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Flogging Frogs (Sold, Thanks)
I've finally got around to listing some of the 1805ish French I retouched before Salute, they aren't too shabby and currently on at a low, low price of only 99p a unit... 20 Line6 Lights Cheers, Simon
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Pictures of Matchstick Men
Tonight my friend Ian brought his new 6mm armies around; these are almost entirely assembled from matchsticks! Below are 8 battalions of British line. The minis are simply lengths of matchstick cut...
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Maurice continues...
A quick shot of our second (or third?) Maurice game, last week. Our British forces, on the defensive (at bottom of photo), are partially encircled by a converging French (top) attack. We Brits didn't...
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Doesn't time fly!
I realised today, that it has been lmore than a year since I last posted on this blog! I've been very busy with sundry projects, and working on my rather better-known ancients blog. I am planning to...
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Flogging Victrix (sold, thanks)
I'm selling 5 lots of Victrix French Ligne on eBay, that are based to a different system to my own French, to raise funds for some new gaming boards I've spruced them up to a reasonable tabletop...
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Guns
I mentioned I was going to squeeze in a little Napoleonic work; well here are the first fruits; two Perry 12 pounders for the artillery of La Garde. They are very nice models. When I base them, I...
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Gunners
A WIP shot of the Garde gunners. I hope to have them ready for a game on Tuesday. A vicarious mix of Perry, Foundry and Victrix conversions...
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Gunners II WIP
Another shot of my first Napoleonic artillery unit; made good progress yesterday, and I now just have the metallics and basing left to do.
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The Emperor's cherished daughters
I've just completed my first unit of Napoleonic artillery; a pair of 12 pounders of La Garde. I felt that the Perry crew of 4 was somewhat meagre, so added a couple of Foundry gunners and a couple of...
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A brief and unscientific review of Longstreet
Last night mate Ian brought Longstreet around for the first time. Jay (left) led the Confederate forces, and I the Union. Ian (right) briefly explained the rules to us. We deployed in two lines facing...
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Young Guard
After a whole year's delay, I've returned to my Napoleonic project. Here are three battalions of Young Guard Tiralleur recruits, painted by David Davies, that I'm finishing so that they can join the...
View ArticleA sufficiency of Perry plastics, and a potential swap.
...so I have been making steady progess with finishing the Young Guard, and had been starting to fret that, at the current rate of progress, I would run out of unpainted Perry Napoleonic French...
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Basing Tiralleurs
I've finished retouching, weathering and varnishing the Tiralleurs, and am ready to base them, so more anon.
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Young Guard forming up...
Another work in progress shot of my Young Guard Tiralleur Brigade, now on their bases and grouted. The three Batallions of recruits have now joined the veteran battalion in the foreground (based back...
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Marie-Louises
I've put flocking the Young Guard to one side whilst, butterfly-like, I start work on a couple more battalions. I recently bought a battalion of Neapolitans from David Davies, but my need for French...
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Marie Louises II
Four painting sessions sees the Marie Louises mostly blocked in, and gradually converging with the mostly-finished figures from David.. Tonight I need to grit my teeth and paint the crossbelts, and...
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Marie-Louises III
There's a lot of painting in these, even in a chap in a greatcoat! I've finished another seven painting sessions, so up to 11 now, with perhaps 4 more to go. 15 sessions seems like a lot of sessions...
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Marie-Louises IV - Mission Creep!
The first two battalions are more-or-less finished, but alarmingly more figures have appeared on the painting tray- the beginnings of a third battalion! In other news Kawe of Westfalia Miniatures...
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Marie-Louises V - War of Attrittion
Despite their apparent simplicity, these have eaten up so much of my precious painting time! But I will not be beaten. Last night a grinding painting session finished these 81 minis (33 of whom were...
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Progress...
I had a very big push in December on my French Ligne, and by Christmas I managed to get four more battalions painted and based (although not flocked), bringing my total to six. My objective is to get...
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