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So I have worked on a second unit and decided that I need to change my thoughts on basing and gone for a 80 by 40mm base with 9 figures.

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The slight stagger I think adds a feeling of movement to the base and with an officer in front makes it look more than a thin line.
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agreed. Plus it gives more visibility of the painted sides of the figures
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I like the way the clever painting combined with the basing stagger fools the eye into thinking the figures are 3D. Very impressed!
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Very nice!
Interesting that you have changed your basing to about the same size as my VnB based units which have 8 Spencer Smiths (demi-ronde) in two ranks; my depth is around 42mm to accommodate the figure bases.
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Yep, you've got that spot on, Mark.

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I have completed my latest unit of Zinners - they are the 4th Puttkamer Hussars.

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Cavalry will be mounted five figures on a 80 by 50mm base and will represent a 5 squadron regiment.

Next up will be a tidy up of a previously painted unit of Prussians - the 17/24 Grenadiers and completion of 3 extra figures for the Erbprinz.
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Nicely done those👍
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They look splendid!
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Very nice.

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Lovely jubbly.
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