League Of Augsburg - Fighting Talk

Do you paint artillery limbers and use them(on the table) in your games?

All comments/opinions welcome.

Terry

Nope!
Maybe i should but,i've limited time to paint so most of my energy goes into cannon and crew. In fact i dont think i've ever bought one!

Yes!

I do, but they're usually one of the last things I buy and to paint up. I think other things are more important, but it depends on the scenarioes you want to play and more importantly how much pocket money you've got to spend.

I think adding limbers, wagons, baggage train etc all help with the visual effect of a game. They can also be useful for scenarios.

I've just finished painting an French Old Guard hospital wagon which was a nice change from the normal and adds a bit of colour.

Yes,
all those extra's give a nicer presentation. Although at a home wargame we don't always use them, when we give a demo we always have a lot of extra's (limbers, wagons, medical post etc etc on the table).

My views on the subject are I think well known
I am currently in the middle of building a new artillery park for my Grand Alliance guns. Since the collection has had a major makeover and the 'dead ground behind the battery' rule has found its way into BLB2 I thought I better get moving on making up those behind the guns bases!

I do allways complete batteries, including guns carriges, train wagons and in case of my horse artillery even riding Artillerymen. This goes for full grown Batteries and Regimental guns too. You will see in the near future
Thats a a lot of guns and wagons to be made, now and in the future, for my Saxon Army approx. 54 gun models. I want to do them as complete as possible! Even if someone thinks I m mad.
Following in the style how Barry makes his Artillery.

I have limbers, caissons, marching foot gunners and riding horse gunners for my Prussians - thank you Calpe Miniatures - but I haven't painted any yet. Still amassing actual fighting figures at an excruciatingly slow rate.

I wont have one limber per gun though.

Salute
von Peter himself

Wargaming is a visual hobby and having all the limbers etc behind the guns just adds to the visual look and historically they limited movement behind armies. Instead of looking painting these as a chore I personally look on doing these as a treat instead of masses of troops.

Cheers
Dave

I always try to include limbers as I feel they then give a feel as to the depth the a battery of guns actually took up. Look no further than the Waterloo Companion book and see the depth of the Grand battery at that battle.
Pics below of my French Revolutionary horse artillery, figs fro Old Glory Nap in Egypt range.


Dave.

Very nice pics. Are the limbers Old Glory?

Terry

Yes Terry, the limbers are bog standard Old Glory Napoleonic with head swaps to change the drivers into horse artillery.
Dave.

I suppose I work on a limber /battery rather than per gun
I'm looking at getting more assorted wagons etc though to fill the battery footprint that I represent by a piece of textured neoprene cut to a 3 or 4 gun battery size