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

Abadie - Italian Soldiers Abyssinian War

Hello,

Today I'm showing you some loose figures from the Abadie series about the Abyssinian War. As far as I can tell, this series, with a total of 15 numbered soldier picture sheets (Soldatenbilderbögen), was published in 1937 and featured both Abyssinian and Italian troops. So far, I've only managed to find a few individual Italian figures for my collection.

The figures shown cannot be assigned to a specific number, as they all appeared multiple times.

The Italian officer was found on picture sheets number 9, 12 and 14.

The shooting soldier was found on picture sheets no. 9 and 15.

The Askari was printed on picture sheets no. 11 and 12.

The hand grenade launcher was found on picture sheets no. 10 and 13.

And the storming soldier appeared on picture sheets numbers 9, 12, and 14.

The figures in this series are slightly larger than the Abadie figures of the Austrian Federal Army but still correspond to a figure size of 6cm.

Best regards,

Andreas

Abadie - Soldatenbilderbogen Infanterie

 Hello,

Today I'm showing you two more soldier picture sheets (Soldatenbilderbögen) that were used as advertising material by the Austrian cigarette paper manufacturer Abadie. This one also shows soldiers of the Austrian Federal Army in pre-1938 uniforms. Many of these Abadie sheets were printed both with and without numbering. However, I've never seen numbered sheets of the variants I'm showing today. The two sheets are almost identical and both have the "Infanterie" (infantry) imprint. The only difference is that one shows only marching soldiers, while the other has two figures replaced by an officer and a drummer. The figure size is 6 cm, as usual with Abadie.

Best regards,

Andreas

Gallic Heavy Infantry - Warriors and Battles

 Hello,

Today I'm showing you Gallic Warriors.

They're the "Gallic Heavy Infantry" figures from "Warriors and Battles." You can find this figure set and many others from this manufacturer, for example, at wargamevault.com. They're PDF files for downloading and printing yourself. The figures are actually in the wargaming scale of 28mm, are drawn with front and back, and can be printed with black borders of varying thicknesses. I was curious to see how much these figures could be scaled up and was very surprised that it was no problem at all to print them in 75mm figure size (250%).

Unfortunately, the front and back of the figures don't line up. So if you want to use them double-sided, you should leave a small border around the figures. However, I wanted my figures to be cut precisely, so these are only single-sided. The 8 different warriors cost me about $3, and I think I'll gradually collect at least the various Gaulish sets.

Best regards,

Andreas

Reichswehr Kavallerie, Scholz' Künstlerische Soldatenbogen 27K - pt.2

Hello,

Today I'm showing you the figures from Scholz sheet 27K again, only this time cut out and assembled. This was my first find in 2025, and I was very happy about it. This is actually the only set I own both as a complete printed sheet version and completely cut out.

Unfortunately, the figures needed a lot of love to get them back on their feet. They must have been stored in damp conditions at some point—thank goodness they didn't start to mold! The bases were made of pressed cardboard and had become unusable. The figures themselves were a bit wavy. So I removed the old bases and pressed the figures for a while to make them flat again. Most of them never had any back reinforcement, and the ones that did have it at some point had come loose. So I gave the figures a layer of thin cardboard and glued on new wooden bases. I hope they're in good shape now to last for the next hundred years.

The officer in the front, at 11cm tall (8cm figure size), is actually slightly larger than the other 8 figures (10cm / figure size 7cm), which is further emphasized by the rider's different perspective.

I hope you like them as much as I do.

Best regards,

Andreas

Reichswehr Kavallerie, Scholz' Künstlerische Soldatenbogen 27K - pt.1

Hello,

Today I'm showing you another sheet from Josef Scholz in Mainz. This time, number 27K, and it shows nine cavalrymen of the German Reichswehr in their uniforms from 1921 to 1934. 

Since the soldiers are wearing white and light blue lance pennants, I can even narrow down the regiment. They must be riders of the 17th (Bavarian) Cavalry Regiment. For me as a Bavarian, that's certainly something special - but the sheet is still in the original sales block, and that's a real stroke of luck for me. That's the only block of this type I've ever seen, so I absolutely had to have it. I'll present the block separately someday. The sheet presented here is even included three times!

More on this topic tomorrow... 😉

Sincerely,

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