With my painting being concentrated on other projects it rather slipped my mind that I'd finally finished of my Brunswick battalion , so I thought I would take a few photos as they went through some drill book manoeuvres . Here we see them marching on in a column of route , with the Lt. Colonel mounted in the lead , Officers and Drummers at the head of each company , Sergeants to the flank with the Colours and Major behind the first company . The parade is being overseen by various members of the Allied Staff .
They now form into a column of Companies , sorry for the rather dull photos - this reflects the unseasonal weather we are experiencing at the moment.
They form into line by the left . Officers and Drummers to the front of their Companies , Sergeants to the rear of them . The Colours take position in the middle of the centre Company , the Major is in front of the Regiment and the Lt. Colonel takes up a position in the rear to oversee direction .
The Regiment prepares to 'Give Fire' , the Officers move to the right of their companies and the Drummers move to the rear next to the Lt. Colonel ready to relay his orders . The Colours have retired behind the centre Company . The Major remains in front of the Regiment - until the order is given ' Give Fire' then he smartly retires through the line to the Colours .
I have been agonising over whether to go from single based figures to multi-based ones . Multi-basing is rather against the grain in my ideas of Old School SYW - but there is also the problem of practicality - bigger bases are much easier and quicker to move about - and store - the single figures seem to get very jumbled and disordered in their box files . I've decided to base the rank and file on bases of six figures - two per Company and keep the Officers, Drummers and Sergeants as single figures . Here we see a heated debate going on about the subject , Uncle Toby (centre red coat) is totally against it, but many of the younger officers like the enhanced manoeuvrability . I've just glued them to the bigger sabot bases with a dab of PVA glue so they can de removed easily if I change my mind - we will see !.
Nice regiment; hope the basing scheme works out.
ReplyDeleteI use 3 figs per base for infantry in my 40mm collection, I think it provides a bit more flexibility
Very much a work in progress , Tony
DeleteVery nice figures. I spend more time fretting about basing than anything else. I suspect multi-basing is a good idea but it's nice to remove individual figures.
ReplyDeleteThis was not a decision taken lightly - I still like the idea of single figures , going to see how they play , Tony
DeleteThey look splendid, Tony !
ReplyDeleteI hear you on the appeal of single figures. My problem with the unbased PA cavalry (and certain flats) is having them go down like dominoes. I'm generally in favor of 3 musketeers per base, 1-2 for the cavalry troopers.
At the moment my cavalry are still singularly based , yes PA need bases to stop them falling over , Tony
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