Pictures from my collection (2 Viewers)

[FirstLegion]

Wow, King's Man, PURE brilliance! Now, THAT is exactly how First Legion figures are designed to be displayed. In large, close order formations.

In terms of the number of figures, though it seems a lot guys, if you buy just a few each month, after a period of time, that's what you end up with.

Simply a brilliant dio.

What is the size of your display area (the wooden shelf)?

Given how you are frequently asking about the Russians, I can only assume that these French will be meeting the Russians at Borodino (and soon too!)? I can't wait to see it when it's done. Fantastic stuff.

 

[King's Man]

Thank you, everyone for your encouragements. I get some fun and joy from adding new figures, watching my troop strength grow.

The size of the shelf which is actually the top of a low credenza is 54 x 17. When the Russian troops do arrive I have future plans of moving these to a wider area so I will have more room to display both sides.

I not only want to add Russians, but also Wurttemberg infantry along with a grenadier company. Dare I mention cavalry? My plans are only limited by the size of my wallet. However, like you said I am in this hobby for the long haul, so I buy something every month. The hard part is not letting myself be side tracked by other new figures being released. So far I have been able to maintain a happy balance.

Matt, I would like to thank you for making all this possible.

King’s Man

 

[sceic2]

That display is very cool. I too like to mass figures. http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3739

 

[HistoryfortheAges]

Very nice! Massed troops in formation facing each other is my favourite display. Thanks for the photos.

 

[Panda]

Sweet maybe a few Voltigeurs out front Worrying thing for me is if you have this many and only 500 being made I better pull my credit card out of the drawer quickly before they are all gone.


Very Nice collection, please update the forum as your collection develops, First Legion certainly lead the field in the realism department.

 

[oberstoskar]

Is it true that a mounted colonel will place himself in such a high profile (vulnerable) position during battle?

 

[Spitfrnd]

Is it true that a mounted colonel will place himself in such a high profile (vulnerable) position during battle?

From the accounts I have read, yes. Officers were expected to lead from the front and the casualties among officers were generally quite proportionally higher than among the ranks. Of course it also depends greatly on the range; if facing only muskets, he was likely pretty safe until they were within 30 paces or less. Napoleonic musket accuracy was extremely poor, with battle accuracy estimates running from 3 to .01%. Yes that's right, one hit per 1000 rounds. Most armies did not even practice live firing. The British did and were more often at or near the top of the range but even then the odds were poor until you literally could see the whites of their eyes.

 

[DMNamiot]

That was a really really great display!

Looking forward to seeing future developments

Dave

 

[Fusilier]

From the accounts I have read, yes. Officers were expected to lead from the front and the casualties among officers were generally quite proportionally higher than among the ranks.

Spitfrnd is absolutley correct. In Adkin's book 'Waterloo', he decribes casualties of general officers as being above 40% for both the French and Anglo-Allied armies. The actual number he provides on page 75 are:

French: 6 killed, 32 wounded out of 90 (42% casualties)
Anglo-Allied: 3 killed, 10 wounded out of 28 (46% casualites)

I would think, based on this, that the casualites for other officers, such as the regimental colonels would be the same, if not more.

Noah

 

[petebuster1]

Spitfrnd is absolutley correct. In Adkin's book 'Waterloo', he decribes casualties of general officers as being above 40% for both the French and Anglo-Allied armies. The actual number he provides on page 75 are:

French: 6 killed, 32 wounded out of 90 (42% casualties)
Anglo-Allied: 3 killed, 10 wounded out of 28 (46% casualites)

I would think, based on this, that the casualites for other officers, such as the regimental colonels would be the same, if not more.

Noah

Even Napoleon was known to lead from the front even though moved off before the major action and wellington was amongst the squares.Unlike the many (not all) stuck up cowards of ww1(who just sent silly orders for others to be killed while safe 20 miles away,) the stuck up of the Nap periods in most cases were a lot braver and put themselves in very risky positions.