Sunday 8 January 2012

The Big Plan - 2012 the story so far

Very frustrating as the bases I ordered have not only not arrived but the order has now been cancelled, so back to square 1 after two wasted weeks.
No new painting to report but have been busy assembling units, organising, and generally tidying up. Thought I would transcribe here my BIG PLAN, an overview of how I hope to represent the British Army at Waterloo. I like to group different makes (Victrix/Perry) roughly together by brigade and in recent months I have been struggling to find a way to incorporate the large amount of Front Rank/Foundry I have accumulated into the project. In the end I decided it would be better to sell many of them - I no longer like the look of massed ranks of identical figures and the money raised will provide a far greater number of plastics. There are 8 lots for sale, you can see some of them here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130627588665?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

As I say, I like units to be similar within a regiment (I don't believe strict serjeants would have permitted the untidy appearence of some men wearing shako covers and others not).  I have also tried, where possible to group brigades by the same manufacturer. I love mixing up Perry and Victrix arms etc to provide an almost infinite number of poses but the backpacks are notably different in size, so I do not mix these and if a Perry pack is added to a Victrix body I simply trim off the canteen and ammo pouch. These are later added to Perry bodies where a Victrix pack has been attached. Er...if you see what I mean.

So here is the current stocktake and requisite numbers:




Unit HeaderFormationcompany sizecurrent stateneeded
Coldstreamuncovered shako, Victrix pack, skirmishing
50
flank coy & 4.5 centre coys
3 and a half centre coys
3rd Guards
covered shako, Perry pack, skirmishing
50
same as above
same as above
1st
uncovered shako, Victrix pack, in square
24
complete
-
42nd
in square
18
complete
-
44th
uncovered shako, Victrix pack, in square
18
-
all
92nd
charging
18
both flank and 7 centre coys
1 centre coy
28th
a mix of Victrix, Foundry, Elite, Front Rank - firing line
24
gren and 5 centre coys
light and 3 centre coys
32nd
covered shako, Victrix pack - in square
18
complete
-
79th
firing line
24
nearly complete
7 light coy
95th (1batt,6 coys)
a mix of many makes, some coys in firing line, some coys skirmishing
24
 3 coys
1 coy
52nd
Victrix pack, Perry heads (converted) - firing line
40
6 and a half coys
3 and a half coys
71st
Victrix pack, Victrix heads (converted) - marching
32
3 and a half coys
6 and a half coys
95th (2 batt, 4 coys)
a mix of various makes - firing line
32
1 coy complete
3 coys
95th (3 batt, 2 coys)


a mix of various makes -

advancing

32
complete
-
4th
covered shako, Perry pack - firing line
50
-
all
27th (7 coys)
covered shako, Perry pack -
in column
50
approx 32 men in each coy
approx 18 men in each coy
40th
covered shako, Perry pack -
in square
60
52 gren
3 centre complete
3 centre nearly complete
light coy
2 coys
3 half coys
30th
uncovered shako, Victrix pack - in square
18
gren & 2 centre coys complete, 6 centre coys missing kneeling rank
kneeling ranks for 6 centre coys + light coy
33rd
uncovered shako, Victrix pack - in square

18
centre coys standing ranks
flank coys, kneeling ranks for all centre coys

69th
uncovered shako, Victrix pack - in square

18
tre coys standing ranks
flank coys, kneeling ranks for all centre coys

73rd
uncovered shako, Victrix pack - in square
18
6 coys minus kneeling
flank coys, kneeling ranks for all centre coys, 4 coys
14th
covered shako, Victrix pack - in square
32
 -
all
23rd
covered shako, Victrix pack - in square

32
-
all
51st
mix of makes - some coys skirmishing, others in line
32
4 coys complete
6 coys




Next job is to add up all the cavalry and artillery!