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Offline Aaron

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Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« on: July 31, 2009, 02:37:21 PM »
Borderline swashbuckling, I know. I've been slowly working on painting these with the intention of gaming Italy 1796-7 using Crusader's Rank and File rules but also to fight smaller actions against my RN landing party using Sharp Practice (and possible Song of Drums and Shakos and/or Gloire!). I finally completed the first unit of French and built them a Chappe telegraph station to defend.



Coincidentally I finally got around to watching the Horblower DVDs my wife got me for Christmas and lo and behold the plot involves destroying one of these things!

Offline Calimero

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Re: Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2009, 03:04:47 PM »

Is it just me or the photo is a little on the small side?  ;)
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Offline Aaron

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Re: Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2009, 03:07:59 PM »
That is odd. If you go to my gallery page you can see a larger version. http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=3590

Ah, got it. I think I linked the thumbnail instead of the full shot.



At any rate there are two other close-ups of the troops in my gallery.
« Last Edit: July 31, 2009, 03:12:19 PM by Aaron »

Offline Calimero

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Re: Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2009, 03:17:34 PM »
They look good.  8)

Do Crusader’s Rank and File Rules ask for specific size basing or you can use your own?

Offline Aaron

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Re: Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2009, 03:24:51 PM »
Thanks! They suggest 40x40 for infantry and 50x50 for cav, but as long as both sides are compatible it doesn't really matter. I really wanted four men to a 40x40 base, but had to settle for three men per base to save both time and cash. :-[

Offline Mad Doc Morris

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Re: Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2009, 03:26:52 PM »
Very nice.  :-*
Had also the bicorne era on my mind, but back then Eureka wasn't even on the horizon. The semaphore is indeed well executed; built one myself, and it adds flavour to every Napoleonic table. ;)
Looking forward to further expansions.

Offline Malamute

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Re: Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2009, 04:18:24 PM »
Very nice, I like the station.
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Offline Aaron

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Re: Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2009, 05:14:45 PM »
Thanks fellows. The fun thing about them is that there seems to be so much variety. Google image search on "Chappe Telegraph" and you can get a lot of ideas! After I built this one I realized I could have just made the telegraph apparatus seperate so I could mount it on existing towers and buildings in my groups' collective building collections.

This one is going to be a gift for a friend who regularly hosts our Sharp Practice games after I tart it up a little more.

Offline Galman

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Re: Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2009, 05:58:50 PM »
Well done on the station.  I like it.

Offline Gallowglass

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Re: Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2009, 05:22:01 PM »
Lovely stuff.

Saw the Eureka range in the "flesh" at Historicon. Excellent figs.
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Offline Super_Gibbon

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Re: Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2009, 01:38:04 AM »
Awesome again, Thaddeus! But more pics please. Different angles and all that. Its nice to see your lust for that range come to such satisfying fruition. Great work!

In which move does Ioan have to blow one of those up?

Offline Aaron

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Re: Eureka French Revolution and a telegraph station
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2009, 11:37:50 AM »
It is the one called Loyalty. http://www.amazon.com/Horatio-Hornblower-Adventures-Loyalty-Duty/dp/B0000DJZAC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1249299351&sr=1-4

I'll post a couple more shots from different angles once I finish it off. Then the whole world can see that I didn't leave room on the roof for a trap door!

 

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