Hessen Kassel

Fire at Will · Post by **Fire at Will** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:16 pm

lovely Grenadiers.

Thanks for the info, I thought it might be the Robert Hall CD, shame it's so expensive.

Will

Fire at Will · Post by **Fire at Will** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:20 pm

Thanks for the inspiration here are my inferior versions made with the Zvezda GNW figures

I picked the regiment Anhalt, Erbprinz and Schopping

Still to do are the artillery and grenadiers.

Darkman · Post by **Darkman** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:08 pm

Hi Fire at Will, nothing wrong with those figures nor the painting.

Now for the Cavalry Brigade.

Spiegel

Erbach

Brigadier

That is it for now. Will put up some pictures of my Dutch Battalion soon.

Heneborn · Post by **Heneborn** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:30 pm

Oh snap!...so to speak...

Front Rank makes some really nice miniatures, and you make some really nice squadrons!

I'm still not convinced by the "dipping" method, but you and Clarence show some nice arguments for it...

Post by **barr7430** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:44 am

I have been very interested in this thread.. the Hesse Kassel stuff is really nice.. lovely basing too ....
A nice manageable army and great for an evening's gaming
Let's see the whole force together in a pic please..

Darkman · Post by **Darkman** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:16 pm

No sooner said than done

Fire at Will · Post by **Fire at Will** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:19 pm

Lovely looking army, I'm trying to keep up

Just finished the Hessian artillery, these are from the Zvezda Artillery of Peter the Great set

I also painted some up as Bavarian gunners

A nice set, but the figures are not up to Zvezda's normally high standards.

Churchill · Post by **Churchill** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:39 am

Hi Darkman & Fire at Will,

These are very impressive and a force to be reckoned with no doubt.
I do like Front Rank miniatures and I've heard there about to bring out some Danish for the WSS.
I'm about to start on another three British Regiments for Blenheim and these are Howe's 15th Regiment of Foot, Derby's 16th Regiment of Foot and Ingoldsby's 23rd Regiment of Foot (Welsh Fusiliers).
The latter has been a pain to find information on, even after e-mailing the Regiment museum at Caernarfon Castle.

Anyway keep up the good work....

Regards.....Ray.

Darkman · Post by **Darkman** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:19 pm

Oh just one thing I forgot to mention. The blue for the infantry is straight out of the can. It is the Army painter blue primer. Cut down on even more painting.

Post by **barr7430** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:41 pm

Both collections are really nice.. the Zvezda stuff looks great too.
Nice to see other Armies apart from British and French!

Churchill · Post by **Churchill** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:58 am

Hi Darkman,

As you own the Robert Hall Hessen Kassel CD and use Front Rank Miniatures I was wondering if you could suggest which figure I could use as a Erbprinz Dragoon circa 1704.

Thank you for any help.........Ray.

Darkman · Post by **Darkman** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:45 am

Hi Churchill
Sorry for late reply. The standard WSS dragoons will be fine for the Erbprinz Dragoon
http://www.frontrank.com/lev4_3_5_10_WSS_Cavalry.asp

These are the ones I intend to use for mine.

Now I have them I have to find time to paint them (have 3 battalions of Bavarians and some Cuirassiers to do first)

Churchill · Post by **Churchill** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:11 am

Hi again Darkman,

Here's another question for you, what size cavalry bases did you use for the Front Rank miniatures???
I'm thinking of using 60mm by 60mm, but I'd be interested on your thoughts on this.

Cheers.....Ray.

Darkman · Post by **Darkman** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:27 pm

Hi Churchill
All the bases I use are 60mm x 80mm.

For Rank firing and Artillery it is 60mm frontage 80mm deep

And for Platoon firing and Cavalry it is 80mm frontage and 60mm deep.

Front rank cavalry are approx 22mm boot to boot. This gives me a gap of about 15mm on the outside edge (see photos) this means that when squadrons are placed next to each other they have a space between them.
You could stagger them if you wanted to on a 60mm frontage. Or if you did not intend to have them in columns of half squadrons then you could have 5-6 figures on a 120mm x 60mm base.

We do this with our 15mm Napoleonic’s for General de Brigade. We have 2 bases with 2 companies on each. And then two half bases.

Hessen Kassel

Which Front Rank Miniature

Cavalry Bases