I need to start William's cavalry off.

From Sapherson and Grant I've worked out the regts, uniforms, no of men and then translated that into BLB terms of how many squadrons/ half squadrons each.

It seems clear that a number of regiments- usually 3-4- need merged together to make squadrons.


I have 2 Qs to my esteemed colleagues out there.
1. Aesthetically, should I aim to put like colour of uniforms together or should I aim for a bit of variety?

2. Also, would I be better keeping the Garde de Corps separate as a troop or squadron- would their morale or training be higher than the other regts?

Many thanks,
Mark

Before painting any Dutch figures I think you should take a look at the new CD on the Dutch Army by Robert Hall et al. The info there is much more up to date than either Sapherson or Grant. I am having to repaint to some extent almost all of my Dutch cavalry and infantry.

Hi Mark,

What I did was use a actual orbat for Blenheim which told me how many squadrons were in each regiment of Horse or Dragoons and times this by six figures i.e. Cadogan's Horse are just a single squadron therefore six figures where as Lumley's Horse had three squadrons therefore eighteen figures.
This is how I read Mike McNally's orbat in his Osprey Campaign on the Boyne.
Regiments of Horse.
Gardes te Paard - 145 = 1 Squadron.
Lord Portland's - 357 = 3 Squadrons.
Monopvilan's - 171 = 1 Squadron.
Ginkel's - 152 = 1 Squadron.
Scholk's - 167 = 1 Squadron.
Van Oyen's - 164 = 1 Squadron.
Reideffel's - 174 = 1 Squadron.
Rancour's - 178 = 1 Squadron.
Nyenburg's - 175 = 1 Squadron.

Regiment of Dragoon.
Eppinger's - 621 = 6 Squadrons.

Hope that is of some help,

Ray.

Eppinger's dragoons only had five squadrons

Factually perhaps, but we are not talking about actual squadrons more of how to model them under BLB2 & given that squadrons varied quite a bit in size in actuality its not as easy as it might be to convert squadrons on a one for one basis.

A very similar issue came up on the recent Masion du Roi thread.

Ginger

Hi Simon & Ginger,

I'm sure I read somewhere that it was six squadrons for Eppingers Dragoon's, but I could be wrong...it wouldn't be the first time.

Ginger, I'm not sure what your trying to get at?
Under the BLB2 rules, page 5 it states that it's six figures per squadron, but it also states that the figure to man ratio is 1:40 and therefore a squadron equates to 240 real men.
Barry has mentioned in the past that this is actually a double squadron, but I personally perfer the ratio 1:20 and 120 men to a squadron.
Anyway it makes no differance as it's the number of bases and on page 12, it tells you to base your figures 2 or 3 to a base, therefore a squadron equals 4 to 6 figures.
If you wanted to you could use actual battle or campaign strengths and divide them by either ratio to find the figure strength and have what I would call spares.
Therefore you would have your squadron of two bases, but also one or two figures based as spares to take off as casualties before having to take a base off.

Just a idea

Ray.

Thanks for the advice so far. I'm happy with the OB and the number of figures/bases required it's really the uniform colours concerns me and whether there were established brigades I should be adhering to.
Is there somewhere in the UK sells this Robert Hall book so I can avoid paying in dollars?

Mark

Ah! Yes!
I can solve my problem by having 2 figures to a troop for smaller rgts.

Thanks all!
Mark

You can buy the CD version here:
https://www.baccus6mm.com/index.php?content=products/publications&detail=publications

That's good to know. Thanks, Ray.

Mark