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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Jeff965 on July 20, 2018, 09:45:07 PM
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Well having painted a few character models from Brigade games which can be seen here http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=109261.0
I went on to upgrading my TSS tiles so I could set up a table to represent somewhere in Spain during the Peninsular War.
I've made a start on some French Infantry to go up against the 95th and having got this far I thought I'd start a new thread to keep an eye on my progress.
The French figures are from Perry miniatures, there's a few more figures to go yet as initally I'd like a small force for the likes of FFOL or SODAS and having upgraded some plain boards I'd like to start doing walls, roads etc to replace the more Northern Euorpean items I have on the table in the below photo.
Anyway some photos of my progress so far 🙂
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There's lovely 8)
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Nice job on those Jeff :)
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Smashing . Great stuff 👍
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Great painting :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
nice set up on the board
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Very nice! :-*
A lot more progress than me (though I keep getting distracted :D)
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Beautiful work.
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Neat, crispy painting and beautiful table setup!
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Very nice! Did you do the terrain mat for these from scratch?
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Superb!!Lovely work. :)
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Thank you for taking the time to comment guys it's very much appreciated :)
Very nice! Did you do the terrain mat for these from scratch?
Have a look here http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=110552.0
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Very nice painting. :-* :-*
Will follow with great interest. :)
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Very nice work :-*
I picked up Sharpe & co at Historicon along with the new Exploring officers on foot & mounted - nice figures.
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Very nice work :-*
I picked up Sharpe & co at Historicon along with the new Exploring officers on foot & mounted - nice figures.
I want them next, but with this trickle of character figures coming out I may hang in a bit as it's pricey ordering from the UK even if you don't get whacked by VAT and customs
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Lovely work Jeff, keep em coming. ;D
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Great looking' everything!
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Thanks chaps 👍
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Another four Voltigeurs and line NCO taking the force to 8 Voltigeurs and two line NCO's. I've seen continents move quicker but I'm getting there lol.
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Lovely work fella 8)
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Looking very nice mate.
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Gorgeous ;D
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Well painted to a great detail, shading and all!
A good addition to your collection!
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Nice work on those minis Jeff :)
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Not too shabby I suppose ;)
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40 mm takes longer.
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Thanks very much for posting your thoughts guys it's appreciated :)
40 mm takes longer.
Err these are 28's, or was you being sarcastic? >:D lol
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Beautiful brushwork Jeff. These Napoleonics are going to look splendid on the tabletop.
All the best,
Helen
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Sorry, he sent me some pics of a battle the other day with 40mm. I thought these were the same.
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Sorry, he sent me some pics of a battle the other day with 40mm. I thought these were the same.
Ooh yes, I seen those pics to. I'm quite chuffed that you thought these figures were as good as them :)
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Thanks very much for posting your thoughts guys it's appreciated :)
Err these are 28's, or was you being sarcastic? >:D lol
Thanks Helen :)
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Ooh yes, I seen those pics to. I'm quite chuffed that you thought these figures were as good as them :)
They are bloody good Jeff, don't sell yourself short. ;D
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They are bloody good Jeff, don't sell yourself short. ;D
Certainly are. I'd be over the moon with them if they were mine.
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Certainly are. I'd be over the moon with them if they were mine.
They are bloody good Jeff, don't sell yourself short. ;D
Thank you very much guys :)
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Not at all mate. You're a bloody good painter.
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Getting a lot of love here Jeff ,what are they after ,free drinks at Blam ? ;) :)
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Getting a lot of love here Jeff ,what are they after ,free drinks at Blam ? ;) :)
Very kind of you to offer Keith, thanks. lol
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I'm not the one getting the love Steve ! lol
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I'm pretty sure there will be a few rounds over the course of the weekend!
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Damn Fine brushwork again there Jeff
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Cheques in the post boys lol
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Another four Voltigeurs done along with a line Officer, this takes my light unit to 12 figures or two units of 6 depending on what rules I'm using. I've enough figures now for a FFOL type game but I'm going to have to pull my finger out to get a decent Sharp Practice size game. Not today though coz I'm out for a slap up dinner at Mrs Miggins pie shop coz it's my birthday :)
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Happy Birthday. :)
And lovely painting. :-* :-*
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Lovely work again Jeff and have a very happy Birthday!
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Happy Birthday mate
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Nice work on those Jeff :)
Happy birthday too :)
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Very nice and inspiring brushwork on those miniatures!
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Thanks for commenting guys, little break from these now and a move towards the Indian Mutiny next :)
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Thanks for commenting guys, little break from these now and a move towards the Indian Mutiny next :)
Yaaay! :D
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Excellent stuff!! :)
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More great work. Top notch. 👍
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Thanks both 👍
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Happy birthday, Jeff. Hope you have a nice party with cake and tea. Yor figures are well painted, looking forward to the british troopd as opponent.
