Basing questions

[pptheos]

This is for 15mm miniatures:
1. How do you distinguish a unit of light infantry (e.g. british rifles) in extended line formation vs. the same unit in skirmish formation? In my British Army I have my Line infantry units based 8 per base and my Light Infantry units (rifles)based 6 per base. Do I have to own and paint twice as much Light Infantry units, based 3 per base in order to substitute them when they are in skirmish formation?

2. Is it all right to indicate attachments with markers? I have a lot of single-figure bases (e.g. based on a small coin) that I could use for skirmisher attachment or officer attachment. I kind of prefere the looks of a solid block (or line) of Line infantry with a few skirmishes infront.

3. What are the alternatives for depicting an officer attachment on a standard base (40x30 mm)?
- A mounted infantry officer alone?
- A mounted infantry officer with some infantrymen? how many?
Same question for the officer attachments in cavalry units. How many figures?

4. A brigate commander is represented differntly than an officer attached to a unit?

[Chasseur]

Hi,

2. I like to use WYSIWYG but I am sure you can use markers, as long as you make it clear to your opponent and the markers will be obvious in a game. Avoid something like "the red and white striped markers represent a skirmisher attachment, whereas the white and red striped markers represent an artillery attachment"

3. Up to you what you want to do, but again it needs to be explained and obvious to your opponent. I am experimenting with an officer with a couple of infantry figures either side of him towards the back of the base (back rank). Even just adding one inf either side looks less spartan.

4. An officer attachment IS a Brigade Commander. They are the same thing.

Cheers,
John Shaw

[pptheos]

Thanks a lot.

What about the difference (in terms of basing) between Light Infantry in extended line formation and Light Infantry in skirmish formation ?

[Astronomican]

Light Infantry should have half of their bases represented by open order bases. When in Skirmish formation, all the bases in a Light Infantry unit should be represented as open order. See page 84,"Light Infantry".

If you can't represent a Light Infantry unit in Skirmish formation, just place a "skirmish" marker next to them when they adopt a Skirmish formation.


Jimi

[MikeHorah]

This is for 15mm miniatures:
3. What are the alternatives for depicting an officer attachment on a standard base (40x30 mm)?
- A mounted infantry officer alone?
- A mounted infantry officer with some infantrymen? how many?
Same question for the officer attachments in cavalry units. How many figures?

4. A brigate commander is represented differntly than an officer attached to a unit?

I use 25mm - so read across to 15mm. I have been using a mix of a single officer on a standard base or where I have them, an infantry command stand with a mounted officer as like many people I have many battalion sized units modelled that way. So my units without officer attachments then are just infantry stands . If the officer is lost I just replace that stand with a pure infantry stand ( unless the unit is spent). I have progessively based new generals onto standard 40x30 bases and some that needed rebasing anyway - while keeping enough on larger ( square deeper) bases so that Division and Corps comamnders are clearly distinguishable. But I do have an very large collection of 25mm Napoleonics ( Grand Manner based) which gives me lots of choices.

A brigade commander and an officer attachment are the same thing. An officer attachment models a brigade commander ie sub divisional level.

Coins don't really work for 25mm ADCs!

[Chasseur]

Hi,

Coins don't really work for 25mm ADCs!

Unbless you try Austrlian 50 cent coins which are 12-sided and ~32mm across (flat-to-flat)

Cheers,
John Shaw

[CLAVDIVS]

The two units with dice behind them are Light Infantry units

[CLAVDIVS]

the infantry unit on the left hand side of this photo is in Skirmish order