This is the beginning of a new project for me. I discovered the rules not too long ago and they are an excellent set indeed; elegant, simple and a taste of how a miniature wargame should be played.
I intend to do 12 battalions of foote at 21 figures each = 252 wee sodjers.
24 squadrons of horse at six figures each = 144 wee sodjers.
Six cannon each with six crew = 36 wee sodjers.
That's 432 wee men for Louis XIV (Louis Carthorse) and the French. I shall do the same for the Allies so, with officers and assorted hangers-on that should be about 1000 figures and will keep me going for at least two years.
I really should go and try and do some painting myself. Years ago I bought some english civil war armies but they than never got painted. It sort of got stuck when I tried to find out how to make burgundy red from the collours I have. Once the job got delayed it never happened.
When I tried to find out how to do it right, I got a bit overwhelmed by all the instructions I got and lost the nerve to do it. But I figure it's better to try and get it wrong than don't try at all.
...But I figure it's better to try and get it wrong than don't try at all.
Freddy,
That's the spirit. The figures are "large" 28mm castings i.e., about 28mm from foot to eye so. from bottom of base to top of hat is roughly 35mm. People who use that scale call it "The Queen of the Battlefield" where you get enough detail in the figure to reward good painting and still have room enough on a 6' x 4' battlefield to have a reasonable game.
...But I figure it's better to try and get it wrong than don't try at all.
Freddy,
That's the spirit. The figures are "large" 28mm castings i.e., about 28mm from foot to eye so. from bottom of base to top of hat is roughly 35mm. People who use that scale call it "The Queen of the Battlefield" where you get enough detail in the figure to reward good painting and still have room enough on a 6' x 4' battlefield to have a reasonable game.
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) and the French. I shall do the same for the Allies so, with officers and assorted hangers-on that should be about 1000 figures and will keep me going for at least two years.