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Thanks Dirk, British will be making an appearance at some stage :)
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Lovely brushwork Jeff once again.
All the best,
Helen
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So I wanted to add to my 95th Rifles and I wanted figures without backpacks to fit in with the chosen men I had already painted by Brigade games. I had a look around the web and Warlord games were the only ones I could find as the rest of Brigade and the Perrys all carry the backpack.
I've painted up 7 figures from the box of 15 or so and I'm quite pleased how they've turned out and how they fit up against Warlord which are a little smaller, though TBH I'm not that fussy about figure sizes and happily mix different ranges.
Anyway here's a photo of half a dozen in a skirmish unit and the two units together with Sharpe and Harper to the fore.
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Great collection Jeff 8)
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Nice work on those minis Jeff :-*
For what it's worth I think they work well together :)
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Those look great. I've been eyeing those for another project. Now that I see how they paint up, I'm getting them!
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Thanks for commenting guys :)
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Terrific work and cracking photos. 👍
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Nice work on those minis Jeff :-*
For what it's worth I think they work well together :)
I agree, they look great together. A lovely collection ;D
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Cracking work Jeff! 8)
Christopher
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Thanks for the kind comments chaps :)
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Very jazzy :D
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Lovely minis Jeff. Great project too. 8)
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Excellent work Jeff, makes me want to paint Naps, and that ain't easy to do ;)
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Thanks for commenting chaps :)
Excellent work Jeff, makes me want to paint Naps, and that ain't easy to do ;)
All those straps and piping lol
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This week I painted half a dozen British Light Infantry from the Perrys. They are from the 52nd Regiment one of the original "light bobs" units trained at Shorncliffe.
These are ready for the table, but to be honest I've sort of bottled it on the backpacks. I did a little research and really wish I hadn't, because there is so much contradictory information out there.
It's obvious that the packs represent the envelope type pack as opposed to the box type we see on infantry in the Waterloo campaign, but I've left it a neutral brown colour as black just didn't seem to look right. I may paint a circle on in the facing colour and paint on 52 in Roman numerals if no other info comes to light like the packs in the AWI.
Either way they'll fight just as well whatever pack they are carrying lol.
They will eventually have their own Officer and NCO but for now Sergeant Hakeswill has been attached and will lead/bully them into action.
With these I have enough Brits for FFOL H&M and Sharp Practice, and so now it's time to crack on with the French to get them up to a SP size force.
Because I have to shrink the size of these photos to be able to display them on LAF they are a little fuzzy, if you want to have a look at them in glorious technicolor have a look at my Twitter feed @JAD965, you don't have to have a Twitter account to have a look (I think) :)
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Awesome stuff, just seeing this now!! What did you use for the buildings?
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Nice work on those minis Jeff :-*
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Jolly Jazzy. ;D :-*
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Thanks chaps :)
Awesome stuff, just seeing this now!! What did you use for the buildings?
Buildings are from this company http://www.tablescape.co.uk/index.htm
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Terrific. Cannot wait to see them all ‘on parade’ together. 👍
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Beautiful work!!! Top job done here
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Bloody gorgeous brushwork on these lads, Jeff.
Top drawer nappies, them there be.
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You is da Fresh Prince!
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Really nice stuff again mate. I'm a definite fan of your painting.
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Thanks chaps :)
Terrific. Cannot wait to see them all ‘on parade’ together. 👍
I'll try and get a photo done of the Brits so far Sabot 👍
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There's Lovely! :) :-*
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Excellent stuff mate!! ;)
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Thank you both, I really appreciate you commenting :)
Terrific. Cannot wait to see them all ‘on parade’ together. 👍
There you go Sabot, this is the British force so far.
Lt. Sharpe @ 9pts
Sgt Harper @ 3pts
Two groups of six Riflemen @ 12pts each
Sgt Hakeswill @ 3pts
One group of six Light Infantry @ 8pts
It's a total of 47 points which is a small force but plenty to get me started with Sharp Practice :)
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Nice group shot :)
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Ooooh lurvely :-*
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Lush :-*
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Jolly Nice
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A smashing sight to behold. Lovely, lovely job. Well done mate. 👍
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Thank you all very much chaps, here's the next handful of figures. An Officer, two Sergeants and a drummer to go with my Voltigeur force.
Another 18 Voltigeurs to go but at least they will all be wearing greatcoats lol
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Just a fantastic thread Jeff! :-*
Christopher
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Nice work on those Jeff :-*
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Very nice indeed :-*
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I can't believe how quickly you're knocking these out, and such quality paint jobs too.
