This time of year is always really quiet on the work front for me (people just don't want new flooring fitted this time of year!) so spending money on my hobby is just not the thing to do. However, having this time on my hands is allowing me to get cracking on starting my planned projects and first up is my Volley & Bayonet project. Like most gamers I still have a large pile of unpainted figures to go at so at least I don't need to splash any cash on any figures I may need.... for now anyway.
As my already painted figures are based and owing to the fact that I've not tried V&B yet I decided to cut simple MDF sabot bases for the figures to sit on.
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1st Austrian Division
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I've obviously yet to paint and label the bases but hey, it's a start. I've actually cut my sabots slightly bigger that the 3" (75mm) recommended in the rules and I settled on my bases being 90mm square. This was simply a matter of taste as it allowed me to fit either 12 x 1/72nd infantry figures or 4 x cavalry figures on each base without it looking too crowded while still leaving enough room for unit labels, disorder, rout markers etc. As far as I'm aware it won't make the slightest difference to the actual game .... Though I'm sure their are seasoned V&B players choking on their pipes as they read this heresy.
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Austrian Light Cavalry Division
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1st Russian Division (still requiring artillery!) and a Russian Heavy cavalry Division (still requiring a Divisional Commander)
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Well that's the sabots cut for my Russian and Austrian forces ... Still have the French to do yet but at least it's a start to the project. It's also shown me what other figures I need to paint up, namely Russian artillery. I plan on expanding the Russian forces by at least one more V&B 'Division' (same for the French though I may paint up a French Allied Division just to break things up a little)
Anyway, onwards and upwards....
