Franco Prussian War - Winter or Summer

[lentulus]

I am still thinking about it at the moment, but I am leaning seriously to winter if only to be a bit different.  What is your preference?

[Dave Fielder]

Doesn't this depend on the availability of greatcoated figures? I haven't seen many of them, unless ....?

[lentulus]

Doesn't this depend on the availability of greatcoated figures? I haven't seen many of them, unless ....?

PPW10
   Line in greatcoat picklehaube

FPW32     Line in greatcoat no epaulettes, kabuze (winter)

and several others.

Coverage looks to be pretty good, all things considered.

[Repiqueone]

I'm doing a mix with my collection.  The winter battles were often somewhat smaller, but in some ways more interesting than the early battles on the frontier.  I would recommend 1/3-1/3-1/3-Imperial/ Republican/ Republican period in the snow.  I have several divisions in each sub-period.  My organization is essentially a bag of 30 foot to a regiment-4 regiments to a Division.  Cavalry is 15 to a unit.  Keying on the basic bagging of Pendraken makes the whole process easier in ordering.  It also allows a "mass" look, which smaller densities simply don't provide.  I've never been a fan of just downsizing orgs from 28mm to 10s with smaller stands, but the same number of figures.  It looks anemic.

[Dave Fielder]

Have you got any pictures of these chaps?

[kustenjaeger]

Greetings

I'm still working on the basing but definitely focussing on the Imperial campaign for now.  Current plan is for 30x15mm bases for infantry with four figures per base in a rough firing line.  This allows for:

(a) battalions of three French or four German bases (double companies for French, companies for German).  Skirmishers may be separate 30x15mm bases - still being debated. 
(b) battalions of six French or eight German bases (French companies, German zugen - still working on how the third zug formed by the third ranks will be depicted))

Regards

Edward

[privateer]

War should be between Kings, well Emperors and Kings. none of this Republic talk