Ardoberg-Holstein

Ardoberg-Holstein

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Size does matter


The debut of the Ardozollern Curriasser regiment is the first step in an extensive reworking of the Electoral mounted arm. When I started building my army in the mid 1970s the infantry were Spencer Smith American War of Independence figures and the cavalry were the older Spencer Smith figures familiar to all from the Charles Grant book. The infantry in terms of size and design have held up reasonably well but the cavalry, while charming, are undersized, especially compared to the mighty Stadden horses fielded by my bellicose neighbor, San Maurice. My army includes 8 regiments of Spencer Smith horse, and I've decided to phase them into semi retirement over the next year or so. They will be replaced by the excellent plastic 1/56" scale cavalry that are coming on to the market. Each of the existing Spencer Smith regiments will become the 3rd and 4th squadrons (reserve) of that regiment and the active 1st and 2nd squadrons will be the newer, more appropriately sized figures. Most of these replacements will be the Wargames Factory figures that are still a few months away from availability. The curriasser regiment shown here is a Perry Miniatures Napoleonic French heavy cavalry set with the helmets replaced by Wargames Factory tricornes.

5 comments:

  1. Well done. His Majesty de St. Maurice salutes yet another inconsequential, but good looking, adversary.

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  2. Reich Duke Wilhelm von Beerstein just found your site and was greatly inspired. He has ordered the College of Honors to invest Elector Fredrich Willhelm into the Ancient and Honorable Order of the Tankard. Best regards...

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  3. The Elector is humbled in receipt of this prestigious Order, and will strive to live up to the high standards established by those who live by the Tankard.

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  4. Nice looking conversions, been thinking along similar lines myself

    -- Allan

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  5. The new plastic sets coming out are ideal for converting and customizing. I made a Spartacus slave revolt army by mixing Roman and Numidian heads, bodies, shields and weapons from Wargames Factory. They look like escaped slaves who armed themselves from the wreckage of a stricken field.

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