Anyone building a square (2 Viewers)

[Cold Steel Miniatures]

I was wondering if any of you are planning on building a Gordon highland regiment square? I will be devoting the next year or so to do it. Its been a long wait for these fighting figures to come but I should imagine they will be worth the wait.

 

[Vezzolf]

Yes, I am considering building a British Highlanders Square.... I have just gotten into FL Naps recently...Just how many figures will be required to do it right?...something that I would like to do, but will need to do gradually; As I am also into the WWII Stalingrad Range.....So many Great Products from this company....Simply Superb

 

[Cold Steel Miniatures]

Yes, I am considering building a British Highlanders Square.... I have just gotten into FL Naps recently...Just how many figures will be required to do it right?...something that I would like to do, but will need to do gradually; As I am also into the WWII Stalingrad Range.....So many Great Products from this company....Simply Superb

Well I built a Brithish Guards square gradually over about 18 months and there are 83 figures in it. I will put my higlanders into the foot Guards square at first until I have enough of them to stand alone.
The good thing about the stalingrad range is that they seem to trickle out rather slower than the Naps so a bit easier to keep up, you are right so many great products.
iwan

 

[Panda]

I was wondering if any of you are planning on building a Gordon highland regiment square? I will be devoting the next year or so to do it. Its been a long wait for these fighting figures to come but I should imagine they will be worth the wait.

I have a large number of British Gaurds also although still not quite enough to complete the square I want. I had considered padding out the square with some Rifles when they arrive and had considered the inclusion of Highlanders also.

In terms of completing a large square using Highlanders there are only to date 4 figures in the 30 stong line up that could realistically be used in the front Kneeling line. You could include the casualty figure but a large square may lack variety in this area given the variety and amount of standing figures availiable. By contrast the British Gaurds which only had 19 figures contains 7 figures that can be used in the front row of square. Sadly if one discounts officers flagbearers and the mounted Colonel the excellent British Gaurds release is/was unfortunately somewhat lacking in standing figures.

I intend to follow your example but my next priority is to ensure I have funds availiable to purchase the Rifles when released and then I will begin buying the Gordons.

I wish you luck and much patience.

 

[Cold Steel Miniatures]

I know what you mean about the Gordons having only 4 kneeling figures compared to the Guards 6 but i think it will work.I ll be using a dead one in the first rank of each side which would break it up a bit, I am only planning on using 2 sets of the vignette 1 for the first rank the other in the middle.

I dont plan on using the standing ones in the square I ll just have them in reserve in the background or even in a cabinet, not sure they look that natural standing there in the malestorm of battle, dont know yet i ll see how they look.

As for the foot Guards Matt did say that they would as casulties at some point dont know if they still plan to I ll have to pull him on it.

 

[Panda]

I know what you mean about the Gordons having only 4 kneeling figures compared to the Guards 6 but i think it will work.I ll be using a dead one in the first rank of each side which would break it up a bit, I am only planning on using 2 sets of the vignette 1 for the first rank the other in the middle.

I dont plan on using the standing ones in the square I ll just have them in reserve in the background or even in a cabinet, not sure they look that natural standing there in the malestorm of battle, dont know yet i ll see how they look.

As for the foot Guards Matt did say that they would as casulties at some point dont know if they still plan to I ll have to pull him on it.

Yes I know what you mean about the standing ones I think you can use some of them as long as you dont overdo it it should look natural enough. Dont know how many Mooning Scotsmen you would be able to use LOL.

I had not heard First Legion (Matt) had said he would do some Brit Gaurd Casualties this is good news if its true the Foot Gaurds have sold very well and are almost gone now I am sure collectors would jump on any further releases in this range. It starts to look a little repetetive once you get past 40 -50 figures and a few more poses would help. In defence of FL given the cost of the figures they probably werent expecting collectors to buy so many in any one range. But the concept of assembling a square or perhaps 3 sides of one has been a success the Highlanders popularity confirms this.

Good Luck with the square it will look very imprerssive, my only advice is buy a big cabinet and use flourescent lights. Also get your multiples of the most popular codes as quick as you can just in case they sell out over time.

Panda

 

[Cold Steel Miniatures]

Picked up my first lot of Gordons yesterday very impressed with them the painting is excellent, the sculpting is also spot on really good figures. The only thing is they re quite chunky they re a good bit bigger than the Foot Guards and they re probably a bit too big to go in the Foot Guard square they make them look a bit underfed but they look great on their own.:rolleyes2:

 

[Panda]

Picked up my first lot of Gordons yesterday very impressed with them the painting is excellent, the sculpting is also spot on really good figures. The only thing is they re quite chunky they re a good bit bigger than the Foot Guards and they re probably a bit too big to go in the Foot Guard square they make them look a bit underfed but they look great on their own.:rolleyes2:

I only have a few of the Gordons cant say I had noticed the size issue in fact if anything the Gordons officer I have looks a little underfed certainly quite flat in the chest.
I will order a couple more of the regular troops and have a good look.

On a more positive note. I am reviewing the Waterloo Companion by Mark Adkin there is an excellent front cover scene of a Highland square, and the work contains much that could help you its a must for any serious Naps TS collector. Also you might want to take a look at Ospreys Napoleonic British Line Infantry tactics which is an excellent source of Information. Good Luck anyone else noticed any differences in scale ?? Maybe a different sculptor? I would be surprised if FL have overlooked such an important aspect as figure scale accross the ranges, on the whole my experience with my actual figures has been very positive..