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Thanks for commenting guys much appreciated :)
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Really appreciate you sharing. It’s helping to motivate me - in the middle of painting British , approx 200. 😬
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You are doing a proper tidy job on these fellas!
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Thanks guys, 200 is a lot of figures Sabot, but I'm sure you're up to the task 👍
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Right then let's get some of these chaps on to the table. As I've said already I'm painting up a sharp Practice size force but before we get there I can use some of the figures in a game of Fistful of Lead Horse and Musket.
Here are the two sides and the table layout, the scenario is one I made up myself. Sergeant Harper will lead his chosen men as part of a larger skirmish screen advancing in front of the close order battalions, their task is to clear the ground in front of them of the enemy skirmishers and stop any of the French Voltigeurs from infiltrating their skirmish line and taking pot shots at the Officers in the units behind.
The Voltigeurs led by Lieutenant Cul Enorme (Hugh Jarce in French 🙄) had the same mission.
Both sides got one point for every figure they got off the enemy side of the table and one point for every enemy figure they took out of action. They were not allowed to have any of their figures leave the table until they had killed at least one enemy soldier (this was to make sure they actually fought rather than just ran for the other side of the table).
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The two sides advanced towards each other and the different approach was immediatley apparent. The Rifles were concentrated on their left flank in two groups of five whilst the French spread out along their front working almost in pairs as they cautiously made their way forward using as much cover as possible.
Both sides opened fire early on with the Rifles having the best of it initally due to their longer range.
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Both sides make the hedge lined road and the fire fight becomes more deadly, the French are struggling to hold their own against the superior numbers of the Rifles that they have in front of them and desperately need the Voltigeurs out on their extreme left flank to move in and even the odds.
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Two significant things happen in the final couple of moves, the French skirmishers out on the left flank cross the road and move down on to the right flank of the Rifles, they let loose and manage to take out Sergeant Harper, the Riflemen now leaderless but determined charge across the road and attack Lt. Enorme and his handful of men.
Lt Enorme falls to a sword bayonet but the Rifles are held and have lost to many men to complete their mission handing the field to the French.
We ended the game here as there was no way the British could win but it was a very enjoyable skirmish.
Like all skirmish rules at this level it doesn't have as much eye candy on display as the big Battallion type games, however using these rules players are constantly making low level decisions that kept everybody busy.
Also they are a very narrative driven set of rules every move could be told as a story, with some funny and rather gruesome (in some cases) little stories of their own happening on different parts of the battlefield.
You really do get an affinity with individual figures and are genuinely disappointed or very happy with how they perform.
We played the scenario twice and the Rifles won the second game, but that's another story :)
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Also they are a very narrative driven set of rules every move could be told as a story, with some funny and rather gruesome (in some cases) little stories of their own happening on different parts of the battlefield.
You really do get an affinity with individual figures and are genuinely disappointed or very happy with how they perform.
That's what I want to hear! And you are correct in that you can use the rules on the way to playing bigger skirmishes (like Sharpe Practice), and a great way to dip your toe in a period without having to paint a ton of miniatures.
If you want to up the scale without too much more painting, we play sometimes where your rank and file are in groups of three. They in all ways act like a single miniature, activating as one on the same card, and do the same action. One roll to shoot, close combat etc. Take a wound? Lose a guy. Follow same penalties as if it was a wound. Officers remain a single mini. This gives the illusion of a slightly bigger fight, but you're still only really worrying about 5 cards, but have 12-15 miniatures.
There are some more traits that were added in Galactic Heroes that can give you even more flavor to your H&M games, but they work perfectly fine without them!
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Nice pictures and write up Jeff.Just as I remember it,those Voltiguers must have been vets as their musket fire was deadly accurate :( :)
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Thanks BVJ I'll give the treble figures a go, it'll help fill the table up for photos :)
Enjoyed the game Romark, better luck next time ;)
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Great stuff. The table looks terrific. Your new terrain boards?
Good to see FFOL h&M getting an outing. Expect to be playing them next weekend lol
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That's a proper feast of eye candy, Jeff.
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Thanks for taking the time to take pictures and post.
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Excellent - looks great and sounds fun ! :-* 8)
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All round terrific. Love the table and the action report. Will give the rules a go. 👍
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Great stuff. The table looks terrific. Your new terrain boards?
Good to see FFOL h&M getting an outing. Expect to be playing them next weekend lol
Yes Nick they are the new terrain boards :) Got some way to go on the terrain before its BLAM standard but I will get there. And we've been playing FFOL rules so that we're not complete newbies next week 👍
That's a proper feast of eye candy, Jeff.
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Thanks for taking the time to take pictures and post.
