Monday 20 January 2014

Somewhere in Northern Germany

Somewhere in Northern Germany, 1813 was the title of a Naploeonic game a few of us took part in a couple of weeks ago pitting French against a coalition of Russians, Prussians and Austrians using Black Powder rules and most of our combined 28mm Napoleonic figure collections. Here are a few pictures of the setup and game.
The centre table setup. This was 32 foot long and 6ft deep. There were 2 back tables 4 ft deep x 24 ft long onto which each army deployed at points determined by a roll of a D6.

Lancers advance towards their objectives. My figures by Perry Miniatures
 
 
Dave is pleased with deployment at one end of the line, and the 24 units comprising his French Corps

French light cavalry advance towards the objectives. Boot's toys.

A Polish general watches his troops advance. Krakus by Murowski Miniatures and Polish Cuirassiers by Perry

 

French Light Cavalry in the vanguard of yet another French Corps. Perry Plastic Hussars.belonging to James Woodward

 

Austrian cavalry snake along a road. Hussars are kitbashed Perry plastics by me.
 
Dave's French cavalry

Front Rank Miniatures


Dave's Corps advance on Evansville, Beautifully painted figures by Front Rank

More of Dave's Front Rank French

 

Austrian Uhlans by Boot. Connaisseur veterans?

Prussian Hussars and Landwehr cavalry. More of my toys from Old Glory

More of Boot's Uhlans, this time supported by Artillery

 

 

An overview from one end of the table. Windmill in the foreground is by Warbases and the farm is by PMC games, now available from Caliver Books under their range of Battlefield Buildings. I always found Martin of PMC Games good to deal with and have about 20 of his buildings.

Austrianss deploying next to a village. Homemade card buildings

Prussian cavalry advance en mass. Old Glory figures painted bty me.

dave's French again.


French and Prussian cavalry clash.

French Cuirassiers advance past a wood. cavalry are Perry plastics, gun team by Old Glory

 

French columns wind their way past a battered town. Old Glory French painted by me.


A French artillery battery bravely challenges a large Austrian force

Some of my Prussian landwehr

Dave's Front Rank figures supported by my my Victrix Italians.

Italians. In the foreground is an Italian Engineer stand that is used to negate bonuses for defending buildings.
 

 

Monday 13 January 2014

Napoleonics

Russians moving up in the cover of a village

Austrian Uhlans supporting Grenze (Boot's figures)
Russian Dragoons crest a hill
 

Russians advance


French

Perry French Cuirassiers

My Cuirassiers doffing Boot's Austrians

 


 

Austrians

 
 

. French Guard Artillery

Boot's Guard light cavalry

Boot's Carabiniers


Boot's Perry French Infantry

 

My Prussian Foot. A mix of Warlord and Calpe, awaiting flags.


Boot's Austrian Grenadiers


 

 
Old Guard Carabiniers by Boot

Defending the woods

 

 

 

 

 


 


I haven't posted on here for a long time. In the meantime I have been working on Napoleonics. here are a few pictures of some of my figures in action.

Boot's Bavarians

 

 Italian Cavalry - perry with a paint job

Russians attack through a farm

French


 

 

 

Boot's Guard Light Cavalry

 

Boot's Carabiniers

Boot's French advance

Boot's Austrians advance

 
More Austrians

Boot's Old Guard Chasseurs

Boot's Grenze


Some of my Prussians

More French