Historical units - thread helpful and useful for players and CA

[KLAssurbanipal]

I've started this topic to help CA in doing historically accurate units for N:TW. I've put some characteristical units for different counties below. Please, keep the details (f.e. don't give Hussars long Cuirassiers' shoes like you did in E:TW).Also pay attention to moustaches, haircuts, etc. Each regiment had it's own rules that made it different from the others. Differences should not be in colour of waistcoats, symbols on sleeves and hats but in how dirty and worn-out the uniforms are.
Very important issue is that the uniforms fit it's period. On screens and trailers showing Italian and Egyptian campaign, we can see uniforms from the late period of Napleonic wars. Uniforms from the end of the 18th century to 1807 greatly differed from those from years 1807-1815. Some reforms had place in European armies - soldiers started to wear new style uniforms. For the period of late 18th century-1807 very characteristical were bicorne (some tricorne: Prussia) and gaiters. The jackets were usually long. In the later stage the hats were displaced with shako. Bicorne after 1807 were only worn in guard units, elite cavalary and officers.


The first Rifle Corps, Great Britain:




Spanish Line Infatry, 1808:




Spanish grenadiers, 1808:




French Line Voltigier:




French 8th Cuirassier & Carabinier 2nd Reg't, 1815:




British 1st, 2nd (The Scots Greys) and 6th Dragoons, 1815:




Russian grenadier, Preobrajenski Lifeguard, 1799-1801:




Russian grenadiers, Pavlov Lifeguard, 1806-1814:




Austrian 3rd Hussars, 1st Uhlans and Dragoons, 1799-1801:




Austrian 1st Light Dragoons, 5th Dragoons, 1798-1802:




Austrian 10th Hussars, 8th Cuirassiers:




Austrian 5th and 4th Hussars, 1805:




Austria, Hungarian grenadier 1798-1816, Hungarian fusilier 1798-1810:




Austria, German fusiliers, 1809:




Brunswick Troops, 1815:




Brunswick Hussars, British service, 1813:




Dutch 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 1801:




Dutch Horse Artilleryman, Arilleryman of Royal Guard 1806-10, Dragoon 1805:




Napoleon's Guard Cavalry: Mamelukes and Lithuanian Tartars:




French Old Guard, 1815 and Warship gunner:




Grand Duchy of Warsaw, 4th grenadier and 1st Polish Lancers:




Albanian soldeirs, 1808-1814:




French infantry, Campaign in Italy:




French Carabinier Demi-Brigade Legre, Chasseur a cheval and Fusiliers, Egyptian Campaign:




Spanish Walloon Guard, Hussar and Lancer, 1813:




Westfalian 1st Infantry, 2nd Cuirassier and Drum Major:




Saxony, Garde du Corps, 1806:




Bavarian Lieutenants, Uhlan and Cuirassier, 1813-1815:




Polish Lancers, 1810-1814:




Dutch Lancers, 1811-1814:




Spanish Line Infantry, 1812:




French Guard Infantry 1805-1812:




French Guard Infantry 1812-1815:




Italian soldiers:




French Light Infantry:




French Line Infantry:




Martinique National Guard, 1802-1809:




Polish 5th Cavalry, Chasseur A Cheval and Polish 14th Cavalry, Cuirassier




Prussian Dragoons:




Prussian Hussars:




Prussian Cuirassiers and Garde du Corps, 1809-1813:




Prussian Freikorps, 1806-1807:




Russian Infantry:




Russian Cavalry - Hussar, Dragoon and Cossacks, 1799:




Russian Cavalry - Bashkir and Cossacks (Don, Ural, 'Petersburg') 1812-1814:




Russian Guard Jeager and Czar Cuirassier, 1814:




Portugese soldiers, 1810-1815:




British, 1st Foot Guards, 1808:




British Highlanders, 1812-1815:




British Hussars, 1808 and 1815:

[Sheogorath]

Good ol' Osprey, eh?

Just to point out, the Pavlovsk Grenadiers weren't admitted to the Guard until 1813...so for the majority of that time they'd have just been the Pavlovsk Grenadiers :P

Also:
http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/index.html

A wonderful page, really. I quite like it, lots of nice pictures and information, although it seems the author's first language isn't English.

[Durallan]

Wow they really did like tight pants and big hats back then

[antisocialmunky]

You know, you might actually want to give the authors some credit when posting copyrighted material rather than relying on meaningless little watermarks.

[Owen Glyndwr]

I'll understand if you don't, but could you please put the pictures in a spoiler or something? It takes me like 5 minutes to scroll all the way down to the actual discussion.