Forming Armies for Volley & Bayonet

This section provides details for forming Volley & Bayonet armies. Articles range from basic uniform details, selecting figures for periods where figures are less available through basing techniques and terrain modelling.

Uniform Details 
Uniform Details for the 1809 Campaign The Volley & Bayonet scenario book "Austria Stands Alone" contains an excellent section on uniforms, however a few details have been omitted, especially details on Italian formations. 
 

Figure Selections

The Waterloo Campaign in 6mm The large variety of troops causes chaos when trying to form armies for this campaign. This article gives some basic pointers and is what I used when forming my 6mm armies.
Forming French, Italian and Austrian Armies of 1859 in 6mm A further article on uniform details and suitable figures, this time focussing on the Armies of 1859 using the Heroics and Ros 6mm figure ranges.
Forming Armies of the Franco-Prussian War in 6mm While figures and uniform detail for the main components of the Franco-Prussian War armies exist, details are hard to come by for the French Francs-Tireurs/Auxiliary troops. The following article includes details of uniforms and figures suitable to model these troops in 6mm. 
 

Organising Armies

Napoleons German Allies in 1809 Alternative Orders of Battle for the 1809 Campaign based primarily on Gill's "With Eagles to Glory". At this stage it covers the Bavarians and Saxons armies.
The Napoleonic Swedish Army A detailed look at the Swedish Army. Includes a general description of the Swedish involvement in the Napoleonic period, a breakdown of Swedish and Russian forces from the War of 1808-1809 and all the engagements from this was from Swedish sources. And finally some ratings and uniforms when organising armies for Volley & Bayonet.
 

Basing Miniatures

Franco-Prussian War in 6mm Barrie Lovell gives some pointers after basing his 6mm figures for the Franco-Prussian War.
 

Terrain Modelling

Building a Redoubt in 15mm Step by step instructions, with supporting photographs, on how to build a 15mm scale redoubt.
Railroads in 6mm I have struggled with modelling railroads on ACW battlefields until I found some drawings on "MogWorld", though they have since been removed from this site. I have scaled the railroads to better suit the ground scale of V&B.

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