 

[Fusilier]

Picked up my first lot of Gordons yesterday very impressed with them the painting is excellent, the sculpting is also spot on really good figures. The only thing is they re quite chunky they re a good bit bigger than the Foot Guards and they re probably a bit too big to go in the Foot Guard square they make them look a bit underfed but they look great on their own.:rolleyes2:

If you get a chance, would you post a pic of these from your collection. I haven't heard of this size difference before, so I would be interested to see it.

Noah

 

[MapleLeaf]

royalwelch u are quite right
the highlanders are bigger and taller than the guards
if u put them side by side it's obvious
i was very surprise about that but i guess nobody is perfect
even FL, but my First Guards are not for sale.
Maple Leaf

 

[Spitfrnd]

Picked up my first lot of Gordons yesterday very impressed with them the painting is excellent, the sculpting is also spot on really good figures. The only thing is they re quite chunky they re a good bit bigger than the Foot Guards and they re probably a bit too big to go in the Foot Guard square they make them look a bit underfed but they look great on their own.:rolleyes2:

Interesting, which ones did you pick up? I have several from the first release and they are just about identical in size with the Guards?????^&confuse

 

[Gebhard]

Interesting, which ones did you pick up? I have several from the first release and they are just about identical in size with the Guards?????^&confuse

ditto .....i have all of the guards and all of the first release of highlanders and I don't see a discrepancy in size at all . ^&confuse^&confuse^&confuse Cheers Bill .. how is that square coming along care to share any photos yet ?? . regards Gebhard

 

[Cold Steel Miniatures]

The figures that I referred to are not the first batch of standing highlanders, those are the same as the foot guards scale wise. I am referring to the second release of fighting highlanders which I think are bigger.I will take some photos to show but I don't know how to post them on here, I can e mail them to one of you.

I think that they have used a different sculpter.

As you say on a more positive note the Waterloo Companion is an excellent source of information and a good read. I ve had hours of entertainment reading it and I would love to be able to recreate the front cover.

 

[Spitfrnd]

The figures that I referred to are not the first batch of standing highlanders, those are the same as the foot guards scale wise. I am referring to the second release of fighting highlanders which I think are bigger.I will take some photos to show but I don't know how to post them on here, I can e mail them to one of you.

I think that they have used a different sculpter.

As you say on a more positive note the Waterloo Companion is an excellent source of information and a good read. I ve had hours of entertainment reading it and I would love to be able to recreate the front cover.

Ah well I must check into that but it still seems a bit odd. If there is a noticable difference I would have expected to see it here where the first and second release figures are arranged side by side.^&confuse

The Waterloo Companion is a great source book indeed. I have very much enjoyed mine.

 

[FirstLegion]

Really, I have no idea where people are seeing that the new Highlanders are so much bigger than the British Guards. Yes, there are many new sculpts (mostly the first batch of standing figures), but also many of the Highlanders were converted from torsos of the British Guard figures, so I'm not really sure how it's possible that they would be bigger! I'd be interested in seeing some examples of what folks are talking about because I just don't see it and I obviously have all of them with me! I know this sounds simplistic, but is it possible it's because of the headdress on the highlanders being taller??

Very confused,

Matt

 

[Spitfrnd]

ditto .....i have all of the guards and all of the first release of highlanders and I don't see a discrepancy in size at all . ^&confuse^&confuse^&confuse Cheers Bill .. how is that square coming along care to share any photos yet ?? . regards Gebhard

Hi Geb. I don't have any new photos of the Guards square which is now complete with FL figures on three sides. I wanted to wait until I could fill that back side with Highlanders or Chosen Men so it is a FL only square.

 

[FirstLegion]

Almost forgot -

The sculptor is the exact same of course and I'd think this is pretty evident given the styling of the figures!

Matt

 

[artmabigor]

Hello,
I did some comparison photos.
As in life, every human is different: small, big, big, thin ..... etc. ..;{sm4}
I can not find a difference.{sm2}
For me, there are very good.
That's my opinion.
Regards.:salute::

 

[Fusilier]

Hello,
I did some comparison photos.
As in life, every human is different: small, big, big, thin ..... etc. ..;{sm4}
I can not find a difference.{sm2}
For me, there are very good.
That's my opinion.
Regards.:salute::

Thanks for posting these comparison pics. I think you are right, as I can't find any difference either.

Noah

 

[Panda]

royalwelch u are quite right
the highlanders are bigger and taller than the guards
if u put them side by side it's obvious
i was very surprise about that but i guess nobody is perfect
even FL, but my First Guards are not for sale.
Maple Leaf

Be grateful for any update once the second release has shipped. having checked those few Highlanders I have already if there is any difference, however subtle I am confident that it will make little difference given that if I should opt to collect all the Highlanders I would display the 2 squares separately in any event as would historically have been the case. Many of the Scotsmen are standing upright with larger headress so maybe the FL representation is accurate.

The only doubt I may have stems from the fact that British Gaurds regiments usually selected taller recruits however I dont know if this would have been the caseprior to and during 1815.

They all look great so no matter. The Gaurds are just awesome.