Please Sir, Can I Have Some More?

[ulysisgrunt]

Approaching this forum, I often feel Like Oliver, begging for a dew more scraps.....

"Please sir, I'm about to paint 18mm Prussians, and would like how many to do for a maneuver unit."
Danny Weitz
West Windsor New Jersey

[BrettPT]

Hi there

I am a playtester but I don't believe I am breaching any confidentialty requirements by saying that, with 18mm figures, I have been putting 6 to a base (3 for cavalry) which works perfectly. With my older (true 15mm) figures I have gone for 8 infantry per base, which (just) fits on a 40mm x 30mm base.

Therefore (at 6 per base) an infantry unit would be either 24 or 36 figures, cavalry either 12 or 18 figures. There is a thread under 'base sizes' that gives a little more info.

Cheers
Brett

[ulysisgrunt]

Many Thanks for you kind information; thus a foot unit would have greater depth here than in Fog_R(6 bases of 40mm x 30mm as compared to 6 bases of 40mm x 20mm?

[BrettPT]

Hi Danny

Yes, both infantry and cavalry use the same size base (40mm x 30mm for 15mm - the same as FoGA cavalry bases). Infantry are glued onto a base 2 ranks deep, cavalry one rank on deep on each base.

You would field units of either 4 bases, or 6 bases.

Cheers
Brett

[atatnet]

What about the basing for artillery, both limbered and unlimbered?
And how are skirmishers based? (If they are represented at all.)

Thanks in advance.

[BrettPT]

Terry Shaw has posted on this under 'base sizes', (most) 15mm artillery are on 40mm x 30mm as well (1 model gun per base), although 'depth is less important' so it may need to be deeper to fit the model on.

I'm pretty conscious of the confidentiality obligations so would prefer not to say anymore than Terry has already disclosed, so you might need to wait until the rules are published to get an answer to your skirmisher question.

-sorry

Cheers
Brett

[atatnet]

OK, thanks very much.