Name, Rank & Number???
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:36 pm
Hi all,
Barry has cast his R2E fishing line and I'm nibbling at the bait
Since Bob (toggy) mentioned he's thinking of doing Reille's Corps for Waterloo I've been thinking of doing Cooke's & Alten's Division's.
I need some help with battalion organisation though??? in the R2E rules it states the British battalion were of ten companies and that the size of the battalion was roughly 640 men strong.At the ratio of 20 men = 1 figure this gives us a 32 figure strong battalion or a 3.2 figure company.
As I'm thinking of basing 4 figures to a base would a single base of grenadiers & light infantry with the rest of the bases being the centre companies be correct i.e. (4 x grenadiers, 4 x light infantry and 24 line).
For the Guards of 2/1 & 3/1 numbers are roughly 800 men each which is spot on for the 10 company battalion of 4 figures to a company, but for the 2nd Coldstream Guards & 2/3 Foot Guards the numbers of men are 1,098 and 1,100 which again using the ratio of 20 to 1 gives me battalions of 52 figures each or 13 bases.
Would I be right in thinking 1 base of grenadiers, 1 base of light infantry and 11 bases of ordinary???
As to figures I’ve seen Perry’s & Victrix’s plastic’s and Perry’s & Front Rank’s metal’s, but are there anymore I could consider in 28mm???, because at the moment I’m leaning forward Perry’s plastic’s just because of the sheer amount of pose’s in one box.
Many Thanks,
Ray
Barry has cast his R2E fishing line and I'm nibbling at the bait
Since Bob (toggy) mentioned he's thinking of doing Reille's Corps for Waterloo I've been thinking of doing Cooke's & Alten's Division's.
I need some help with battalion organisation though??? in the R2E rules it states the British battalion were of ten companies and that the size of the battalion was roughly 640 men strong.At the ratio of 20 men = 1 figure this gives us a 32 figure strong battalion or a 3.2 figure company.
As I'm thinking of basing 4 figures to a base would a single base of grenadiers & light infantry with the rest of the bases being the centre companies be correct i.e. (4 x grenadiers, 4 x light infantry and 24 line).
For the Guards of 2/1 & 3/1 numbers are roughly 800 men each which is spot on for the 10 company battalion of 4 figures to a company, but for the 2nd Coldstream Guards & 2/3 Foot Guards the numbers of men are 1,098 and 1,100 which again using the ratio of 20 to 1 gives me battalions of 52 figures each or 13 bases.
Would I be right in thinking 1 base of grenadiers, 1 base of light infantry and 11 bases of ordinary???
As to figures I’ve seen Perry’s & Victrix’s plastic’s and Perry’s & Front Rank’s metal’s, but are there anymore I could consider in 28mm???, because at the moment I’m leaning forward Perry’s plastic’s just because of the sheer amount of pose’s in one box.
Many Thanks,
Ray