tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post5502631961939206543..comments2024-03-01T01:36:41.620+13:00Comments on The Hinton Spieler.: Looking at LandwehrWellington Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-47064956353971921202015-02-13T23:21:30.823+13:002015-02-13T23:21:30.823+13:00I had those Airfix landwehr too, which put me in f...I had those Airfix landwehr too, which put me in fear of this lot as I painted them dreadfully badly.Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-40007000656586498322015-02-10T11:09:36.187+13:002015-02-10T11:09:36.187+13:00Excellent looking figure. I must admit to having a...Excellent looking figure. I must admit to having a soft spot for the landwehr - takes me back to the old Airfix days! Personally i would go for uniformity - the old school look demands it!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751744958434403184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-1091271098865856962015-02-09T03:18:09.011+13:002015-02-09T03:18:09.011+13:00It does and there is also the problem that there a...It does and there is also the problem that there are only three positions of figure and that the clothing and accoutrements are all the same.nThere was, after all, only one original dolly. That means that the only difference would be the colours, rather than the pisition if hat, coat length, knapsack type and way of slinging it, type of waterbottle, etc. <br />So uniformity is the safe convention.<br />Roylewisgunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935143236897047636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-15469192238422546582015-02-08T10:50:53.502+13:002015-02-08T10:50:53.502+13:00Yes, the musket bands were a bit of a conundrum. I...Yes, the musket bands were a bit of a conundrum. I agree that steel banding would probably be much more appropriate, particularly for landwehr. I'll give it a go.<br /><br />The other big question is whether or not to vary the colour schemes within each battalion. I'm really torn about this. Uniformity seems more 'Old School' somehow!Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-23912086100147320282015-02-08T10:20:01.483+13:002015-02-08T10:20:01.483+13:00Landwehr wore very disparate equipment, scrounging...Landwehr wore very disparate equipment, scrounging whatever they could. Some kit was made lcally, some was captured stuff, some being acquired when French fortesses were taken together with magazines of stores so it might well be accurate to have a variety of bags and packs. Quite few must have stored their stuff in their blanket roll.<br />Trousers will have varied in colour too and foats would vary from almost black to washed out denum as they were not supplued to central standards. The only item one could take issue with is the musket having brass bands around the barrel. It is a common wargamers conceit much like having silver or brass buttons on gaiters. A brass banded musket might be OK for a guard unit or a Voltigeur company or a presentation puece, but the vast majority of the rank and file had steel bands to hold musket to stock. Still its a wargamey thing to do them in brass.lewisgunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935143236897047636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-25248137502356111762015-02-08T03:37:23.906+13:002015-02-08T03:37:23.906+13:00Really nice - the knapsack looks fine to me!Really nice - the knapsack looks fine to me!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.com