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Re: First Friday of February (2021)

"So perhaps now is the time for something new, and....Napoleonic perhaps??"

Yes please!!

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

Roger W
"So perhaps now is the time for something new, and....Napoleonic perhaps??"

Yes please!!
Yes of course. It's Time for a new Friday Teaser.

Michael

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

There has been nothing new and deserty for some time.......just saying

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

Hi everyone I hope you are all well and a belated Happy New Year,

I think more Napoleonic's would be great perhaps some sets of Napoleonic gun crews for each nation.

Can i suggest a set for each nations and that it have 44 different figures(loading and firing) in it, that way we get a wide selection of crew poses in a single box, and we can either uses old guns that we have lying about or you could follow up with a box of guns with a standard carriage and multiple barrels and a few barrels and other accessories

I am sure we are all fed up with gun crews all being identical I think this format would fly off the shelves as it would allow us to have unique gun battery's.

So I was wondering if strelets have any plans for Napoleonic artillery this year and would this suggestion be up for consideration and I was wondering what all on the forum think of the 44 figure box idea.

bfn
Allan

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

Allan from Glasgow
Hi everyone I hope you are all well and a belated Happy New Year,

I think more Napoleonic's would be great perhaps some sets of Napoleonic gun crews for each nation.

Can i suggest a set for each nations and that it have 44 different figures(loading and firing) in it, that way we get a wide selection of crew poses in a single box, and we can either uses old guns that we have lying about or you could follow up with a box of guns with a standard carriage and multiple barrels and a few barrels and other accessories

I am sure we are all fed up with gun crews all being identical I think this format would fly off the shelves as it would allow us to have unique gun battery's.

So I was wondering if strelets have any plans for Napoleonic artillery this year and would this suggestion be up for consideration and I was wondering what all on the forum think of the 44 figure box idea.

bfn
Allan
I like the idea of varied gun crews ie: loading, firing, marching.

The problem with creating boxes entirely of crews with no guns is, of course, that anyone who is wanting to buy just one box to provide a modest battery (eg: a younger person with limited financial means, or just a 'mean' older person) will not buy any unless there are guns and crews in the box. Also, I can see a situation where stock of, say, crews is sold out but the boxes of guns are still available; frustrating to say the least.

The best compromise I can think of is a box with two guns and c. 20 crew, with one crew loading and the other firing. This is not that different to some of Strelets artillery boxes to date.

More and better Napoleonic artillery is a definite 'need' though.

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

Im all for Napoleonic Artillery sets in a style as mentioned by Allan and Minuteman. I think having guns in a box with crew is the way to go though for same reasons as Minuteman suggested.

So shall we start with a proper set of post 1812 French Foot Artillery?!

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

Here we are on Magic Friday... however it will be, it will be a treat for us. Maybe a surprise list... the unexpected. The Turks for Gallipoli or the Anzacs... the US 1812 rangers... or the Napoleonics... Wonder. Nice wait

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

I agree Zappa: Gallipoli, 1812 Rangers or Napoleonics would been great! Although some WSS will been greeted surely too ....

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Re: First Friday of February (2021)

Very nice indeed! Thank you Strelets.

Have a good weekend:slightly_smiling_face:

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

Thanks a lot.
The trumpeter is very nice, but it´s a pity, that the flag and pole of the flagbearer seems me quite oversized for cavalry.

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

sansovino
Thanks a lot.
The trumpeter is very nice, but it´s a pity, that the flag and pole of the flagbearer seems me quite oversized for cavalry.
Both the style of pole and flag were in common use during the WSS, while doing the research prior to painting of a subject I know nothing about, both the style of pole and flag appear regularly it would seem for most if not all the armies involved.

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

sansovino
Thanks a lot.
The trumpeter is very nice, but it´s a pity, that the flag and pole of the flagbearer seems me quite oversized for cavalry.
I think the standard here is only very slightly on the large side, especially if these are French Line cavalry (as I hope this set will prove to be).

Rene Chartrand in his Osprey Men at Arms book 'Louis XIV's Army' (MAA 203) notes that cavalry flags were square and 100-105cm broad and long. The flag on this fine Strelets model is almost at that dimension.

The lance is certainly robust and would do equally well in the hands of a late medieval knight, but is also correct for cavalry of the period. Chartrand records that the regulation length for the lance/pole was 315cm.

Dragoon guidons were somewhat smaller.

I cannot wait to see more of this set of cavalrymen!

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

Fabulous! Thank you.

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

great looking riders, so when will we be seeing release of all the lovely WSS cavalry sets and proposed gunners in UK, needed urgently as running out of figures to paint for my favourite period !!!
congrats to sculptors
you all stay safe out there
cheers Old John

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

Really goods. Have a nice weekend Strelets and you all friends.

Re: First Friday of February (2021)

Dear Strelets,

You have delivered another Friday delight with two more fine looking masters for your early 18th century range.

Thank you, James

Riderless horses - where are the stirrups?

Sorry, but I have to come back to that WSS dragoon horse holder picture:.

http://pub33.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2833323740&frmid=6&msgid=1080295&cmd=show

Where are the horses' stirrups? I can't see them. You won't forget them, will you? (Even Zvezda did - http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1328 - the last horse, meant to go with the dismounted firing dragoon ... :smirk: )

The attachment of the breast collar to the saddle girths looks a bit strange to me as well. Just in case, Garsault's "Le Nouveau Parfait Maréchal" may help. It was published a little later than our period (1741) but overall is valid for the WSS era as well.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_nouveau_parfait_mar%C3%A9chal,_ou,_La_connoissance_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_et_universelle_du_cheval_BHL21294208.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_nouveau_parfait_mar%C3%A9chal,_ou,_La_connoissance_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_et_universelle_du_cheval_BHL21294212.jpg

Re: Riderless horses - where are the stirrups?

Handlewithcare
Sorry, but I have to come back to that WSS dragoon horse holder picture:.

http://pub33.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2833323740&frmid=6&msgid=1080295&cmd=show

Where are the horses' stirrups? I can't see them. You won't forget them, will you?
Perhaps the horses are from the Mounted Dragoons set? In which case the stirrups are moulded onto the riders feet as usual.

The WSS doesn't interest me at present but I bought the British cavalry set; I'm hoping to get some senior officers for the 45 out of them.

Congratulations Strelets on a very fine set, the figures look fabulous, but I suspect two of them are very shady characters; they look like the type that might turn to highway robbery.

Re: Riderless horses - where are the stirrups?

To expand on my previous comment, I wonder if there will be any horses in the Dismounted Dragoons set or if it will just contain dismounted Dragoons and the intention is to share horses with the mounted set (hence the missing stirrups).

If the dismounted set is to contain horses then how many? Horses take up a lot of sprue space. A full complement of horses might be good for wargamers but would mean a small set of figures. A couple of horses with the horse holder might be fine for dioramists but leave the gamers short. If the intention is to share the horses between the mounted and dismounted sets there is the question of how to make it work with based horses. Mounted infantry type sets pose quite a dilemma for manufacturers.

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