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Excellent - looks great and sounds fun ! :-* 8)
Well if you two like them I must be doing something right :)
All round terrific. Love the table and the action report. Will give the rules a go. 👍
Thanks Sabot, have a go they are a good set of skirmish rules.
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Look like fun little games, thanks for posting.
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Thanks for posting. I (and friends) want to try the rules, western/Napoleonic & Sci-Fi,
mainly due to write ups like yours. Waiting for Galactic Heroes to become available,
so we can order the set.
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:-*Looks great cannot wait for the next game
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A great looking game! 8)
Christopher
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Some pics I took. Too bad El Trumpo and his went down so fast.
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What a spectacular sight - absolutely overwhelming! :-*
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Fantastic table, I enjoyed playing this game even though my force (The Rifles) were wiped out to a man :(
The table and game is the work of Eric the Shed and not myself, just wanted to make sure credit went where it was due :)
It is this sort of work that is inspiring me to work on my own Peninsular project along with Malamutes terrain and Hurhu's terrain and lots of other Laffers 👍
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Painted for my mate Meirion55, a handful of Portuguese Cacadores from Warlord Games.
Now he'll be able to go up against my French in some FFOL H&M games with a decent sized force :)
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They're rather splendid. Quite an Iconic unit, lets hope they do him proud on the table top. :)
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Love those Jeff.
Thought you weren't painting for anyone else now though... ;) lol
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And I did lol
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Lovely job on those minis Jeff :)
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Really really beautifully painted :-*
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Love those Jeff.
Thought you weren't painting for anyone else now though... ;) lol
Funny, that’s what I was going to say! lol
Cracking work Jeff! :-*
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They are great. :-* :-*
One small correction if i may.
The atiradores (sharpshooters armed with baker) company had the shako ponpons and eppaulettes black. The other companies (armed with brown bess) had them green.
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Cheers guys these are nice figures but mine will be Perry's I reckon :)
They are great. :-* :-*
One small correction if i may.
The atiradores (sharpshooters armed with baker) company had the shako ponpons and eppaulettes black. The other companies (armed with brown bess) had them green.
Thanks Rumacara I'll remember that when I paint mine 👍🙂
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Six more skirmishers for the French, a more campaign look to these I think. Six more to do and I'll be ready for the first game :)
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Just lovely. :-* :-* :-*
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Very nice work Jeff :-*
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They're top notch Jeff. :-*
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You've done a fantastic paintjob with their greatcoats, very neat painting! Congrats!
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Terrific work as always. Love tne campaign appearance of 5ne uniforms. 👍
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Excellent work Jeff! 8)
Christopher
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Lovely, looking forward to the AAR
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great paint work!
cheers
Matt
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Absolutely amazing again - love them :-*
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Always a pleasure to see your high quality work!
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Thank you all for commenting, I'm working on the next six at the moment and I'll put a photo up of the whole French force when they are done :)
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:-*Great painting Jeff, cannot wait until the next game
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Ok so I painted another six Voltigeurs again in campaign uniform. That takes my French force up to 47 points and equal to my British force and therefore ready for their first game woohoo!!
Here are some photos of the six new figures and some photos of the whole force ready for action (bit of a squeeze into my light box) lol.
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Three "big men" a musician and four six figure skirmish units gives me 47 points :)
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They really look absolutely fantastic - that's where you'd most like to start gaming with them :-*
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Lovely work fella 8)
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More goodness 👍
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Awesome sauce Jeff :-*
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Great stuff Jeff 8)
Every time I see one of your Peninsular posts I feel an urge to do a bit more with my own project :)
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Bloody brilliant force, Jazzy!
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Great stuff Jeff 8)
Every time I see one of your Peninsular posts I feel an urge to do a bit more with my own project :)
Do it!
The French are waiting for you! ;) :D
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Beautiful Jeff :-*
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Really like those :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Great work, looking forward to the battle report
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Great figures, Jeff. Next year bring them to Blam, they are worth making a game!
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Do it!
The French are waiting for you! ;) :D
Soon mon ami, soon ;)
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Thanks very much for the kind comments guys 👍
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Lovely and scruffy voltigeurs Jeff! :) :)
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Thanks Peter :)
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They look just great Jeff! 8)
Christopher
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Thanks Christopher :)
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Cheap and cheerful Ox drawn cart for a couple of scenarios, not the best model out there but it'll do :)
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Lovely clean paint job :-* :-* :-*
Model does not look half bad
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Looking good, not cheap at all. Who‘s the manufacturer?
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Thanks both, I believe it's a 4ground model cart and the Oxen are from Colonel Bills
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Another half dozen British Light Infantry painted for my Peninsular forces. The twelve of these can be two 6 figure skirmish units for both Rebels and Patriots and Sharpe Practice or a nice big twelve figure unit for R&P.
