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valleyboy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:17 pm A rather nice church and some nice French cavalry - the hats are different Mark - did the FC have elite companies?

Ta both!

They're actually three different regiments and that's a whole brigade. The French at this time had tiny two-squadron regiments - only 240 men or so in total, equating to four figures. So a French brigade of three regiments was actually weaker than a single Prussian or Austrian regiment! So in wargames terms, I'll treat a French brigade as a tactical 'regiment'.

The regiments are (L to R): Fitz-James (which adopted bearskins from 1758), La Reine and Bourbon-Busset. I'm only doing one standard and command group per brigade (for the senior regiment, which in this case is La Reine), which actually helps in that most of the trumpeters' liveries are simply not known.

French Hussars and Dragoons had four stronger squadrons, so they'll be full 12-figure regiments. Then there's the Gendarmerie de France and Carabiniers at 24 figures apiece.

The British, Hanoverians and Hessians also had two-squadron regiments, but they were about 50% stronger, being around 350 men, so I'll do them as six-figure regiments, including command and standard and pair them together to form wargame 'regiments'. The Royal Horse Guards, 1st KDGs, 15th LDs, Hanoverian Dragoons and Hessian Dragoons were much stronger, so will be 12-figure regiments.

goat major wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:34 pm I’m expecting nothing less than the York minster rose window

I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed.

Gorgeous donky wallopers Mr D.

grizzlymc wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:06 pm Gorgeous donky wallopers Mr D.

Frappiers du chevaux?

Sorry, I don't speak Finnish.

War gamers never Finnish

Test paint for my Japanese platoon for CoC. Decided i needed more contrast for tabletop distance, and the base is yet to be finished. No subtlety here.

I've finally made a start on the infantry for Kumbaya. Rather than stress about the correct shades for surplus US uniforms I shall heed Warwick Kinrade's sage words. Paint any WWII figures some sort of brown/grey/green sludge and you'll be close enough.

Still very much a work in progress, but it’s starting to come together