tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post3202066231709041996..comments2024-03-28T03:31:19.790-07:00Comments on Archduke Piccolo: Stonewall In the Valley - Part 2.Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-26231008560770733432016-12-05T03:36:41.419-08:002016-12-05T03:36:41.419-08:00There is something about the older, cruder, figure...There is something about the older, cruder, figures that just seem to invite battles, don't you reckon? There's a lot heart in these plastic guys...<br /> Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-83223392081177680382016-12-05T01:08:12.076-08:002016-12-05T01:08:12.076-08:00Lovely to see all those Airfix guys again. I do mi...Lovely to see all those Airfix guys again. I do miss my oldarmies.Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447816347472085277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-64363522798879347942016-12-04T12:32:39.364-08:002016-12-04T12:32:39.364-08:00I kinda wish I had kept mine, though the muskets o...I kinda wish I had kept mine, though the muskets of the prone guys proved useful elsewhere. I have a very few shot cavalrymen and dead horses kicking around somewhere. I don't use markers, myself, even though the idea is a good one. <br /><br />The dismounted cavalryman shooting over a dead horse (Airfix) would be a good marker for something I think. But most of my 'dead horse' bases ended up as bases for trees! Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-68130955774478859632016-12-04T12:27:23.468-08:002016-12-04T12:27:23.468-08:00Thanks, Ross -
The foot figures are based at 1/2-i...Thanks, Ross -<br />The foot figures are based at 1/2-inch square per figure. Nominally 'individually' based most are on strops of three. The mounted figures are on 3/4-inch by 1-1/2-inch bases. All are individually based, though were I to do them now, most would be in pairs.<br /><br />A 27-figure infantry regiment in line comprises 2-12-figure ranks firing, the 3 HQ figures forming a third line. The frontage is 6-inches, which is 150 yards according to the ground scale. Now, this would indicate a figure-man scale of 1:20. Charles Grant's calculation of 125 yards for a 600-man unit in 3 ranks works out at exactly 150 yards for my 24-figure (480-man) firing line. <br /><br />Despite that, I prefer to think of my units having a figure ratio of 1:25, simply because the numbers are bigger, I think! Adding up my CSA army, its 613 infantry, 92 cavalry and 63 gunners gives an army at 1:20 of a whisker under 15,000. OK, but ... m'mmm. At 1:25, we have close to 20,000. Just a little more oomph, eh? In both cases, though, the artillery each represents four guns. I have formed them into 2-(CSA) and 3-(USA) gun batteries, but each represents two real ones. Every method of doing this I have come up with involves a compromise, and the one I have adopted does least violence to my ... erm ... sensibilities. :-)Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-63808537720242772902016-12-04T12:06:54.483-08:002016-12-04T12:06:54.483-08:00I have started painting more Union (4 Airfix Regim...I have started painting more Union (4 Airfix Regiments, 2 Esci and some Zouaves). They are quite easy to paint so its has not been too bad on my wrist, I might add I have 50 of the laying down figures so shall make some of them into markets of various types.Jackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156243437690752780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-63549569262273847572016-12-04T10:16:09.057-08:002016-12-04T10:16:09.057-08:00Good to see the lads getting refurbished and ready...Good to see the lads getting refurbished and ready to rumble. The flags look great to me. <br /><br />How wide are those stands? Just eyeballing it looks like 20mm per figure? Which at 1mm to the yard would make the regiments around 720 men? <br /><br />I'm looking forward to following ths Campaign.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.com