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Very nice Redcoats Jeff ;D
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Thanks Nick :)
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Wait!...what?...you actually get to paint stuff for yourself? ;)
Lovely! :-*
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Verry jazzy!
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Lovely. :-* :-*
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Thanks for commenting guys :)
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Another excellent unit Jeff! 8)
Christopher
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With a lot of Light and Skirmish figures painted, I decided to start on the Line. These figures are from Warlord games and are plastics.
I got quite a few as a straight swop for stuff out of my lead/plastic pile, and whilst they are not the best figures out there (IMHO) they paint up quite nicely I think.
I've posed them with two Sergeants and an Officer from Perry Miniatures and I think they mix quite well.
From the very little reading I've done my understanding is that the troops wore their greatcoats over their waistcoats to preserve their blue jackets. They also used white/off white covers over their Shakoes, so there's not much blue to show off but the various shades of brown/cream I think is quite attractive :)
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A splendid sight indeed ;D
Keep 'em coming Jeff. :)
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They look great Jeff :-*
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great stuff
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Wonderful painting yet again Jeff! 8)
Christopher
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Thanks for taking the time to comment guys, next up some British Line to oppose these :)
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Very nicely done.
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Getting these figures to the table I used a scenario from the Charles Grant scenario book rather than one from the Rebels and Patriots rule book (I'm awkward like that lol) I totalled the number of units suggested and doubled that figure giving 28 points to the French attackers against 18 points of Brits defending 3 objectives (the three buildings on the left of the picture) two of which had to be captured.
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I used the stuff I've been painting over the last couple of months, so there were two skirmish units of the 95th led by Sharp and Harper, and a unit of Lights led by Sgt Hakeswill.
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On the French side were two skirmish units of Voltigeurs and a Line and Light unit of infantry all lead by the dastardly Lt Pepe le Pugh the Welsh emigre Officer.
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On the British right the French advanced and almost took the wall lined by Sharpe and Hakeswill, advantage swayed from one side to the other but the British prevailed injuring the French commander and freeing up the Lights to assist Sgt Harper's section.
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On the British left Sgt Harper's section struggled to hold against the French onslaught and eventually had to cut and run for the Brit centre where they assisted the Lights in holding onto the second objective. After 14 moves and two hours play it was clearly a Brit win.
Rebels and Patriots are a simple ruleset, this will appeal to some and put others off.
I've had four games and enjoyed all of them, you can play with very little reference to the rulebook and the simplicity of them allows you to easily 'bolt on' as much flavour as you like
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Lovely looking game Jeff. Your boards look great, I like the texture. ;D
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Great game Jeff :)
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A very lovely game Jeff! 8)
Christopher
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Nice stuff on this thread!
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Thanks for posting. I must pick up a copy of the rules tomorrow at Hammerhead.
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Thanks for commenting guys :)
Thanks for posting. I must pick up a copy of the rules tomorrow at Hammerhead.
Hope you like playing them as much as we do :)
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Jolly good show :D
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Another unit to add to the British side this time, I call them Hakeswill's Horrors. Perry's Miniatures with a Brigade Games Sergeant Hakeswill.
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Nice looking unit Jeff :-*
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Terrific 👍
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Gorgeous ;D
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Lovely Jeff. Makes me want to paint my own. :-*
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Thanks for commenting guys, much appreciated.
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Last weeks game was the 'Retreat to the sunken road' scenario from the Rebels and Patriots rulebook.
An 18 point British force defends against a 24 point French force somewhere in the Peninsula.
Lt Sharpe takes command of the Light Bobs and Sgt Harper commands the Rifle section, that leaves Sgt Hakeswill in charge of the line.
On the French side the overall commander is the dreaded Lt Pepe le Pugh in charge of the Line unit and three other French non entities commanding the rest.
The French are advancing out of the woods and must force their way across both fence/wall lines killing lots of Brits along the way.
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The three British units take their positions at the first wall as they hear the pas de charge being drummed out in the woods to their front.
Suddenly from the tree line the French appear, skirmishers to the fore.
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The French skirmishers and Light infantry reach the wall, Sharpe's unit begins to fall back but Hakeswill doesn't get the memo.
Harper turns his unit to try and enfilade the French.
But where are the French Line?
In the woods still trying to form up🙄
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Hakeswills unit at last begin to fall back, caught in a crossfire between the French skirmishers and Light troops and suffering some poor morale throws they rout and leave the table (FFS!)
Sharpe now has to run like buggery to the other side of the table in order to stop the French having a free run at the second wall.
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Sharpe gets there but takes heavy fire from the French and is pushed back off the table, that leaves Harper's unit who are totally out gunned and decide to bugger off a bit sharpish (excuse the pun).
