My Prussians

Site Admin Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 174

Here's my Prussian army wing based up for the version of NapoFoW that we're developing (army wing scale). I know they're not as numerous or as dense as some of the other armies here, but they work well for us. They're within our means of collecting and painting. Sorry for the horrible lack of terrain. This was a last minute game that we threw together.

1st Corps

1st & 2nd Brigades of 1st Corps w/both corps batteries and the commander

3rd & 4th Brigades of the 1st Corps

1st Corps Cavalry

1st Corps Hussars & Dragoons

1st Corps infantry - Regular & Reserve or Fusiliers & Musketeers

2nd Corps

1st & 2nd Brigades of 2nd Corps

2nd Corps Cavalry - Uhlans & Dragoons

2nd Corps units - Infantry & Hussars

Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 89 Location: Naples, Fl

Very nice looking, Dillingham. What brand of figs are they?

Don

Site Admin Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 174

They're all newer Minifigs - with the exception of the Uhlans, which are AB figures.

I'll flock them once we've got a few more games under our belts and I'm confident with the basing. We have the Russians and Prussians on small bases instead of medium, with more units in an attempt to represent their formations more closely.

Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 89 Location: Naples, Fl

How do the Minifigs hold up against the 18mm AB's? Do they look OK?

Don

Site Admin Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 174

Standing directly next to each other, its pretty easy to see the size difference. I wouldn't combine them in the same regiment. I just couldn't pass up those Uhlans though and since they're the only Uhlan figures that I have and they're not on the same bases with any Minifigs, I'm ok with the difference.

Here's a couple of pics of the AB Uhlans standing next to a base each of Minifig Hussars and Landwehr infantry.

Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 89 Location: Naples, Fl

They're pretty close. How's the quality of the sculpts? I just picked up some Old Glory Highlanders, and apparently OG has shrunk their figs. (My old OG French were almost the same size as AB.) If I shim them up with some .030 styrene though, the eyelines match up, and they look OK.

Don

Site Admin Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 174

I'm happy with both the Minifigs and the AB figs. I think AB has more detail, but the Minifigs paint up very nicely - I like the way they paint up. Sometimes more detail at this scale makes the figures look kind of busy and the visual identifiers (like cuffs, collars, etc) get lost on the tabletop. To be honest though, it was more circumstance than intent that resulted in my Prussians being almost all Minifigs.

I don't live all that far from Old Glory/Battle Honors and they're really nice guys ... VERY accomodating, when you walk into their shop ... but I have to say that the quality of the figs can vary pretty widely from line to line or even army to army. They make some nice figs too though and I think most of my British are from them.