• WELCOME
  • BATTLES 1:1 RATIO
    • Proportion problems
    • Normal miniatures vs papersoldiers
    • Austerlitz 1805
    • Battle of Leuthen 1757 >
      • Prussian 30th Regiment "von Kannacher "
      • Diorama of the Battle
      • The Catholic Church of Leuthen >
        • Building the Catholic church of Leuthen
      • The Protestant Church of Leuthen
      • Attack on the center of the village
      • Austrian General Staff by the windmill
      • Map of the Village of Leuthen 1757
      • Prussian Battalions
      • The village of Leuthen
      • Attack on the village of Leuthen
    • Battle of Zama 202 b.C. - Legion 1:1 >
      • Battle of Zama 202 B.C.: Roman Legion >
        • Maniple of Princepes
        • The fighting system of the Legions
    • Scanian War: Battle of Lund 1676 >
      • Pike & Shot Tacticts
      • The Danish Army - Overview
      • Danish Army - Fynske Regiment
      • The Danish Army - Livregiment
      • Wargaming & Diorama at 1:1
      • Battle of Lund 1676: Battalion's composition
      • Map of the Battle of Lund: Danish Army
      • Swedish Brigade 1:1 - Lutzen 1632
      • Map of the Battle of Halmstad or Fyllebro
      • The 1st Battalion of the 1st Fynske Rgt
      • The 1st Battalion fo the Rosenkrantz Regiment
      • Danish Army - Sajellandske Rytterregiment
    • Napoleon's Infantry 1809 - 1815
    • Battle of Turin 1706 - 25 mm >
      • Maps of the battle
      • Castle of Lucento
      • Vauban's citadelle bastion
      • Order of Battle >
        • French Royal Army
        • Allied: Palatine Division >
          • Piedmontese/Savoyard Army
          • Monferrarto Regiment
    • Waterloo Celebrating 1815-2015
    • Battle of Hastings 1066
    • Blenheim 15 mm
    • Battle of Wien 1683 >
      • Imperial - Polish Army
      • Ottoman Army
  • BATTLES 1:5 RATIO
    • WATERLOO 1:5 >
      • Quatre Bras 16th June 1815
    • BLENHEIM 1:5 >
      • Cutt's Column (Click here too) >
        • Rowe's Brigade
        • Hessen-Kassel Brigade
        • Ferguson's Brigade
        • Hannover's Brigade
      • Blenheim Village (Click here too) >
        • Maps 1704 vs 2013
        • Church
        • Main square
  • WARGAME RULES
    • Sine Alea Antiquitatis (Free rules for antiquity)
    • Sine Alea - Seven Years War
    • Wargaming topics >
      • Pike & Shotte Theory and Wargame
      • Wargaming: Column - Line changing formation
      • Wargaming: Proportion & Distances
      • Wargaming: Pike and Shot tactics
      • Wargaming: embasement
      • Wargaming: how to calculate the losses
      • Wargaming: How to eliminate figures from the battlefield
      • Wargaming: Reading the force of a unit
      • Examples: Attack on the Blenheim village
  PAPERBATTLES
www.paperbattles.it
"PAPERWARFARE is a site totally dedicated to hand-cut paperfigures (25 mm and 15 mm). At the very beginning it was just a simply hobby and passion, but by the time the passion became a real activity.
By the time I also improved the (totally hand-made) cutting and the research of the uniforms. In this way every paperfigure is unique, being different from every other paperfigure (as in real!).
The historical range start from antiquity to XIX century, periods where the battles were fought on a unique battlefield, with an impressive deployement of armies in splendid uniforms and cuirasses.
The papersoldiers were born in Strasbourg but just lately this artcraft has expanded to the wargaming, even though very limited. The paperfigures of PAPERWARFARE are done exactly for this porpouse: to recreate huge battlefield covered with soldiers, with their correct uniforms.
The advantages of using papersoldiers to wargaming is the possibility to use ready and cut armies, all depicted, in a very limited room. Thanks to that it is possible to use a rate of 10 real men = 1 papersoldier. The aesthetical effect by the way is real impressive, as in the photos."

This was actually my former initial message on this site. By the time, I developped a system to array papersoldiers much thinner, glueing them on stands with a width of just 3/4 mm between each papersoldier. 
In this way, it became then possible to increase the ratio: first 1:5 ratio and later 1:1 ratio. This means that it is possible to recreate a battle with 20.000 men with 20.000 papersoldiers. Unbelievable? well, have a look on this site and probably you'll change your mind!. In any way another purpose to use the 1:1 ratio is that in this way it is possible to have the same sight or view that a commander had in that epoch. The vision you have is exactly what the General had of his men. Another side-effect of this ratio is that the player has to face with problems that the normal wargame doesn't offer. To move about 10.000 papersoldiers requests a coordination in command that a simple wargame never gives. The minimal stand is neither the battallion stand nor the company stand. Every company is actually split in 4 sections of about 10 men. This is the minimal unit the player has to deal with
So, have a fun with paper, history and phantasy!

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PAPERWARFARE è il sito dedicato ai soldatini fatti di carta e ritagliati interamente a mano (25mm). All'inzio, questi soldatini sono nati come hobby e passione amatoriale, ma con il tempo la passione si è trasformata in vera e propria (seconda) attività .
Poco per volta  ho così raffinato sia il disegno dei soldatini che  il taglio (a mano)  dei cartoncini.; così ogni soldatino, pur essendo uguale agli altri del suo reparto,  risulta però comunque diverso, divenendo un pezzo, per così dire, unico.
Il range di soldatini che ritagliamo va dall'Antichità sino alla prima metà del XIX secolo. Questo periodo fu infatti particolarmente ricco di interessanti uniformi fedelmente ricreate dopo accurati studi nei soldatini che ritagliamo. I soldatini di carta vengono da una lunga tradizione nata a Strasburgo, ma il loro uso per i wargames  o addirittura la collezione resta ad oggi assai limitato.
I soldatini di PAPERWARFARE servono proprio per questo: il vantaggio di utilizzare i soldatini di carta è di poter avere armate già dipinte e pronte per il wargame, in numero assai elevato, occupando uno spazio relativamente ridotto. Grazie a ciò, è possibile adottare sui nostri campi di battaglia una proporzione di 10 uomini reali = 1 soldatino, con costi assai ridotti. L'effetto estetico è poi dato dall'insieme dei soldatini piazzati l'uno accanto all'altro in un numero decisamente elevato, effetto che ricrea - come per magia - la vera idea di una
battaglia dell'Antichità o del XIX secolo.
Dunque, buon divertimento a tutti gli amanti della Storia e della carta!

Michele L. SAVASTA FIORE 


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