We had another go at this scenario with the Brits attacking and they won so honours even 👍
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Terrific mate. Grateful for you posting this up. 😬👍
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Looking great! :-*
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Yep,it was a fun game,minis and table looked great :)
I'm getting worried about Sous Lt.Le Pugh though,once more carried from the table wounded,I failed a character wound test,again :-[ At this rate he'll soon be catching Marshal Oudinot up As the most wounded Frenchman :)
Thanks for hosting Jeff :)
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Lovely looking game Gents. ;D
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Thanks for commenting guys, haven't had a bad game with these rules yet :)
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Another six French infantry added, hope to do another six soon taking this unit to 12.
I know the Perrys will be bringing out plastic French infantry for this period in the future, but by the time they hit the shelves I'll be on to another project so these Warlord figures will suffice for now :)
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A neat paintjob! Congrats!
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Lovely work on those Jeff,welcome additions to Sous Lt. Le Pugh's forces :)
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Lovely stuff Jeff ;D
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Appreciate the comments guys 👍
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More superb work Jeff! 8)
Christopher
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Thank you Christopher :)
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Six more of these Warlord French chaps, Line infantry for my Peninsular collection.
That's 24 in total with a handful of command figures. I also have as many Voltigeurs so a nice little infantry force coming along both Line and Light.
Perhaps something supportive next?
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Splendid Jeff. Impressive stuff ;D
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Thanks Nick :)
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Magnifique! :-*
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Very neat painting once more, they are fit for the job! Cheers!
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Very nice looking unit :-* :-* :-*
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Thanks for commenting guys :)
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Painted another half dozen British Infantry, Perry miniatures plastics. With the initial six I now have a twelve figure unit for Rebels and Patriots, I hope to paint another 12 in the future to allow me to field three 8 figure units for Sharpe Practice as well.
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They are lovely Jeff :-*
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Thanks both 👍😀
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Cracking redcoats Jeff.
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Top job, mate!
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:-* wow, they really are good. Lovely work mate.
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Thanks for commenting chaps :)
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Lovely work there Jeff! :-*
Christopher
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Thanks Christopher :)
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So after a couple of months painting Indian Mutiny stuff it's back to the Peninsula (Hurrah).
As these forces have grown I've used different sets of rules to play games with them, Fistful of Lead and Rebels and Patriots to name a few.
My first love as far as large skirmish games are concerned however has been Sharpe Practice from Too Fat Lardies. I know these rules like every other set I've played has its supporters and critics but it's fair to say I think they are great.
With that in mind I wanted to play a small game to convince my regular gaming buddy Romark that Sharpe Practice was worth another go. We tried them in the past with mixed results and I think Romark probably prefers R&P.
However undaunted I dragged him kicking and screaming to my man cave and plied him with copious amounts of alcohol (ok black coffee but you get my drift) which coaxed him to stay and give them another go.
I kept the game small and used a scenario from the rule book which involved a small raid by an elite force of British Lights to rescue a local damsel who was being held against her will by a dastardly French Force which almost twice the size in models was actually the same strength in points.
The forces were:
Lt. Sharpe lvl 3 big man
Sgt Harper lvl 1 big man
Sgt Hakeswill lvl 1 big man
6 Riflemen and 12 Light Infantry skirmishers
The French forces consisted of :
Pierre Ducos lvl 2 big man
Lt Pepe le Pugh lvl 2 big man
Sgt Cul Enorme lvl 1 big man
4 units of 6 Voltigeur skirmishers
2 units of 8 Line Fusiliers
Both forces come to a total of 43 points.
However guarding the prisoner was Sgt Vieux Grincheux with another 8 Line Fusiliers. Grincheux is a lvl 0 leader and treated as a minor character in the game, this means he basically rolls on a couple of charts in order to find out what his reaction is to be when confronted by the enemy. In this case he was having none of it and put up a very good fight, but more of that later.
These photos show the table layout the red dots are the British deployment points and the blue dot is the French deployment point.
The prisoner is held in the building with the large balcony and the British must get her from there to their deployment point at the top of the table.
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The British plan was straight forward, Sharpe and Hakeswill with the light bobs would hold the primary deployment point (marked by a wagon) while Sgt Harper and the chosen men would release the prisoner and make their way back to the deployment point guarded by Sharpe.
The French could win two ways, they could recapture the prisoner as she was escorted to the British lines or capture the British primary deployment point thus taking away the only route of escape for the rescuers.
Here's what happened .......
First unit on to the table was two units of Voltigeurs led by Enorme, they quickly moved towards the Chateu holding the prisoner to try and help Grincheux and his guards.
Harper appeared in the gateway leading to the courtyard and was immediatley attacked by Grincheux.
