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Regulator:
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Tonight I made an update to the home page of the Calpe Miniatures website that I’ve been waiting to do for almost two years. After many trials and tribulations, Peter F. has officially released the first set in his new range of 1813 Saxons. It’s line infantry musketeers in march-attack pose and comprises 15 different packs totalling 51 different figure variants. That’s why fans of Calpe love the range so much and are prepared to wait for the very best quality.
As usual, I’m not going to repeat Peter’s announcement in full – you can read it for yourselves. But I do want to highlight a couple of things. Firstly, Peter’s mentioned his new PayPal merchant account and the fact that we’ll be adding shopping cart functionality to the site. We’ve got a few configuration decisions to make so bear with us if it takes a few weeks to deploy this. The plan is to start with the Saxons and, assuming all goes well, gradually roll it out to the Prussian range. During that work, I’ll also be adding a Saxon-specific section to the site and that’s where the photographs Peter mentions will go. Secondly, note the news of the painting guide – if you plan to paint a Saxon army, then you’ll need this because published research in the English langauge is scarce and often inaccurate.
We’ve taken on board feedback about people wanting more photos, so there’ll be front and rear pictures for each of the 15 sets! So, finally, since I realize it’ll take a little while to put all those photos on the Calpe website, it seems only fair for me to preview a few of them here as a special treat.


 Pack SM7B - drummer, standard bearer and sapper with calfskin shako covers


 Pack SM8 - NCOs in covered shakos


 Pack SM9 - Officers in blue-grey surtouts


 I picked out these ones because they illustrate some of the distinctive features of Saxon infantry of the period. In particular the use of calfskin shako covers and the colourful pale blue-grey (well, they would be if these were painted figures) surtouts often worn by officers. In fact, officers sometimes also wore overalls in the same shade with the outside seam piped in the regimental facing colour. But more of that on another day.
 
 
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Doc Phobos:
Sehen super aus! Danke für deine Mühen, Regulator.

flytime:
Für den Epochenlaien, wie gut lassen die Sachsen sich mit anderen Armeen kombinieren? Die Minis finde ich Klasse, aber ne ganze Armee nur aus Sachsen wäre mir zuviel.

Aeneas:
Zunächst noch mit Preussen verbündet, kämpfte Sachsen seit 1806 bis zur Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig 1813 auf Seite der Franzosen. Danach gegen Napoleon. Es gab aber wohl auch Einheiten, die schon Anfang 1813 die Seite gewechselt haben.

Soweit für den Anfang. Für Einzelheiten müßten sich aber mal die wirklichen Experten für die napoleonische Epoche zu Wort melden.

Schrumpfkopf:
Die Minis sehen echt klasse aus.

Die hier gezeigten Figs sind wohl fuer 12-13 waehren gedacht -
da haben zahllose Gemetzel mit saechsischer Beteiligung (auf Seiten der
Franzosen) stattgefunden.

Ich werde mir schon aus Solidaritaet zu diesem \"Tante-Emma\"-Hersteller mal rund
100 Minis der Serie bestellen. In diesem Sinne - danke fuer das Posten.

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