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Title: For the real 18th century thing!
Post by: marco_snijder on August 12, 2010, 10:35:01 PM: Hello!

This time I collected all of my British soldiers and tried to reconstruct a authentic battalion in line formation!

Usually, back then, a British battalion consisted of 10 companies of 100 men, including one grenadier company and one company of light infantry (Duncas' manual: Principles of Military Movements, 1788).

Depicted below is what I could come up with:

A company = 18 soldiers, 2 sergeants, 2 officers (captain & Lieutenant)

On the left: a Grenadier company
Then: 2 companies of regulars
Then: the colour-party (5 sergeants, 2 ensigns & an officer)
then: 2 companies of regulars & a company of light infantry

The colonel rides up front, the Lieutenant-colonel behind the colour-party & behind the drummers / musicians, the Staff officers.
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Post by: marco_snijder on August 12, 2010, 10:37:21 PM: Here a nice picture from the side!
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Post by: marco_snijder on August 12, 2010, 10:38:22 PM: And an other.....
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Post by: baden-wurttemberg on August 13, 2010, 12:28:37 AM: Fantastic marco_snijder!!! Truly fantastic! Excellent job! :)

Baden ;D
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Post by: Richard on August 13, 2010, 05:51:17 AM: Your Grenadier and Highlander are excellent !!!

Would you please take a close up photo and tell us how they were made?

Thank you.

see attachment
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Post by: Justindo on August 14, 2010, 02:20:44 AM: That's a nice regiment, Marco. Thanks for sharing it with us! :) Some close up pictures would be welcome too.
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Post by: AndrewL on August 14, 2010, 09:44:04 AM: Hi Marco,

Very nice pictures! Like Richard (and others), I would love to see some close-ups of your troops, especially the highlanders and grenadiers. But the sight of the whole regiment turned out in full battle order is quite impressive!

A question: would the light infantry company perhaps have been deployed in front of the regimental line, in open, 'skirmishing' order? Or was doing that an innovation of the early 19th century?

Cheers,

AndrewL
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Post by: WarriorOfToys on August 16, 2010, 07:28:42 PM: Really wonderful troops Marco! :o ;D
I too wanna see close ups! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: marco_snijder on August 16, 2010, 07:39:00 PM: Will do, WILL DO! guys

But the only thing is time!..... I'll be in prague coming weekend so after that ill have time for some serious photographing (in daylight!)

I also finished my two French regiments (ancien-regime) in AWI style!! nl.: Reg. du Navarre & Reg. du Normandy, I will also post some pics of those here when the time comes!
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Post by: henry_martini on August 18, 2010, 11:08:49 AM: I am eager to see them in their full glory too. But patient.

Very impressive and so 18th century.

H_M
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Post by: marco_snijder on September 23, 2010, 10:25:28 AM: the grenadier mitres are made of tsjako's, cut to shape & filled with miliput!
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Post by: marco_snijder on September 23, 2010, 10:28:13 AM: Now the French regiments!

First Regiment du Navarre!

2nd pic is lay out of Captain
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Post by: marco_snijder on September 23, 2010, 10:29:26 AM: The dummer & the two ensigns carrying the generals flag (white) and regimental flag.
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Post by: marco_snijder on September 23, 2010, 10:30:40 AM: The lay out of the sergeant, this one from the Grenadier company du Navarre.
2nd the Colonel of the Regiment
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Post by: marco_snijder on September 23, 2010, 10:31:29 AM: The Grenadiers du regiment du Navarre!
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Post by: marco_snijder on September 23, 2010, 10:32:31 AM: Now: Regiment du Normandy

2nd pic is the lay out of the Captains
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Post by: marco_snijder on September 23, 2010, 10:33:42 AM: The drummer and the two ensigns carrying the generals flag (white) and regimantal flag.
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Post by: marco_snijder on September 23, 2010, 10:34:36 AM: Now the lay out of the sergeants & the colonel of the Regiment:
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Post by: WarriorOfToys on September 23, 2010, 03:00:17 PM: WOW!!! THESE ARE AMAZING!!!
Great job Marco! :o :o :o
They look so real, and the uniforms are great!
Perfect for the period you are working on. :)
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Post by: Justindo on September 24, 2010, 07:19:57 AM: I really like the sharper, closer photos, Marco. :)
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Post by: Dan on September 24, 2010, 08:28:53 PM: I can never get grenadiers' mitres to look right! Never thought of using the shako and filling it with miliput - brilliant!