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1. Midpoint
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   I've been painting a pair of armies for the mid/late Peninsular in 28s: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46755253@N00/sets/72157621701076617/

   Using my infantry seems easy-peasy. Each of my battalions is 16 figures, split into 2x2 on four 40x30 bases.

   Less easy for my guns and cavalry. Currently I have two guns plus crew per battery. Each gun is on a 80x60 base - i.e. the same area as an infantry battalion in column of 2x2 bases.

   Cavalry is also two bases per regiment, with three figures per 80x60 base.

   Can anyone offer me advice on converting these to Lasalle units? Would it be best to pretend each of my 80x60 bases is really 40x60? Or should I just use [say] double size units for art and cav - I can do this, having cleverly painted units as pairs and triples to allow 16/24/32/48s and 6/12 etc.

   Michael.

   Posted 2 years ago #

2. John de Terre Neuve
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   I am no expert on this, but I will offer an opinion. Since base removal is not an issue and depth is a minor issue I would disregard that measurement.

   I would than treat your cavalry and artillery as double size, so when you are involved in shooting or combat each of your bases counts as 2. I would have a Lasalle 4 base cannon unit as equated to 2 of your bases and a Lasalle regular cavalry unit as 2 of your cavalry bases and a large cavalry unit as 3 of your bases. I would use a base width of 40mm.

   You will be able to form all infantry and artillery formations. The trickiness would be with forming the abreast cavalry formation and the 3 or 5 base unit cannon batteries.

   I feel you need to respect the unit dimension in line and this allows you to do this. If you go with a double BW ie. 80mm you will need a big table.

   Just a thought.

   John

   Posted 2 years ago #

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