General de Brigade

[Gentleman Johnny]

Hello,
I thought it might be ENCOURAGING for all to know that sometimes projects actually get finished !
The varnish finally dried on the skirmishers of the Riedesel and Prinz Frederick Regiments on Thursday night so I felt a parade was in order; it was going
to be Burgoyne’s Left Wing, but the Prinz Ludwig Dragoons got wind of it and turned up too; so...

and

This shot makes them look like 6mmfigs, but is end-to-end on a 6’7” table... I don’t expect to field them all at the same time in action - I don’t suffer quite
that level of megalomania .


Artillery 4x6lb 12figs, von Barner’s Light Infantry (combined Musketeers and Jaegers) 54figs, Prinz Ludwig Dragoons (foot) 55figs {enough to refight the Bennington Redoubt at 1:5}.


Major General Frederick von Riedesel - who appears to have been slimming, staff and dog 7figs [I more than suspect he had no dog; but it looks right!)


Artillery 2x3lb, 2x6lb 14figs, Breyman’s Grenadier Battalion (ex-Riedesel, Prinz Frederick, Rhetz and Specht Regiments) 48figs, Hesse Hanau Jaegers 21figs.


1st Brigade: Regiment von Rhetz 75figs, Regiment von Riedesel 74figs, Regiment von Specht 77figs.


2nd Brigade: Regiment Prinz Frederick 75figs, Hesse Hanau Erbprinz Regiment (including grenadiers) 83figs, and Division General/ADC (at far left) 4figs
Total 601figs (including the dog) which is a figure ratio about 1:6point8... this is low even by BG! standards; but I should point out that the regiments
will generally be called into action each as two separate wings, that the regimental officers are there purely to hold the marker-dice and that this makes
them far less cumbersome, more in the region of 32figs and by simply not counting the figures on the command/colours bases this would be 2x24fig
units... That doesn’t sound quite so big does it?
However, having them all on the table at the same time is somewhat tempting...

Here is a close-up of the Hesse Hanau Ebprinz Rgt; just for the pink flags... they must be pretty tough to take them on the field with them!!!
GJ

[Belisarius]

Very nice parade! It's always good to parade the troops. Good for their morale!

Good to see bigger units as well. What ratios are you using?

Cheers

Andy
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[Giles]

Wow! Now that is something worth seeing - very inspiring. Any chance of some pics of the British?

[Ronan the Librarian]

These and the British figures represent a superb effort by GJ in terms of research, organisation and painting. They also show that - whilst often not so historically accurate (or appropriate in terms of pose) - the plastic figure perfectly illustrates the old dictum about quantity having a quality all of its own.

Btw, Riedesel was only 38 and still quite fit - the frequently used "fat" image is him in old age (not long before his death):-

http://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution/pictures/images/revolutionary-war-134.jpg

This shows a portrait (head and shoulders) drawn from life for the painting "Burial of Simon Fraser":-

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?LinkID=mp72826&rNo=0&role=sit

(He is No.10 at the far left.)

There is also a painting of him in hussar uniform dated just after the SYW, which also shows him in his prime (sorry, can't find a link for this one).
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[paulalba]

Wow these are excellent!!! Wish they were mine.

cheers
Paul P
Scotland

[Gentleman Johnny]

Thank you gents!

[Cornet]

Very well turned out. ::applause::
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[MPHILLIPS]

Yep, very impressive. As said, those plastics do have a character all of their own when painted and based like this.
Look forward to seeing more.
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[Silver Whistle]

Wow! what a collection. I love these and your British. Looks like a lifetime of painting and am very, very impressed.