Clouds of Skirmishers?

Well, not quite as you can see, but I'm sure you get the general drift of my thinking. As you probably know, in Black Powder you do not need to deploy skirmisher figures to claim their benefits, but I just thought when developing my armies for the Wars of the French Revolution project that a French army without clouds of skirmishers just would n't look the part! I've never been convinced by the odd single figure deployed out to the front of more solid formations either, so I decided to make something of the skirmishers as a mini diorama base, opting after an abortive effort for large oval bases from Warbases, which I could augment with scenic effects from Irregular, tufts and general detritus, in the form of green stuff spent canon balls! I've shown odd examples of the skirmish bases before, but thought a grand revealing was now in order. Firstly, the French, in the persons of some 14th Legere ~

The most recent base of four Trent Miniatures figures.

The three completed bases which will screen the Legere Demi-Brigade

An earlier set of Legere skirmishers from the 4th Legere Demi-Brigade ~

Elites from Trent Miniatures acting as Legere skimishers

As you saw in a fairly recent post, I've started on similar bases for the British contingent of my Allied army ~

Figures from the Longford Militia Light Co as skirmishers for the British

An earlier attempt at British skirmishers from the 42nd on irregularly shaped MDF bases ~

The 42nd's skirmishers take cover as they can

The Austrians of course have their skirmish bases too ~

A Hungarian battalion screened by its skirmishers

I hope to pick up the final figures I need for the remaining British battalions' skirmishers at Derby Worlds next weekend. Together with the French 4lb Battalion guns I have and the battalion on order from Brigade Games I hope that will round the project off nicely. We shall see, as they say...