SP Musket Era 1812 Russian Campaign

[Mike Hawk]

I won't be correcting anything because the .max files I used to save the animations in are all gone. All my key frames were in there. If you want the animation to play faster then simply change the speed in module_animations.py

 

[Vicccard]

You should remove the pokalem. No troops in the 1812 campaign were wearing any part of the Bardin uniforms.

And....well...you know...it just looks so silly 

 

[kotofey]

I won't be correcting anything because the .max files I used to save the animations in are all gone. All my key frames were in there. If you want the animation to play faster then simply change the speed in module_animations.py

It is a pity. was a good development

You should remove the pokalem. No troops in the 1812 campaign were wearing any part of the Bardin uniforms.

And....well...you know...it just looks so silly 

I absolutely agree, but let them stay for a diversity. Besides, I try to do that every kind of troops had several kinds of (or options) hats.

 

[Vicccard]

I actually take back my words. Well, about them not being in the campaign. The statement about them looking silly absolutely stays.

Apparently there's some possibility that a couple of reserve battalions raised between January 1812 and the start of the campaign had the new uniform. Or part.

 

[Bluehawk]

Similarly, the Russian recruits should by regulation wear the 1811 style flat forage cap, but the decree for that change was on 27 June [9 July] about a week after Napoleon invaded, so it's safe to say most of the conscripts being turned over to depots, and especially those already at depots, would have the old "bonnet de police" style cap.

 

[Hazzardevil]

I'm guessing that a gradual change of troops over time is beyond the engine.
The easiest way I see to show that is higher tier troops get more "1811" hats, but as they reach a higher tier they begin to use the "police" caps.

 

[Currie]

Looks great! Vive la France.

 

[Patchouli Knowledge]

I'm guessing that a gradual change of troops over time is beyond the engine.

Coding that is easy as pie. It's getting all the assets that's the rub.

 

[Bluehawk]

Well it's the recruit uniform, the one worn only from selection until assignment to a regiment and then it was replaced. Higher tier troops would just wear... shakos and such.

Spoiler

 

[Captured Joe]

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Really nice! Where did you get that picture from?

 

[Patchouli Knowledge]

It's by the artist Maxim Borisov.

 

[Captured Joe]

Thanks a lot!

 

[kotofey]

It's by the artist Maxim Borisov.

And here his work.

 

[ClearlyInvisible]

You're going to include more units than just the French though, right? What about the 3e Grenadiers or... well the Army of the Dutchy of Warsaw.

And there's also the Russo-German Legion.

 

[kotofey]

You're going to include more units than just the French though, right? What about the 3e Grenadiers or... well the Army of the Dutchy of Warsaw.

And there's also the Russo-German Legion.

Sure. Just Russian and French will have the most extensive range of units. List of France's allies will write later, there will definitely be the largest by number of troops. Such as Poland, Saxony, etc.

About the Russian-German Legion I doubt it.


Russian light cavalry recruits

I have not met any of these images recruits, but made ​​them by two descriptions.

By the way, in the villages will be recruited infantry recruits, in castles - Volunteers light cavalry, in the cities - Volunteers heavy cavalry.

Volunteers Russian light cavalry will upgrade to Tatar Lancers and Sumy Hussars, on to the Guard. So saddle horses recruits from Tatar Lancers and Sumy Hussars. Although i can make a simple gray saddle.

I do not have experience and patience to make horses more muscular. But the coloring is sure to be different

By the way, I have not seen any images or articles or forums, how looked like recruits Russian heavy cavalry.

And just a question: how the French cavalry recruits looked?

 

[Patchouli Knowledge]

There were no special uniforms for recruits in the French army. They were supposed to receive the standard regimental uniform as soon as they arrived at the regimental depot. It seems more often than not all they got was a waistcoat and a fatigue cap, with the full uniform only coming once they received rank.

 

[Captured Joe]

And here his work.

That's a goldmine!

 

[Vicccard]

You're going to include more units than just the French though, right? What about the 3e Grenadiers or... well the Army of the Dutchy of Warsaw.

And there's also the Russo-German Legion.

The Russo-German legion (Which, by the way, included plenty of Dutchmen) was raised AFTER the campaign, from POW's from it.

And now that we are talking about 'foreign' corpses anyway: As for the Dutch contribution to the Russia campaign - There are contradicting reports on whether the old uniforms had been replaced or not. It would seem that the flank companies were issued with the new uniforms while the center-companies did not have them yet, but also claims that entire regiments (such as the 125e) were still fully in Dutch uniforms. To be frank, I've not done that much research into the uniform-question as my period of interest is mostly 1813-15. Then again, the Dutch were just a small part of the enormous army so it's not really like they HAVE to be in. 3eme/Red lancers...now that's another story 

 

[Captured Joe]

3eme/Red lancers...now that's another story 

They are even in the Russian War & Peace movie!
(The Bavarians too, BTW.)

 

[Vicccard]

The 3eme is shown like one time at Borodino (where they didn't fight) in an incorrect uniform.