Two rounds of fisticuffs later and all the Rifles were dead and Harper wounded limped back out through the gate to hide near a nearby shed.
Crikey this game was looking like it was going to be over very quickly, I had to roll a couple of times on the force morale chart which took a large chunk of points of my British stiff upper lip.
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Quick change of the British plan, shouting BASTARDS!!! Sharpe and six light bobs had to take over from Harper leaving Hakeswill with the remaining light bobs to hold the deployment point. The French Line arrived under Ducos and immediatley began to pour fire on Hakeswill's men.
Sharpe entered the courtyard and dispatched what was left of Grincheuxs men with a volley entered the building and returned with the prisoner.
Hey op! yelled Sharpe that's not the young beauty I was told to rescue, is it her mother? Sorry sir but she's the only person left in the house, said one of his men. BASTARDS !! Yelled Sharpe, they've tucked me up like a kipper. Climb up behind me then Grandma, any port in a storm hey.
Not wasting any time, Sharpe and his crew were off, the photo below shows the route they would take to get back to safety.
Harper running from the shed to try and join Sharpe was hit by a musket ball knocking him unconscious just short of the gateway where he lay for the rest of the game.
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Another unit of French Voltigeurs arrive and immediatley move to attack Hakeswill and his men who were desperately trying to hold the wagon deployment point.
Sharpe took every opportunity to move with three dice of movement across the table, hoping beyond hope that the Bastard Hakeswill could hold on.
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Charge yelled the Voltigeurs, Hold the line yelled Hakeswill, Bastards yelled Sharpe as he galloped off the table to safety while Light Bobs died around him. A very close British win HURRAH!!!
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Great game and as close as it gets, really enjoyed it and most importantly Romark said he'd like to play again (mission accomplished) probably have to go and rescue Harper now :)
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Yep,a good game,will deffo play again :)
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Excellent, my kind of game. ;D
How did you find SP2?
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I've played them quite a few times now Nick, at various Lardy days around the country. I really like them, they are very much narrative driven and most definitely not a competition set. Have a look at the videos on you tube, they give a good feel for the rules 👍
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Most enjoyable, thanks for posting.
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Looks like good fun was had by all, including all those 'BASTARDS!'.
8) 8)
Lovely eye candy too.
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Looks like good fun was had by all, including all those 'BASTARDS!'.
8) 8)
Lovely eye candy too.
I was writing in character lol
https://youtu.be/Z0YSbEtna4A
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I was writing in character lol
I know that, mate.
Oh, you meant as Sharpe.....
;D ;D ;)
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I was writing in character lol
I know that, mate.
Oh, you meant as Sharpe.....
;D ;D ;)
lol lol
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Great looking collection.
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Great looking collection.
Thank you 😀
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I painted a couple of packs of Perrys Carlist War range civilians which I thought would be nice to populate my Peninsula table as table dressing/objectives/targets lol.
It also gives those lecherous brutes of the 95th some company on those cold nights in Spain, man woman or donkey :)
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Lovely brushwork on some great characterful sculpts.
They will certainly look great on the table.
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Not sure about the 'man, women or donkey' bit, though, mate.....
:o :o
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All lovely and neatly painted!
The old widow with the shotgun is all the money!
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Great painting and nice idea. I'm going to have to look into those packs as Peninsular additions at some point.
It comes as nothing of a surprise to me that old Spanish widows disguise their shotguns as fans - sneaky buggers.
"Ne me fais pas signe ce fan, vieille femme!" ejaculated the fat French sergeant.
Two load bangs, in close succession, echoed around the courtyard and the sergeant fell first to his knees, then forward into the dry, dusty earth.
"Vete al Infierno, Frenchy." sneared old Senora Dosbarriles.
P.S. Just finished listening to the 19 hour audio of Jane Eyre, in which the protagonists "ejaculate" at every opportunity. Added for 19th C period feel.
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Very nice, Jeff. Love these civilians. Look very Spanish.
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Great painting and nice idea. I'm going to have to look into those packs as Peninsular additions at some point.
It comes as nothing of a surprise to me that old Spanish widows disguise their shotguns as fans - sneaky buggers.
"Ne me fais pas signe ce fan, vieille femme!" ejaculated the fat French sergeant.
Two load bangs, in close succession, echoed around the courtyard and the sergeant fell first to his knees, then forward into the dry, dusty earth.
"Vete al Infierno, Frenchy." sneared old Senora Dosbarriles.
P.S. Just finished listening to the 19 hour audio of Jane Eyre, in which the protagonists "ejaculate" at every opportunity. Added for 19th C period feel.
From the first time I saw the old widow, I believed she was hiding a shotgun and I still do! lol
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Always good to see some civilians and lovely brushwork, too!
