Art De La Guerre

[Za Otlichiye]

Thinking about getting started...

Light, medium, and heavy infantry is (or can be) distinguished by base depth. But medium and heavy cavalry, and cavalry vs. knights is not. And the sculpting of available figures might not be sufficient to indicate their role.
Are there any conventions people use, either personally or collectively, to indicate sub-categories? Say, coloring the base edge or something.
What about special abilities?
Or is it all roster sheets?

thanks!

[Hazelbark]

Generally the figures in 15mm or larger are pretty easy to understand as Knights or not. The real difference as you ask is Heavy versus Medium cavalry. Generally players use all sorts of individual conventions often invented for that army or that day's game!

Sometimes the figures are clear also. But I have not seen anyone do base edge coloring. I have seen colors of the clothing of the figures be the identifying fact.

[Mike Bennett]

Heavy cavalry should have armour, and mediums should not, but people also use other conventions to distinguish the two. Few people want to duplicate all of their figures when a type has a few options.

I have seen base edge colouring used to distinguish commands. Equally I have seen other methods too; figure types, poses or other representation, tunic colours, and also some basing material difference, like rocks or coloured flock bushes.

[Black Prince]

Knights are pretty straight forward to distinguish for cavalry, Heavy cavalry from medium cavalry gets a bit harder but I only use cavalry figures with armour to indicate heavy cavalry that seems to work well. I find telling levy from heavy foot to be harder that the different types of cavalry. A friend of mine has a Spartacus slave army given the amount a levy and HF in it I find it different to tell levy from HF when they are in a mixed battlegroup.

[Mike Bennett]

[Black Prince]