Artillery Limbers or Not

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Artillery Limbers or Not

Post by 19th Century Trooper » Mon Nov 01, 2010 10:24 pm

Do you paint artillery limbers and use them(on the table) in your games?

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Post by dashing blade » Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:03 am

Nope!
Maybe i should but,i've limited time to paint so most of my energy goes into cannon and crew. In fact i dont think i've ever bought one! :)
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Post by quindia » Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:16 am

Yes!
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Post by yar68 » Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:57 am

I do, but they're usually one of the last things I buy and to paint up. I think other things are more important, but it depends on the scenarioes you want to play and more importantly how much pocket money you've got to spend.
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Post by sharnydubs » Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:02 am

I think adding limbers, wagons, baggage train etc all help with the visual effect of a game. They can also be useful for scenarios.

I've just finished painting an French Old Guard hospital wagon which was a nice change from the normal and adds a bit of colour.
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Post by janbruinen » Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:20 am

Yes,
all those extra's give a nicer presentation. Although at a home wargame we don't always use them, when we give a demo we always have a lot of extra's (limbers, wagons, medical post etc etc on the table).
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Post by barr7430 » Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:21 pm

My views on the subject are I think well known :roll:
I am currently in the middle of building a new artillery park for my Grand Alliance guns. Since the collection has had a major makeover and the 'dead ground behind the battery' rule has found its way into BLB2 I thought I better get moving on making up those behind the guns bases!
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Post by Anonymous » Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:32 pm

I do allways complete batteries, including guns carriges, train wagons and in case of my horse artillery even riding Artillerymen. This goes for full grown Batteries and Regimental guns too. You will see in the near future :wink:
Thats a a lot of guns and wagons to be made, now and in the future, for my Saxon Army approx. 54 gun models. I want to do them as complete as possible! Even if someone thinks I m mad. :twisted:
Following in the style how Barry makes his Artillery. :!:
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Post by kiwipeterh » Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:05 am

I have limbers, caissons, marching foot gunners and riding horse gunners for my Prussians - thank you Calpe Miniatures - but I haven't painted any yet. :oops: Still amassing actual fighting figures at an excruciatingly slow rate.

I wont have one limber per gun though.

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Post by obriendavid » Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:13 pm

Wargaming is a visual hobby and having all the limbers etc behind the guns just adds to the visual look and historically they limited movement behind armies. Instead of looking painting these as a chore I personally look on doing these as a treat instead of masses of troops.

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Post by Sheepman » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:29 pm

I always try to include limbers as I feel they then give a feel as to the depth the a battery of guns actually took up. Look no further than the Waterloo Companion book and see the depth of the Grand battery at that battle.
Pics below of my French Revolutionary horse artillery, figs fro Old Glory Nap in Egypt range.
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Post by 19th Century Trooper » Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:48 pm

Very nice pics. Are the limbers Old Glory?

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Post by Sheepman » Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:34 pm

Yes Terry, the limbers are bog standard Old Glory Napoleonic with head swaps to change the drivers into horse artillery.
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Post by valleyboy » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:19 am

I suppose I work on a limber /battery rather than per gun
I'm looking at getting more assorted wagons etc though to fill the battery footprint that I represent by a piece of textured neoprene cut to a 3 or 4 gun battery size
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