Perry Plastic Prussian Infantry 1813-15

The most common question we've been asked over the last two years is, quite rightly, 'when are you going to make Prussians!' At last they're here! Well, the 3 up's for the plastics are anyway. These are in the tooling process at the moment so we have no release date.

The set will comprise of 40 Line Musketeers/Grenadiers plus a detachment of 6 Volunteer Jaegers which were often attached to regiments. The 40 infantry will give you a full strength battalion at 20:1 (for man-sized games), although we will be making the command frame available to buy separately too (direct from us) for those who use a different ratio. This is something we'll be doing for the other Napoleonic sets.

I've gone for the traditional march attack pose for the Line infantry and, as they're advancing at speed, I've made the Jaegers 'at trial', firearms in one hand and their Hirschlangers in the other (!) There will be a metal conversion pack to make the musketeers/Grenadiers into Fusiliers too. A metal range will accompany this plastic set and will possibly be available prior to this set.

There will be enough heads with covered shakos for all the figures in the box. In addition there will be heads with the Line Feldmutze and peaked Schirmutze for the Jaegers as some units had them. Likewise the Jaeger belly pouch is separate as some Volunteer Jaeger units had them. With all the faces, I've tried to give them a Germanic look.

Most figures are in 3 pieces as we realise people like to build up units quickly, so you'll get head , equipment (knapsack, haversack, cartridge box, short sword and half the greatcoat are in one piece) and body to put together.

The command frame comprises of one officer, one standard bearer, one drummer and an NCO.

Alan Perry
August 2010

Prussian Landwehr

The Landwehr were Militia formed from teenagers through to men in their 40s. They were plucked from their fields, shops and offices and enrolled into the Prussian military machine to enlarge the forces that could finally depose Napoleon, the tyrant of Europe. Prussia was a small State but her armies were well trained and burning to avenge their past defeats. The Landwehr consisted of over 60 battalions and were equipped and trained as time and money allowed. A cheap but warm coat, comfortable cap and a musket was considered uniform enough to get enough troops out into the field for the restricted Prussian army of the time.

The Landwehr fought bravely in the latter wars of the period, fighting hard in the 1813 campaigns and ultimately at the crescendo that was Ligny and Waterloo. Ill-equipped and half-trained they may have been, but after a few months had sorted out the wheat from the chaff they went on to fight with determination alongside their brothers in the Prussian Line regiments, their very innocence at war sometimes spurring them on to great things with patriotism being what it is!

This boxed set contains 27 plastic Landwehr and 3 metal command. It also contains metal standard poles and finials. Models supplied unpainred.

***THIS PRODUCT IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW. ORDERS WILL SHIP AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER***

Chaplain Pallantide wrote:I really wished these worked better with 40k scale, cause they would make for some cool looking IG regiments!!

Does anyone have a scale photo?

Chaplain Pallantide wrote:I really wished these worked better with 40k scale, cause they would make for some cool looking IG regiments!!

Does anyone have a scale photo?