clive
Lance Corporal
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Post by clive on Jun 2, 2023 8:10:42 GMT
I'm just starting an ACW project in 54mm.
How many figures in a unit do people recommend, infantry and cavalry?
I'm trying to find a compromise between units that look like a real battlefield formation, but don't fill the tabletop. I usualy play on an 8x5 table.
Any thoughts welcome.
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Post by davel on Jun 2, 2023 11:49:58 GMT
Hi Clive. I only do Ancients and ECW and SYW.
For Ancients I gave 8 infantry abd 4 cavalry in a unit.
For ECW and SYW I have 12 infantry and 6 cavalry I a unit.
Both might sound small but they look fine on the table -- my table is 10' x 5"
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Post by zuludon on Jun 2, 2023 14:28:57 GMT
I use 4 stands with 3 miniatures per stand. I attached a few photos of my Fenian Invasion game which pitted my Ragged Rebs against individually based Canadian Militia.
Nick Stern
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Post by briancarrick on Jun 2, 2023 15:18:17 GMT
I started out with units of 20 (2 battalions of 10)+ officer and NCO (standard) but found these a bit unwieldy on a table 6x10. Mounted were 8, 5 troopers + officer, standard and bugler.
I'm now standardising across all periods on 12 foot and 6 mounted,aiming for armies of 120 figures, 8 foot units (total 96 figs), 2 mounted (12 figs), 2 guns (4 crew for each = 8) plus 4 Command. This seems to make a good composite army and the painting isn't too onerous.
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Post by 79thpa on Jun 2, 2023 15:20:23 GMT
12 infantry and 6 cav should work fine. If you want to have more figures, do two ranks of 12.
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clive
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Post by clive on Jun 4, 2023 11:54:31 GMT
Thanks all for your replies, sounds like 12 infantry per base is the way to go. I like the slightly irregular away you have based yours, Nick, which gives the formations more depth even though they are actually one on rank deep. That works well. Some of those figures look like the Call to Arms Confederates that I am painting up at the moment.
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Post by macscrooge on Jun 4, 2023 15:19:53 GMT
Depends what you’re trying to achieve. Size of playing area etc. For most pre-20thC stuff I’ve settled on 12 infantry or 6 cavalry. It’s manageable and has the right ‘look’.
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Post by acough2001 on Jun 5, 2023 22:45:00 GMT
I have used eight infantry, four cavalry with my Napoleonic troops. Gun crews range from two (battalion guns, very rare), three for light 6 pdrs., four for medium 8/9 pdrs., and five for heavy 12's and up. That also indicates the number of dice the gun has when firing.
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Post by Mike Blake on Jun 20, 2023 11:58:39 GMT
I mount on 40mm single round washers and then on mdf movement trays. That way the figures can be used for 1:1 skirmish as singles AND in any size of unit called for by the rules...
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Post by Quantrilltoy on Jun 25, 2023 21:26:42 GMT
I'm just starting an ACW project in 54mm. How many figures in a unit do people recommend, infantry and cavalry? I'm trying to find a compromise between units that look like a real battlefield formation, but don't fill the tabletop. I usualy play on an 8x5 table. Any thoughts welcome. My infantry units are 24 and my cavalry 12 but other people are happy to have units half that strong. Unless I am doing skirmish games I find the latter looks too small. |
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