52 28mm hard plastic Napoleonic figures 52 figure infantry set with Belgic shako’s and shoulder wings. The set includes command figures for officers, standard bearers, NCO’s, drummers, 4 flags and fast play rules. This superb range of models will enable you to recreate battles and scenes from the Napoleonic wars in an amazing variety of poses. Positions which include marching, advancing, firing, loading, and kneeling, in combination with many separate arms, heads and backpacks, give you the ability to create hundreds of new poses, and bring real character and falvor to the Napoleonic period. Also included are four regimental flags to add yet more color and spectacle to your armies. The flank companies of British infantry regiments were the elite elements of these units. Each regiment's flank companies were formed from an elite grenadier company and light company. This superb range of models will enable you to recreate battles and scenes from the Napoleonic wars in an amazing variety of poses. Positions which include marching, advancing, firing, loading, and kneeling, in combination with many separate arms, heads and backpacks, give you the ability to create hundreds of new poses, and bring real character and flavor to the Napoleonic period. Also included are four regimental flags to add yet more color and spectacle to your armies. The light companies were manned by the best shots, the fittest and the fastest men of the regiment. They would act as a regiment's skirmish line, sent forward of the main body to harass the enemy with accurate musket fire. When the skirmish line deployed, the soldiers would fight in pairs using a fire and maneuver technique where one man would fire while the other moved. Soldiers of the light company had high levels of fieldcraft and were skilled at using terrain to its best advantage. Often Brigade and Divisions commanders would amalgamate light companies from different regiment to create elite composite units to use on vulnerable parts of the battlefield. This superb range of models will enable you to recreate battles and scenes from the Napoleonic wars in an amazing variety of poses. Positions which include marching, advancing, firing, loading, and kneeling, in combination with many separate arms, heads and backpacks, give you the ability to create hundreds of new poses, and bring real character and falvor to the Napoleonic period. Also included are four regimental flags to add yet more color and spectacle to your armies. The grenadier companies were selected from the biggest, strongest and bravest soldiers of a regiment. The were the "shock troops" of a regiment, always used where the fighting was hardest and bloodiest. During assaults on enemy positions such as fortified cities the grenadiers would always lead the assault, often armed with grenades. Which is where the name "grenadier" derives from. Like the light companies the grenadier companies form different regiments would be pulled together to form elite composite units.
Figures require assembly and painting. Glue and paint not included |