Hello,
Today I'm showing you some more figures from the digital world.
I made a battalion of the Royal Bavarian 3rd Infantry Regiment "Prince Carl of Bavaria."
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| 1.Bataillon, Königlich Bayerisches 3.Infanterie Regiment "Prinz Carl von Bayern" |
I used Peter Dennis's new figures for the 1870/71 War. The figures come as a PDF file and are available as wargaming figures in 28mm, 18mm, and 10mm. I used the 28mm files and played around with them a bit. By that, I tried different paper thicknesses and magnifications. I decided to print the figures at 150% size on the thickest paper my printer can handle (350g/m²). The figures are therefore about 45mm high and about 1mm thick. I used 3D-printed plastic bases for the bases. These don't warp and can be embellished with sand and flock later, if I ever get the time.
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| 28mm, enlarged to 150% and enlarged to 200% of basic size |
When I saw on Facebook that Peter Dennis was working on figures for the Franco-Prussian War, I was very pleased and put my project with the French Army for 1854, which I had already presented (figures from Wargame Print), on hold for the time being. I simply like hand-drawn figures like these much better than computer-generated ones.
The Peter Dennis figures are a great base. And there's nothing wrong with the simple infantry soldiers. The only thing that could be criticized is the mix of poses. Actually, all soldiers in a section should always have the same rifle stance – that is, rifle shouldered, advancing, or rifle at long arm. Here, the poses were mixed. Even if it's not historically accurate, it still looks quite good in the mix.
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| Look good from behind too! |
Otherwise, I digitally edited the regimental colors and many of the piping. The officers needed a bit more attention. They were drawn with epaulettes – which company officers didn't wear in 1870/71. Furthermore, the officers were supposed to wear helmets like the enlisted men. The gorgets (hausse col) in the blue cloth sheath were completely forgotten. The coats were supposed to have blue collars – and all Bavarian infantry coats had pewter buttons, not gold ones like in the drawings. There were also many little details that I tried to depict correctly. The biggest mistake concerns the flag bearers. They were drawn with silver tips. The Bavarian infantry flag tips, however, showed a lion figure, and the Landwehr flag tips were gold. Finally, I changed the emblems in the corners of the flags. Although there were "L"s for one of the kings, Ludwig I or II, these Ls were completely wrong in shape.
I think these small errors are irrelevant for the vast majority of wargamers who use these figures. And for me, as a Bavaria nerd, the changes weren't too difficult to implement.
I highly recommend the figures.
You can buy and download them here: https://peterspaperboys.com/collections/franco-prussian-war
Have fun crafting and best regards,
Andreas
