Wargame Print - Just Paper Battles Crimea 1854 - pt.3

Hello,

Here's a little update on my 1854 French figures from "Just Paper Battles" (Wargame Print). You can find more details and information in part 1 – the most important points are that I've scaled the figures to 75mm (266%) and printed them on one side only.

These are the newly completed figures since the last update.

In this photo I have removed the fighting Chasseurs a pied so that you can see the figures in the back better.

In 1854, the French line infantry was still divided into fusiliers, grenadiers, and voltigeurs. This disappeared in 1868. In the picture on the left, you can see my first line infantrymen from a fusilier company.

The rider in red in the middle is a Spahi officer. And on the right are more Chasseurs a pied. This is the branch of the military I'm currently focusing on.

Here's a snapshot of all the soldiers I've completed so far in this project. There are only about 60 of them, but they're already taking up an incredible amount of space!

And another photo of the workbench. As you can see, there will be many chasseurs a pied in the next update - but not only! 😉

Best regards,

Andreas

Wargame Print - Just Paper Battles Crimea 1854 - pt.2

Hello,

Today I'm showing you a little update on my "Just Paper Battles" French in the Crimean War 1854 project. I've made some more figures for the collection. As before, they're scaled up to 75mm. This time, they're some Chasseurs à pied and the first Tirailleurs algériens.

Best regards,

Andreas

Wargame Print - Just Paper Battles Crimea 1854 - pt.1

Hello,

Today I would like to introduce you to my new project. I have been looking for French figures from the Second Empire for a long time. Unfortunately, I have never managed to find beautiful historical printed sheets (for scanning) of them. The Epinal/Pellerin plates are still available from time to time. However, these are rather weak in color, and sheets from Silbermann or Fischbach are just as difficult to find as the very colorfully printed French ones from some German manufacturers. I briefly had the idea of ​​painting the figures myself - but that would take a lifetime. So I kept trying out different things and finally found a solution that I like.

The figures from "Wargame Print" from the series "Just Paper Battles Crimea 1854". These are 28mm figures available in PDF format for you to print yourself. The graphics were created by Ivan Golyzhenkov. You can buy these files, for example, at www.wargamevault.com.

The figures are available in different scales. In 6mm and 10mm, entire armies are available at once. In 28mm, you always get a branch of one of the nations. There are now different branches of the French, British, Turkish and Russian troops.

The figures are each designed with a front and back and are intended to be used as figures for wargaming games. When cutting them out, you should leave a little margin around the figures. This is also necessary because the front and back of some figures do not exactly coincide. However, I decided on a completely different form of representation.

In keeping with the motto "bigger is better", I tried to determine the maximum size of the figures. The aim was that the figures would not be pixelated, but that I could still print each of the figure groups on an A4 sheet of paper without any problems.

I liked the figure size of 7.5cm best, so my figures are printed at 266%. My figures also have no back (or rather, it only consists of one layer of black cardboard). So that the soldiers can stand, I mount a small wooden base on the back. 

I think the figures look very good in a group and I'm already looking forward to being able to present a whole "army". I think it's positive that all the figures are shown from the front. That way I don't have to decide whether my Frenchmen are marching from left to right or vice versa. 

The representation in field uniforms is also attractive, as such figures are usually shown in parade uniform. It's a shame that so far only the most important troops have appeared for the Battle of Alma in 1854. I'm writing "a shame" because, for example, there is no French cavalry yet (apart from a few Spahis as escorts for the staff).

 So I'm really hoping that a few more units (especially guards and cavalry) will appear. Although I had actually only considered the French at first, I have to admit that I'm now toying with the idea of ​​getting the other factions too... We'll see what the future brings. Now I have to do some gluing and cutting to make my French army from 1854 grow quickly.

Best regards,

Andreas