Very much toy soldier for lots of reasons. For a start, what colour blue? Every picture looks different. Finally settled on Vallejo Model Colour dark blue - 70.930.
Next, unit size. On Regimental organisation, 151st Line Infantry Regiment in 1914 site suggests each Brigade included 2 Regiments. The Renegade Miniatures site and French Regiments of Infantry amplified this by saying each Regiment had 3 Battalions. So, even though 1914, quite happy to go with this. How many companies is another issue. Renegade Miniatures suggest 5 companies - 'and whilst a battalion officially consisted of 1,000 men (approx. 200 men making a company),' - but 151st suggests 4 companies of 250 men.
So, on balance it seems reasonable to stick with 4 men per Battalion, therefore 12 men per Regiment - except the figures I got from Irregular are in 8s... so I'm going to have them leave one Battalion per Regiment at home!
One thing I'm not sure about is the flag - do I leave them plain or try for some fancy gold letters? Thinking about that one!
Man the Palmerston Forts! Was Lord Palmerston right after all, just years ahead of his time? I look forward to seeing how this 1897 project pans out.
ReplyDeleteIt's ironic that when Le Queux wrote 'The Great War in England in 1897' (back in 1894) a war against France and Russia was a distinct possibility - this ended with the Entente Cordiale in 1904... so in 1906 Le Queux wrote 'The Invasion in 1910'in which Germany was the enemy... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invasion_of_1910
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