I would agree that they are not the best figures available for the WSS, Front Rank are much better but the price is good at $19.99/£15 for 36 figures. My understanding is that there is not too much construction required as two thirds of the figures only require the heads glueing on. Hopefully they'l...

No problem Ray, I was just going by Barry's description of bullets including all dragoons except Swedish and thought I'd read somewhere about the dragoons horses being cheaper than the regiments of Horse mounts so assumed they would be smaller etc.
Best wishes, Simon

Ray, I agree with you about the tactics but I would still class the British dragoons as bullets because their horses would have been inferior to those ridden by the horse regiments, best wishes, Simon

I'm I right in classing these as "Drilled" and as I was unsure wether to class them as "Bullet or Blade", I went ahead and purchased a few figures firing pistols or carrying carbine's in their hand's for the 1st and 2nd ranks. Ray, my understanding would be that they would be classed as "bullet" si...

Sounds interesting, I've got R2E and have just had a read of the melee system, using it in BLB would a combat group still be four figures?

I'm currently busy painting up units of Front Rank figures for the WSS so just to check, have the unit and base sizes remained the same?

Barry,
Many thanks for your reply, I like the idea of the blades and bullets definition.

Reading the Austrian Cuirassier rules it sounds like combat is dealt with differently in BLB2?

Just wondering about Allied cavalry and the 4,5,6 score required to cause a casualty during the WSS period. Should this apply to all the Allied cavalry or only some nations? As I understand it, during the WSS the Dutch and British used a more aggressive tactic in the charge whereas the French relied...

Very nice they look too! The website says they should be available late May/Early June

hi Ray, thanks for the info, I went to the museum at caenarfon a couple of years ago, great castle My WSS project will be a solo set up so I need to do the allies too. Prefer the French though, lol. I'm enjoying doing a bit of reading and have nearly finished 2 squadrons of French dragoons. The gait...

Have been reading through this post, very interesting info and the painted units are very inspiring. As the other half is Welsh, I think I might have to do the 23rd foot for sure.

Hope this isn't opening a big can of worms but when did the British foot start wearing the gaiters?

Heres the link to the OOB that I found with the unit strengths for the French horse. Unfortuantely the source is only given as a copy of strategy and tactics magazine.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim_order_of_battle

Yes, it has been a long time coming. I understand their hoping for a summer release now though.

Think its gonna be a case of the more they sell the more we will see. Am I write in thinking that the cost issue with plastic figures is the mould?

My personal hope is that they are able to include heads in karpus, and pikes allowing for GNW troops Might be okay for the Russians but didn't the Swedes have turnbacks on the skirts of the coat? Shame because I wouldn't have minded doing the GNW. The picture keeps changing address as they make ame...

Will sort out the link to the oob but I'm using mobile at the moment and can't cut and paste. Ray, many thanks for the info. Is it worth joining the Pike and shot society if my main interest is the WSS? I have seen some of their books at shows, very nice but expensive I seem to recall. What interest...

Hi Ray, many thanks for your reply. Would be interesting to compare your numbers to the OOB I saw online. Silly's brigade looks quite interesting and is a good example of the very low numbers in some of the French cavalry regts, Simon Silly's Brigade Marquis de Silly Regiment de Orleans (three squad...