1105 THIRD BATTLE OF RAMLA AT 1:1 RATIO - PROJECT AND ITS NUMBERS

 As written in my previous post I am going to reproduce the third Battle of Ramla (1105) at 1:1 ratio. In the mentioned posts I gave the numbers I have to do.

Now I will update at which level of completeness I got until now. Every time I will upgrade this post here.

FATIMID FORCES

1) 1.295 Turks horsemen with bows: 0

2) 1.845 Egyptian Fatimid horsemen 

 - 1.725 heavy: 258 

-     120 light: 120 (100%)

3) 3.160 Infantry: Sudanese (Ethiop) Infantry: 

2.040 front row; 1525

1.152 bowmen Armenians

CRUSADERS' FORCES: 

1053 horses

- 500 Knights 500  (100%)

- 530 sergeants (on horses) 530  (100%) 

3) 2.000 infantry

- 1330 infantrymen

- 670 bowmen

1706 BATTLE OF TURIN - ADDING REGIMENTS OF DRAGOONS BELLISLE & HAUTEFORT

 To my previous diorama, I added around the Castle of Lucento 2 Regiments of Dragons on foot (they fought at that battle all on foot defending the Castle). So to support the Régiment Normandie arrived on the scene the Régiment des Dragons Hautefort (in green) and Régiment des Dragons Bellisle (in red)

Above: on the left the Régiment de Dragons Hautefort

Above (2 pictures): details of the command of the Regiment. Using the 1:1 ratio even  this detail of a unit becomes interesting, complete and with no comparation to any other way to reproduce a unit with figures

Above: the Colonel of the Regiment Hautefort moves towards the Castle of Lucento to meet up with the Colonle of the Regiment Normandie

Above: The meeting between the 2 commanders

Above: the Regiment Bellisle deployed

Above: total view of 2 regiments and 1 battalion at 1:1 ratio

1706 BATTLE OF TURIN - THE NORMANDIE REGIMENT BY THE CASTLE OF LUCENTO

 I had a little bit of time and then I resumed my French Normandie Régiment I was preparing for the battle of Turin. I improved the figures and made them a little in movement, so mixin all the poses (exept for the firing one).

The visual effect is of a unit more realistic in a battle, a little confused as I think they really were.

I took from the wardrobe my Castle of Lucento, added some bushes and trees, finished in the part that was still... unfinished and took some pictures.

This is a battalion at 1:1 ratio (above) with 12 drummers (1 per coy) and 3 colours in the front with 12 NCO's as escort. In the background the castle of Lucento and on the left the farm of the Castle.

I left light a little bit low to create atmosphere.

Picture above: the 3rd (could be also second) Battalion complete with around 500 figures on 4 ranks. behind it approaching troops of the second battalion.

Above: the 3 colours with escort

Above: the Colonel commander of the Regiment is observing the Allied troops attacking. He is in the garden of the Castle, with some Officers (Aides de Camps) and a little number of soldiers from the second battalion

Picture Above: the supporting troops from the second Battalion: in front the Commander of the Battalion

Picture Above: supporting troops; please note the officer in foreground as I drew 10 years ago and in the background the new version. 

Above: a better detail of the Colonel

Picture above: a beautiful view of the third Battalion of the Régiment Normandie opening fire on the approaching allied troops. As you can see, I had to think what to do with the colours. It seemed to me unbelivable to let them in front while firing, killing them by sure. So I think they were positioned behind during the fire.

1757 BATTLE OF LEUTHEN - THE DIORAMA WITH PAPERSOLDIERS

 I have to admit: all my passion (almost all to tell the truth) for papersoldiers in their last version started with the idea to replicate a diorama of the Battle of Leuthen, done with flat figures. It was (and still is) very impressive with all those flat figures at 1:1 ratio, giving a clear idea of what was a real battle in that epoch (quite different - I would say - from the idea we have from wargames); os why not to do the same, but with paper?

So I did in 2015 and after a while (1 year) as usual I stopped the project, after having done the village, the churches and thousands of papersoldiers.

The other day I was scrolling the TMP where the usual Tango 1 found and published the diorama of the Battle of Leuthen I was speaking about. So, I told myself, I will publish in TMP under his pictures, my pictures. I went on my blog and I found that I published very few of them, having more than 100!!

So I think it is time to make it up, and hence I will publish my pictures of the diorama I did 10 years ago, and probably I will go on with it.