TOPIC: elite/lline infantry |
Standard User Posts: 137 mangemani 4th Jun 2017 09:16:24 what exactly is the difference between the napoleonic french elite and line infantry? i've been zooming in and out, tried to find something that seperate them, but no, cant find any, but maybe its me who dont spot the difference, same for the flank companies from the waterloo british infantry. please explain the difference:) |
Standard User Posts: 426 njt236 4th Jun 2017 10:18:08 French Line infantry have pom-poms on the shako, elite have plumes. Short ones after 1812. British flank companies have swallows nest wing epaulettes on each shoulder Through the travail of the ages Midst the pomp and toil of war Have I fought and strove and perished Countless times upon this star. G S Patton |
Standard User Posts: 137 mangemani 4th Jun 2017 10:45:36 oh yeah, now that you mention it, now i see it, but damn, the pom-poms/plumes and the swallows are so small, can someone really tell the difference between rlite and line in 6mm? i mean, if i buy a bunch of line infantry and paint some of them as elite infantry, can you really tell any difference? |
Yes and no. You can tell by the flashes of additional colour and the plumes. You can paint them on and they will look fine (presuming you don't care about the actual plumes, but they weren't always worn anyway), but the advantage of using the actual "elite" infantry castings is that because the detail is raised, then painting them is much easier, that's all. |
Administrator Posts: 892 peter 6th Jun 2017 09:19:51 French elites also have the extra cross belt supporting the sabrebiquet on the left hip. I have plans. I am dangerous when I have plans... |
Standard User Posts: 137 mangemani 6th Jun 2017 01:27:20 hmm, maybe there is a point in ordering a bunch of elites to then. ok, thank you guys for clearing it up:) |
Standard User Posts: 137 mangemani 12th Jun 2017 11:08:04 i just noticed that i got 6 packs of elite infantry and 3 packs of line infantry in my order, my order was the other way around. not the biggest harm done, i simply paint the elites as line, but i just wanted to mention it:) |
Standard User Posts: 137 mangemani 26th Jul 2018 01:51:34 recieved my order today and i was surprisingly glad. the french 1815 elite infantry has got an entirely new look, these new ones are fantastic, excellent, this is how they should have looked from the begining. sadly i have already painted half of the french amy with the old ones, but maybe i can sneak these new ones in unnoticed. |
If you have a bunch of them you can always paint them as bananas or grapes. A little goes a long way |
Standard User Posts: 137 mangemani 26th Jul 2018 10:20:40 i dont even know what you mean with "paint them as bananas or oranges", if you're just messing with me here or if it means something:P. but i got like 500-600 of the old elite infantry by now, and they are on bases and based and everything, so i cant really modify them=/
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