Who's that coming over the ridge, French? The Prussians!

[Fordo]

UPDATE: Prussian Landwehr Added, check the below for Pics.

I've kept you fellows waiting long enough (sadly not my doing) but here they are in their average (not as big as my French army) Prussians;

First up the Allied Commanders

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher..._commanders.jpg

From left to right; The Duke of Wellington, General Blucher, Czar Alexander I, and The Prince of Orange. (The background has a Wellington stunt double (In blue uniform) and Spanish officers.

Now to the Troops;

Prussian Musketeers

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher..._musketeers.jpg

Prussian Fusiliers

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...an_fusilier.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...n_fusilier1.jpg

Prussian Grenadiers

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher..._grenadiers.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...grenadiers1.jpg

and Prussian Jaegers

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...sian_jaeger.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...ian_jaeger1.jpg

Here's a couple full view shots form my computer desk, (Yes those are the new Indy sets in the background, and I do have an Arc Trooper desktop).

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...nArmy/full1.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...nArmy/full2.jpg

The Gallery when modded;

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=260000

And my Napoleonic Gallery;

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=259997

I'll be updating this post with a bunch of shots vs my French army soon as well.

UPDATE;

General picture of the Allied (Small British and Prussian) forces;

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher.../full_view3.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher.../full_view5.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher.../full_view6.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher.../full_view7.jpg

General picture of the small French contingent;

Commanders from left to right; Prince Józef Poniatowski, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Marshal Murat

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher..._commanders.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...full_view10.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...full_view11.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...full_view12.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...full_view13.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...full_view14.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher.../full_view4.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher.../full_view8.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher.../full_view9.jpg

And my little Napoleonic Supply box;

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/LewsTher...ic_supplies.jpg

(P.S. I Don't have all of my French or British forces at the moment (at parents house) so when I get them back I'll do more photo's but since Im going on Vacation soon it might take a little bit.)

Edited May 28, 2008 by Fordo

[BerndDasBrot]

nice!

(to be honest: at first I thought you meant "russians" )

[Bonaparte]

This is wonderful. It must be the biggest Prussian army existing in Lego format.

It's this kind of threads that keep me coming again and again to look at these pictures.

Keep building armies General Fordo! I love them!!!

[Asuka]

A marvelous work, impressive and charming. You really did a great job with all these uniforms, they all look very nice.... perhaps

your troops could need a little more variation with their faces, though.

[Fordo]

Thanks Bonaparte, Your armies keep me coming back here and are the reason I joined. Thanks Asuka, the reason I don't have that much variation (Only my Prussian Jaegers and Musketeer's have all different heads) is becuase I don't have enough different ones and the regular smilies and Rascus faces were cheap and at a store I was already ordering from. By this time next year I hope to have Prussian artillery and Calvary along with the beginnings of a Russian army. (may take a while for more infantry due to the cost and availability of shakos :( hopefully one of the custom lego venues makes Shakos so I can buy hundreds).

Edited May 25, 2008 by Fordo

[Mister Phes]

These armies look pretty good!

I think the thread could benefit with a resized picture or two in the first post though.

[Fordo]

I edited the first post and added Thumbnails, and I also forgot to mention for those who didn't know that these decals were made by Mosana so credit to him for these great decals.

[Mister Phes]

What's happened to Mosana lately - we haven't heard from him in a while?

[Fordo]

Yea I haven't seen him on in a while, must be decal'ed out after his amazing amount of great decals he created. Hopefully he'll come back soon and lend his history experience to the forum.

[woody64]

I like it, i like it.

I still was waiting for a new thread dealing with a new set of Napoleonic minifigs.

Recently I did an update of my gallery based on Knoetels paintings dealing with prussian forces.

Most of them are based on original decals from Mosana.

http://lego-minifig-generator.mac-au.eu/pn...goKnoetel4.html

If you take a look on the originals you will also find some forces which can be build upon the train or police officers hats which are easily available. Maybe you can ramp up your forces with these guys since these hats are easily available .,...

If decals ared needed I will support you ...

I added some troops to the austrians but according to Knoetel they were part of Luetzow's Freikorps (big advantage: top hats are ok)

Andreas

Edited May 26, 2008 by woody64

[Fordo]

I Like all the Austrian troops you got there they look great, if I do get some police caps I'd probably use them for a conscripted landwehr (militia) that can be used as the bulk of my force. I would need to make an order for muskets and epaulettes as well.

[woody64]

I Like all the Austrian troops you got there they look great, if I do get some police caps I'd probably use them for a conscripted landwehr (militia) that can be used as the bulk of my force. I would need to make an order for muskets and epaulettes as well.

Looking forward for your Prussian Landwehr :-)

Edited May 26, 2008 by woody64

[Fordo]

Yea I've just printed out a sheet of those decals, but while looking through my stuff I've only got 8 of those black hats. I could probably use two black Kepi's for two officers and have a squad of ten. Or I could use another color of that same helmet for the officers.

[woody64]

Yea I've just printed out a sheet of those decals, but while looking through my stuff I've only got 8 of those black hats. I could probably use two black Kepi's for two officers and have a squad of ten. Or I could use another color of that same helmet for the officers.

I think you may use grey or red ones. In case of Landwehr regiments the common behavior also was to use private cloth or hat pieces. So in that case mayb you can also use top hats or bicornes for the officers.

Here's another picture of a complete group.

(Interested should take a look on the gallery, since it contains very interesting examples of army groups in a fantastic painting quality)

Edited May 26, 2008 by woody64

[Fordo]

I've added a Prussian Landwehr battalion in the main post at the top. I didnt have any epaulettes on hand so they'll have to do for now. I'll eventually add more and update them.

[woody64]

I've added a Prussian Landwehr battalion in the main post at the top. I didnt have any epaulettes on hand so they'll have to do for now. I'll eventually add more and update them.

Now we can defeat Napoleon. Blücher has done that with the Krümper system. You can defeat him with masses of Landwehr ...

Andreas

[Fordo]

I'd be more like a fence sitter having troops on both sides and not favoring one over the other. On another note cutting out a massive sheet of decals is so tedious I wish there was a quicker way.

Edited May 28, 2008 by Fordo

[woody64]

I'd be more like a fence sitter having troops on both sides and not favoring one over the other. On another note cutting out a massive sheet of decals is so tedious I wish there was a quicker way.

I like to see your army growing, maybe this sheet I made a year ago may also help.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/woody64/...es/prussian.pdf

Especially the cavalry based on

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Mosana/T...eonic/jena4.png

is very interesting since it uses bicornes which are available as mass ...

Concerning decals I use photo paper for printing which is a little bit easier to cut then normal paper (to my point of view). Somebody mentioned in another thread to coulour the edges of the paper with a marker to avoid this nasty white stripes.

Andreas

Edited June 1, 2008 by woody64

[Fordo]

Are you a mind-reader? Becuase earlier today I printed out almost the exact same decals to use for Calvary and other troops. Currently I have about ten black horses but no saddles. I'm also doing a small Artillery division with the three extra cannons I have right now.