Rebasing and a new unit - IR 3 Anhalt

 Here's the old look (right click on pictutre to enlarge):

Every figure on 20 x 20 mm metal bases, unit of 28 Figures

The new basing is tighter - 15mm x 20 mm and has a much more "shoulder to shoulder"-look. It uses multiple figures on most of the bases. The inspiration came from Charles S. Grant's "The War Game Rules" (2012), whose basing I copied.

I also added a new unit. Prussian IR 3 Anhalt. Currently 19 figures strong with 9 Fusiliers of IR 41 added to bring it to 28. Here they are, side by side with their respective Regimantal Commanders on horseback:

IR 41 on the left, IR 3 on the right, 28 figures each

 

Close-up photo of IR 3 with GMB flag

 Now on to rebasing the Austrians ...

Test: New basing

 

 Base: MDF, 40 x 40 mm, 2mm thick, 0.5  mm magnets
Figures:  metal bases, 1/2" x 3/4"

 

 

 The usual "Battalion"-look (with 2 bases missing)

 A more "tighter" look à la Charge! or The Wargame

 

These guys do not seem to carry much "base" around ...

 

Comparison: current basing, each
figure on a metal base 20 x 20mm

The Elector's infantry (40 men, 3 officers) is now complete.
Now they have to pass muster !

Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 3 and basing variant

Musketeers of IR 3 Anhalt-Dessau

Wargames Foundry miniatures glued to 1/2" x 3/4" metal bases instead of the 3/4" x 3/4" (2cm x 2cm) ones I normally use.

I do like the tighter look. And - of course - I dream of arranging them like this later on:

Charge! Plate XIII. Erbprinz regiment advancing in line.

 

Basing

Austrian Infanterie-Regiment Salm-Salm (Nr. 14). All miniatures Front Rank. Flag hand-made (and purposely oversized).

Each figure is mounted on a square steel base, 20x20mm. The larger 40x40mm wooden base (laser-cut, 3mm thick, manufactured by Litko) has self-adhesive magnetic sheeting attached to it and can act as a movement tray for four figures.

By using this system, I have the option to use the figures for skirmish games for which individualy based figures are the norm. I can also use larger movement trays then the 40x40mm ones I use now, if the need should arise.

Litko also offers movement trays for tightly packed figures on round bases by now. They are called 'Rank Trays' and are listed under the heading 'Jim's Product Lab' (they also offer 'Skirmish Trays', but on these trays, the figures are not grouped as closely together as on the rank trays). I haven't tried this system but it may well be that the transition between the edge of the tray and the base of the individual figure might be a problem, especially if you plan to use thin round bases (washers) for your figures. But as i said, I haven't tried it or seen them with my own eyes, so they might as well be a good alternative.