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Online matakishi

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Napoleonic Skirmish, sailors (page 5)
« on: June 27, 2009, 11:04:16 AM »
I'll be doing this over the summer break (I hope) but I thought I'd get the ball rolling since most of the figures have arrived :)





Relative sizes:



Figures are from Front Rank, Britannia and Chiltern mainly, details are on my site here:
http://www.matakishi.com/napoleonicproject.htm

Rules, buildings etc will follow in due course...
« Last Edit: September 16, 2012, 01:01:12 PM by matakishi »

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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2009, 11:12:30 AM »
A wonderful project. I shall look forward to seing this one come together. :)
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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2009, 11:43:21 AM »
Yes Matakishi

It is a very beautiful project!

Looking forward for the photos of the project!
argsilverson

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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2009, 11:49:04 AM »
Iam sure your finnished project encourageous me to start napoleonic skirmish as well !
Björn
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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2009, 11:51:12 AM »
Iam sure your finnished project encourageous me to start napoleonic skirmish as well !
Björn

Me too, I was thinking the same thing. :)

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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2009, 11:54:12 AM »
Iam sure your finnished project encourageous me to start napoleonic skirmish as well !
Björn

Me too, I was thinking the same thing. :)

again me too!
(I didn't mention it earlier, since I wanted to avoid it, if I am addicted to Napoleonics, I wouldn;t stop and I have not enough time and money to afford it )

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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2009, 12:04:18 PM »
That's done it.
First I'd read a handful of the Sharpe books.
Then I got a copy of a grand little reference book Officers and Soldiers of The French Imperial Guard: 1 - The Foot Soldiers, 1804-1815 (published by Histoire & Collections, this French book (with English text) is in Osprey size but at least twoce as thick, and is jam-packed with pics of uniforms, right down to the Jingling Johnnies (in oriental gear, in some cases) - splendid show!
Then Osprey - Toulon 1793
Followed by Conan Doyle's Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (grand bit of tall tale-telling).
And finally (and still being read) Dumas' recently rediscovered 'The Last Chevalier' (you even get tigers, or so I'm told!).
And the latter two books are perhaps even better-suited to small skirmish scenarios than Sharpe!

And now this. I'm ruined!

PS there's also a local re-enactment group with local militia vs the French....

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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2009, 02:19:10 PM »
I love the way that you are disciplined and focussed with your new projects. Getting all the figures ready and then starting is far more sensible than the shambolic way my projects are usually "organised".

It all seems so easy and logical when other people get it right  lol

Songs of Drums and Shakoes is a very good set of Napoleonic skirmish rules, with Brother Against Brother working well for platoon or company sized games.

I'm sure this will be as much fun to follow as your previous topics! As ever, I look forward to watching your progress  :)

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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2009, 03:46:28 PM »
I forgot the ship  :)


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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2009, 04:55:34 PM »
Sacré bleau!
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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2009, 06:09:44 PM »
Now you're just showing off!  lol


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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2009, 07:11:14 PM »
Ok, that really is showing off.
How do the Song of drums and shako rules work? I've played SBH and MDRG, and liked them both for what they set out to do. Are they really as nice as they ought to be?

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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2009, 07:16:06 PM »
Dammit, I just bought Drums and Shakos and was thinking nice rules, but I can't really be faffed with all that frogging and historical accuracy.

Well, now, maybe I can.

You have a lot to answer for, mister.

Bloody nice ship, by the way. Very impressive. Where did you find it?   

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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2009, 07:56:47 PM »
bloody hell! even with unpainted lead your articles make me want to start painting! :)

just one one question: how do you make your orders to Britannia? do the prices they send you by e-mail already include the postage? I assume they work rather nice because your mogadishu project already included minis from them ...
I really like their miniatures but the ordering system is a bit outdated for todays standards...

just to add: I'm really looking forward to see the end result!  :)
Cheers,
Pedro

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Re: Napoleonic Skirmish
« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2009, 08:08:42 PM »
Every type of gaming, even Napoleonics (ha ha), can be fun as long as one doesn't get bogged down in complex rules and being "accurate" - just my 2 cents

Can't wait to see what you do with them Matakishi

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