Having opened all the boxes labelled 'British', I then began opening the 'French' boxes and cataloguing the contents.
Imperial Guard Infantry
There are:
Infantry
There are:
Officers
There are:
Cavalry
There are:
Artillery
There are:
The French forces listed above total 272 figures ... which when added to the British figures I have already written about, gives a grand total of 539 figures! This is no small addition to my collection, and it will take me quite some time to assimilate them.
In addition to all the figures that Tim acquired for me, he also passed on four small painted cavalry figures that look as if they were cast by Hinton Hunt.
They look tiny alongside the Stadden figures that seem to make up the bulk of the new figures ... but I'm sure that I will find a use for them as well!
Imperial Guard Infantry
There are:
- 36 Imperial Guardsmen
- 3 Imperial Guard Drummers
- 3 Imperial Guard Officers
Infantry
There are:
- 117 Infantrymen (including 12 Light Infantrymen, 10 in white uniforms, and 35 Swiss Neuchâtel Infantrymen)
- 6 Drummers/Buglers
- 8 Officers (including 3 Neuchâtel Officers)
- 2 Standard Bearers
Officers
There are:
- 7 Mounted Officers
- 1 Foot Officer (Engineer)
Cavalry
There are:
- 25 Heavy Cavalry Troopers
- 3 Heavy Cavalry Buglers
- 5 Heavy Cavalry Officers
- 26 Light Cavalry Troopers
- 1 Light Cavalry Bugler
- 5 Light Cavalry Officers
- 2 Light Cavalry Standard Bearers
Artillery
There are:
- 9 Foot Artillery Gunners
- 1 Foot Artillery Officer
- 11 Horse Artillery Gunners
- 2 Horse Artillery Officers
The French forces listed above total 272 figures ... which when added to the British figures I have already written about, gives a grand total of 539 figures! This is no small addition to my collection, and it will take me quite some time to assimilate them.
In addition to all the figures that Tim acquired for me, he also passed on four small painted cavalry figures that look as if they were cast by Hinton Hunt.
They look tiny alongside the Stadden figures that seem to make up the bulk of the new figures ... but I'm sure that I will find a use for them as well!
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Colour me jealous. You're a very lucky man (though in this case I'm sure your luck is a result of the way you've contributed to the wargaming community and is well deserved).
ReplyDeleteI can't help wondering about the collection's history: what battlefields have they graced, what victories, what defeats. Did they march into battle in big Charge style batallions as the paucity of standards suggest?
Mike Hall,
DeleteThank you for your kind comments about my contribution to wargaming. I’ve been around a long time and just done my bit to help the hobby develop.
I suspect that these figures have always been fielded in large units, with single figure casualty removal ... and one part of me thinks that they should continue to do so. If so, I could easily supplement them by using my Del Prado figures in a similar manner, as I do have standard bearers and musicians for them.
It would mean not using a gridded tabletop ... but I think that might be the right way to use these new figures.
It is certainly something for me to think about.
All the best,
Bob
I have been tinkering with ideas for using a gridded table top for measuring distances but not for anything else. The idea has been showing promise but I haven't gotten as far as formal rules and a full test.
Delete(that's not very clear. Basically units may occupy several hexes and the ranges and movement are measured from each part of a unit the same as a measurement of inches would be. Hopefully I'll have something written up and a game blogged sometime this month.
DeleteRoss Mac,
DeleteThat idea sounds very interesting, and would get around the problem of dealing with units that are spread out. Rather than measure from the centre of the unit (wherever that might be!), measuring from each grid area should reduce the possibility of arguments or disagreements.
All the best,
Bob
Ross Mac,
DeleteI look forward to reading more about your concept as your ideas develop.
All the best,
Bob
Hi Bob,
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is 'Wow!' That is some very impressive looking kit and no mistake. Methinks you are going to be busy but in a good way!
All the best,
DC
David Crook,
DeleteThat was pretty well my reaction!
I'm not going to rush the work necessary to integrate the new figures into my existing collection. I want to take my time and get it right.
All the best,
Bob
I hear the beating of the drums ... nice haul ... I am reading "The Battle" (Waterloo) at the moment so I view all this as a "sign" to say which one you have to do next!
ReplyDeleteGeordie an Exile FoG,
DeleteA re-fight of Waterloo? It's a definite possibility ... but not very soon.
All the best,
Bob
Boney, on the evening of 18th June 1815, would have been envious:
ReplyDelete"Troops? Where do you expect me to get fresh troops?"
I suppose you could combine a number of individually based figures with several bases to create units where you could remove figures to show loss of SP, or deployment of SP as detachments into BUAs or as skirmishers. No excuse for not depicting skirmishers now...
I wish you joy of your reinforcements,
Arthur
Arthur1815 (Arthur),
Delete'Troops ... 'undreds of 'em!' (A mis-quote from another war, but ...)
I am not going to rush a decision as to what to do as a result of this huge influx of new figures, but I'm not ruling anything out ... including using the figures on a non-gridded tabletop.
All the best,
Bob
A fine addition to anyone's collection! Those light cavalrty: the first rank look like Red Lancers of the Guard, and the rear have the appearance of Guard Chasseurs (the Guides), though they might equally well be elite Hussar or Chasseur companies brigaded into a 'converged' unit. There is quite a nice variety among the heavies, too: dragoons, cuirassiers and carabiniers-a-cheval.
ReplyDeleteA great score!
Archduke Piccolo,
DeleteEven if I hadn't been interested in Napoleonics beforehand, this collection would have been enough kindle an interest. It contains some magnificent figures and is painted to a standard that I could never equal.
All the best,
Bob