the Butyrsk Infantry regiment, transferred with his battalion at the formation of the regiment
— 24.I.1797 commander from its formation of the Combined Grenadier battalion of the Butyrsk and Bryansk (later Arkhangel) Musketeer regiments
— 1798 promoted lieutenant-colonel
— 13.VII.1799 chevalier of the Order of Saint-Anne 2nd class
— 29.X.1799 retired due to the effects of wounds *
— 1800 chevalier of the Order of Saint-John of Jerusalem
— 1808 died at Christopol – single, owning 15 hectares and 5 serfs
* The Combined Grenadier battalion was then commanded by the newly-promoted for bravery Major Chizhov of the Tula Musketeer regiment.