Sunday, May 24, 2015

Mustering Forces for Waterloo - Part 5 - The Prussians

Originally my Waterloo project was just going to be Plancenoit as I knew I had the troops for it (just about).  While I still need to revisit the Plancenoit scenario, the Prussians are now headed for Waterloo.

I have probably been a bit chauvinistic in my utilisation of Mark Adkin's The Waterloo Companion, but the order of battle and maps are just what I was looking for.  I did the Prussian OOB first and may have done somethings different after I did the French and Allies, but really only one unit is over size.  I did drop one of the batteries from IV Corps and went with a 6# horse artillery for another after agonizing over the artillery for von Bulow's corps.  What persuaded me to deviate from Adkin was this site and Prussian OOB: http://web.archive.org/web/20120717034255/http://www.napoleonic-literature.com/Waterloo_OB/Prussian.htm

On to the pictures which, with all units labelled, should be fairly easy to see, especially if you click on the pictures to bring them up to full size.

IV Corps

I and II Corps
These are just the troops that historically made it to Waterloo.  Given the conditions and timing they were lucky to do so.

With the exception of one unit (thanks Myron!) all these figures are mine.  I've even painted them all except for one unit of uhlan which were originally by DPS (and Myron's unit of course).

The figures are Old Glory, Essex, ABs, Battle Honors and unknown (Myron's).

8 comments:

  1. your units/corps look great!

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    1. Thanks Phil, I only hope they get to see action on the day. I'm looking carefully at the arrival times.

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  2. Great to seem them all gathered ready for action, still need to label all mine up

    Ian

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    1. I'm pretty happy with these new labels. I'm hoping they will be subtle but still practical. They are a bit over size, but can be read from a distance and also flip up so less of a hassle when piling troops into action.

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  3. Agreed! Inspiring and impressive. The Prussians are too often overlooked in this campaign. Extremely colorful as far as uniforms and flags go albeit in a subdued way.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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    1. Thanks. I'm missing the more interesting reserve regiments, and of course Waterloo is missing the grenadiers and heavy cavalry.

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