Still here, what’s left of me. The highway has been a mess since the start of spring break. I saw the remains of a great truck fire yesterday though yesterday seems like a week ago. The summer appears to entail a lot of travel. The trip to Taipei will likely entail another trip into miniature soldier hinterlands. There is one store that has a great selection but the aisles are only just wide enough for a single person and the ceiling is oppressively low. There are a couple of other negatives but the selection is remarkable and so are the prices. Not much metal but plenty of plastic.
In the meantime, I try to remain conscious during the day and get some sleep at night. The weekend promises much activity. I will be glad to get some rest. I bought some Langton miniature ships and as usual my fingers end up coated with cyanoacrylic glue. There are not many concessions made to ease of assembly but I will sort it out and post the results.
Book 1 of Napoleon’s Battles offers some generic formations for the main combatants. Shown above is a Russian corps with two brigades of infantry and a separate artillery force. Commanding officers’ ranks are indicated by the number of figures per base as well as the size of the base. Each regimental group includes a command unit with ensign, commanding officers, and musician. I have used larger bases for artillery than shown in the rules as it was difficult to cram all those pieces on the base size the rules specified.
The total number of figures here is 124 which gives some indication of just how many of these little guys is necessary for a game. A corps sized formation would likely be as small a force as one would field using these rules. Also worth considering is, that for infantry, the scale is 1 figure = 120 men. To recreate any reasonable size battle from the Napoleonic era would likely require hundreds of figures on either side.
Most of the figures shown above are Heritage/Empire, the artillery and crews and most of the mounted officers are Battle Honors, and the figures on the regimental command bases are by Stan Johansen.
