I managed to finish reorganising my collection of painted 25/28mm-scale Napoleonic Waterloo-era figures, and after a bit of re-thinking, they Armies and Units are organised as follows:
French Army
By adopting this Divisional organisation each of the national armies ends up looking like this:
French Army
This has been both an interesting and a therapeutic exercise, and has made me realise what a hardly used wargaming asset I have available to me. Now that the Units are organised I will need to re-base them. I don’t intend to do this right away, but it is an ideal project to do in stages as and when I feel like it.
French Army
- 16 Infantry Units: 2 x Guard Grenadiers; 7 x Line Infantry; 7 x Light Infantry
- 9 Cavalry Units: 4 x Cuirassiers; 2 x Carabiniers; 2 x Chasseurs; 1 x Lancers
- 6 Artillery Units: 2 x Horse Artillery; 4 x Foot Artillery
- 7 Generals
- 13 Infantry Units: 4 x Guard Infantry; 4 x Highland Infantry; 2 x Line Infantry; 2 x Rifles; 1 x King's German Legion Infantry
- 4 Cavalry Units: 1 x Life Guards; 1 x Scots Greys; 2 x Light Dragoons
- 4 Artillery Units: 1 x Horse Artillery; 3 x Foot Artillery
- 4 Generals
- 4 Infantry Units: 4 x Line Infantry
- 3 Cavalry Units: 2 x Dragoons; 1 x Hussars
- 1 Artillery Units: 1 x Foot Artillery
- 2 Generals
- 3 Infantry Units: 2 x Belgian Chasseurs; 1 x Brunswick Infantry
- 1 Cavalry Unit: 1 x Dutch Carabiniers
By adopting this Divisional organisation each of the national armies ends up looking like this:
French Army
- 4 Infantry Divisions (16 x Infantry Units, 4 x Cavalry Units, and 4 x Artillery Units)
- 1 Cavalry Division (4 x Cavalry Units and 1 x Artillery Unit)
- Plus the following unattached Units: 1 x Cavalry Unit and 1 x Artillery Unit.
- 3 Infantry Divisions (12 x Infantry Units, 3 x Cavalry Units, and 3 x Artillery Units)
- Plus the following unattached Units: 1 x Infantry Unit, 1 x Cavalry Unit and 1 x Artillery Unit.
- 1 Infantry Division (4 x Infantry Units, 1 x Cavalry Unit, and 1 x Artillery Unit)
- Plus the following unattached Units: 2 x Cavalry Units
This has been both an interesting and a therapeutic exercise, and has made me realise what a hardly used wargaming asset I have available to me. Now that the Units are organised I will need to re-base them. I don’t intend to do this right away, but it is an ideal project to do in stages as and when I feel like it.
Good man Bob. Trying to make sure that all the toys are in a state where they can actually be used is a full time job sometimes.
ReplyDeleteConrad Kinch,
ReplyDeleteIt has been a task that I should have done years ago ... and now that it has been done, I feel that I have not just gained a 'new' collection of figures but also a degree of interest in a period of history I had previously pretty well ignored.
All the best,
Bob