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 Header | Formation | company size | current state | needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldstream | uncovered 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!
