I pretty much agree Daniel.

A ROUT --
Okay this Russian Command and Hospital set has Cossack Cavalry (Irregular and impetuous) paired with Grenadiers(veterans and well drilled) and perhaps pressganged
Naval Artillery and Sailors mmhh all thrown together with General Staff Officers
and casualties, forgive me but it sounds like a rout has just happened.

try this for cohesion.

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Divisional Army Concept
for Big Boxes using these modules

"Infantry Brigade Box" comprising
1 Command(mini foot),1 Light Infantry, 1 Line Inf, 1 Line Artillery.

"Cavalry Brigade Box" comprising
1 Command(Mounted mini) 1 Light Horse, 1 Heavy Horse, 1 proper *HORSE* Artillery.

Army Supplements Boxes
Casualties-medics- 1 Ammo Wagon drivers

Musicians- commissariat- 1 Caisson drivers

Pioneers pack mules and 1 defense work

Artillery command/signal tower semaphore tent etc

First Aid Post/Station
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This structured system could be good for Crimean War American Civil War and WW1 sets.

Advise Division equals
1 Cavalry Brigade
3 Infantry Brigades

Advise 1 Army equals 3 Divisions

Like you say it self promotes growth and collection.Works in metals why not in Plastic.Streleets Minis are aimed at TWargaming groups ,but they need to do something like this or their Mini plan will tumble.

Hi there Hank,
the way the plastics industry is heading, with the "smart plastic" material replacing the computer chip in the next 5 - 10 years, it would not suprise me to see plastic figures produced in programmed coloured uniforms thereby deleting the need for the paint sweat shops.
If/when that happens somehow I think the hobby will have lost something.

regards Mike McA

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Well I'll get my IBM head back on again and I interpret that as "Flats" metal wargaming figures.

Buy base outline of figures from a figure manufacturer(metal or plastic) and select uniforms for the base figures from websites download onto sticky back paper and print.Stick "skin"/adhesive label on the metal et voila...welcome to the 22nd century

When you are fed up with the army then download another "skin" for the figure.
It could very well happen.

I sure like the grumpy smillie
have fun and

When I lived in Japan, Pepsi had promotional figures of PepsiMan, various action figures, baseball players ... and Disney marketed all of their characters - all made in a soft plastic and prepainted (perfectly detailed I may add and no paint chipping and totally bendable/twistable/almost chewable). And some of these came in a little bag because they were smaller than a 1/72 figurine.

I never could find out who they were made by, only by license agreement, but likely in China. These things were give-aways for free when buying a 12oz soft drink.

Imagine being able to buy a Napoleonic army all prepainted, bendable, no paint chipping, and all for free when you buy a soft drink? Of course, thats alot of Pepsi for Waterloo!

Hmmm... that's not too far off of the Axis and Allies collectible figures out in the stores now, and the science fiction/fantasy ones too.

A lot of Pepsi for the Battle of Waterloo? I can, and *do* drink a lot of Pepsi, heeheeheehee!