With my Napoleonic Anglo Portuguese army growing quite well I decided it needed the next level of command. I have Division commanders, two mounted figures side by side on a squarish base, and Brigade commanders on single pill bases, examples below.
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| Division Commander |
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| Brigade Commander |
For Corps or CinC bases I wanted to use three mounted figures and decided that individual commanders on Pill bases mounted on a sabot base of some type would allow the most flexibility especially for those commanders such as Beresford who could be a Divisional general or a CinC depending on time and place.
To this end I placed an order for some custom sabot bases with Warbases with an aim to collect at Salute. With this done it was time to get painting the command figures. For the Portuguese I had Beresford and two other generals, and as for the allies in general Old Nosey himself, Wellesley/Wellington, all Front Rank figures. To act as an escort for the Duke I painted up a Perry plastic hussar as a sergeant of the 1st Hussar KGL. A couple of other officers were painted too, as with the planned sabot bases I could mix and match.
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| Portuguese Generals WIP |
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| Beresford and Generals during basing. |
So after Salute it was time to finalise my basing and see what the overall effect looked like. The sabot bases are 100mm in diameter with slots for three Pill bases.
First up the Portuguese.
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| Beresford and Generals |
Second "Old Nosey" and escort.
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| The Duke and escort |
Overall I think these work and allow me to swap people around to add some variety.
Whilst all this was on the go I also ordered my first figures from Brigade Games in the states. I got their "Sharpe like" and 95th rifles figures as well as some British Light Dragoon horse holders and a set of light infantry stovepipe shako heads, to go towards getting a light infantry battalion for my army. For the command I went to Front Rank and one of their reinforcement pack sets.
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| 95th Rifles |
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| Dismounted horse holders. |
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| Light Infantry heads and arms. |
But before I start on these, time to finish my second two battalions of Portuguese to complete Pack's Independent Brigade.
Oh and do some Anglo Saxons for SAGA.
Tony.
Tony.
Very nice command stand and the sabot basing was a great idea. I like the look of those dismounted light dragoons; great for vignettes etc.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I have Perry's dismounted light dragoons already and thought the horse holders would look good alongside.
DeleteTook me a minute to figure out that you have specific figures for specific generals. Something that adds a lot of extra personality to a miniature and not something I ever thought of doing.
ReplyDeleteYou base system looks good and seems to do the trick. Nice. đ
Cheers Stew. Yes some of my commanders are specific but that doesn't mean they don't get used as generic generals at times.
DeleteGreat work on the command figures Tony. I purchased some Brigade games 95th rifles a while ago and they are lovely figures.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lawrence, they're now in the queue.
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