Thursday 21 December 2023

The Last of the French Reserve Artillery

So the French artillery is finished. With these two batteries, Captain Petelle's 10/5e batterie de 4 and  Captain Calemard du Genestoux's 6/15e batterie de 4 the 2nd Corpe reserve artillery is completed.



All six batteries of the reserve, the light field batteries on the left, the horse batteries in the centre and the heavies on the right

What does the entire artillery complement of the 2nd Cotps look like...well...

The reserve on the left then to the right the guns of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions


14 comments:

  1. Outstanding! I love the variety in your crew poses and positioning.

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    1. Thank you Jonathan. There is certainly the opportunity to get a broad range of poses.

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  2. What a great looking gun line there Mark:)!

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    1. Thanks Steve. It certainly makes an impression when layed out like. That. Hopefully it makes an impression on the Prussians when gaming starts!

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  3. Absolutly superb, cracking job!!

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  4. Considerable throw weight there! Very impressive in numbers and detail. It was fun to watch your build. Now on to battles?

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    1. Certainly is considerable...384kg from my calculation, compared to 436kg for a Prussian corps. No dates set for games yet.

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  5. An impressive gun-line Mark, all beautifully done. Have you got a date in mind for a big game for your FPW collection next year?

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    1. The date for games can't really be set until the commander figures are done. Hopefully they will come earlier rather than later next year.

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  6. That is a lot of guns Mark, but I am picking they are still dwarfed by the bloody Prussians!

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    1. Not to great a difference...12 French field batteries to 14 Prussian.

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  7. That is certainly an intimidating sight Mark…
    All the best. Aly

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    1. If the history of our FPW games is anything to go by that intimidation will end when the first die is rolled...

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