Napoleonic Idea (1 Viewer)

[wellington]

Just wanted to suggest something for the Napoleoinc line and wanted your input. I thought it might make the line more interresting to have some sort of wagon and horse set such as an ammunition wagen, troop wagen or ambulance etc...here is a picture of a wagon and horse.... thought it might give collectors a visual of what I suggesting.


http://cgi.ebay.com/Britains-Napole...ryZ19210QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Cheers
WELLINGTON.....

 

[wellington]

Found a good example of a Napoleonic wagen........

http://cgi.ebay.com/Haet-8101-x4-12...ryZ16511QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting


Cheers
WELLINGTON....

 

[oberstoskar]

artillery train is good

 

[wellington]

What about an Artillery train with amunition wagon to follow......

WELLINGTON

 

[King's Man]

At one time Andy sounded very positive about doing an aide station for the wound. This scene could feature one of Dr Larrey's flying ambulances.

One thing for Andy to keep in mind is the marketing advantage. Once the expense of sculpturing a horse team has been paid; that same team can be reuse to pull other items. Andy is already doing this when he is reusing the same cannon for use with the Napoleonic and Alamo lines. He could very easily use the one team to make different teams for the Mexican and French cannons. He would also need to produce an addition teamster for each set. If he wished to produce one for the new British 9 lb cannon he would need different reins and saddiery.

I would prefer a standing team of horses so it could be used with either an unlimbered cannon in action or one attached.

King’s Man

 

[bricoleur]

At one time Andy sounded very positive about doing an aide station for the wound. This scene could feature one of Dr Larrey's flying ambulances.

One thing for Andy to keep in mind is the marketing advantage. Once the expense of sculpturing a horse team has been paid; that same team can be reuse to pull other items. Andy is already doing this when he is reusing the same cannon for use with the Napoleonic and Alamo lines. He could very easily use the one team to make different teams for the Mexican and French cannons. He would also need to produce an addition teamster for each set. If he wished to produce one for the new British 9 lb cannon he would need different reins and saddiery.

I would prefer a standing team of horses so it could be used with either an unlimbered cannon in action or one attached.

King’s Man

I support the idea to have a standard limber for the French artillery. And of course after a hile also the English version.... I would give a nice diorama.
Eddy

 

[howelltrh]

I would very much like to see some artillery transport for the main armies (France, Britain, Prussia etc.). If you are doing wargames you really need somthing to represent the limber teams. Although the artillery train personnel and limbers might differ from country to country the basic horse teams could be interchangeable. I note that one of the 54mm plastic manufacturers (Hat or Italieri, I think) makes a very good French horse drawn limber team, although the limber is inaccurate (looks like a US civil war limber, not a Gribeauval model). The men and horses look terriffic, like Historex Napoleonics. However, assembly takes time and painting is a protracted process, and at the end you get something that does not look nearly as good as a K&C version would look.