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Thanks for taking the time to comment guys
Lovely brushwork on some great characterful sculpts.
They will certainly look great on the table.
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Not sure about the 'man, women or donkey' bit, though, mate.....
:o :o
Just trying to be as inclusive as possible mate :)
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They look great Jeff. ;D
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Fantastic
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Thanks for taking the time to comment guys
Just trying to be as inclusive as possible mate :)
lol lol
Good idea, mate.
I completely agree with the sentiment.
I, myself, am an equal opportunities BASTARD!
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Quite right - they can't get you if you hate everyone equally!
Lovely work, olicana!
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Not my work. I'd be happy if it was.
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Thanks for the kind comments chaps :)
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On page 15 of this thread I said I wanted to get another dozen Perry plastic Brits to give me two units for R&P or three 8 figure units with 2 big men for SP, well last week I finished them.
Good core force for SP and along with the Elites (Rifles, Lights etc) gives me a fair amount of choice whatever rules I'm using.
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The paint on those Frenchies is superb! Very jealous.
I’ve considered buying direct from a brigade myself.....I wish a uk supplier would stock them....
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They are lovely, such crisp colours ;D
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Thanks both, the French are a mix of Perry and Warlord the only Brigade sculpts are the characters. I ordered about $50 worth of figures which didn't attract Customs fees or extra tax so maybe I was lucky because it was a small package :)
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As always excellent work! 8)
Christopher
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Very nice colouring in :-* :-* :-*
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Thanks both :)
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Mildly envious -- Excellent work Jeff.
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Thanks Abu :)
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I've started an elite unit of French Grenadiers for this collection, there will be 18 in total so they can be used with Rebels and Patriots and Sharpe Practice.
I wanted them to stand out on the table so I've painted them with white greatcoats (actually a very light grey) as some units were issued off white light greatcoats to protect from the Spanish sun and save wear and tear on their Habit Veste.
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I really like your painting style, everything hangs together so well, troops and terrain. Great project and inspirational, (I'm doing the Peninsular War myself although in 40mm, I live in Spain).
Lee.
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Thanks for the kind comments guys, more to come :)
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More loveliness ;D
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They look great! 8)
Christopher
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Thanks both :)
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More cracking figures :-* :-* :-*
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Thanks Colin :)
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Another 5 Grenadiers done with 5 more to go. That'll give me 18 figures for a large unit in Rebels and Patriots or 2 groups of 8 for Sharp Practice :)
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Here they are with the other figures I've painted in this unit, white coats are a little unusual but there is historical precedent for them and they'll stand out on the table :)
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MOOOOOOOOOOORE!!
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Fantastic project
I've been enjoying each and every picture.
Great work.
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This is so good
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This is so good
Indeed!
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The King of Whites does it again!
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Thank you all for the kind comments, more to come :)
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Very nice indeed and unusual with the white greatcoat. They will stand out for sure. :-*
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Cheers Nick :)
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I believe that the white "greatcoats" were actually linen "dusters" worn over the waistcoat and instead of the habite longue , during the early part at least of the invasion of Spain and Portugal; they were reported by British observers at Vimiero, I believe. If you have the book Military Dress of the Peninsula War by Windrow and Embleton, there is an illustration of a fusilier wearing one. I'm just painting up an SP2 force of French infantry (a mix of Perry and Warlord plastics, plus Perry metal command and characters) in a similar fashion, in bleached bone with off-white highlights and trying to make the material look thinner than greatcoats!
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I believe that the white "greatcoats" were actually linen "dusters" worn over the waistcoat and instead of the habite longue , during the early part at least of the invasion of Spain and Portugal; they were reported by British observers at Vimiero, I believe. If you have the book Military Dress of the Peninsula War by Windrow and Embleton, there is an illustration of a fusilier wearing one. I'm just painting up an SP2 force of French infantry (a mix of Perry and Warlord plastics, plus Perry metal command and characters) in a similar fashion, in bleached bone with off-white highlights and trying to make the material look thinner than greatcoats!
Photos please Baron :)
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First figures of 2020, half a dozen Brit flankers for the Peninsula. This gives me 18 which is a large unit in R&P and 16 for SP.
Either way Sgt Hakeswill will be knocking them into shape.
Theres lots of little details on these that can be easily missed and those bloody straps ;D
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Excellent figures Jeff. :-*
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excellent painting
The straps and things has what has always put me off Naps
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Thanks for commenting chaps :)
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The straps and things has what has always put me off Naps
I find it a tad easier with a white gel pen. I tend to work from dark to light
when painting a figure (to wargaming standards). Any bits the pen can't
get into become 'in the shadow' which works with the '3 foot rule' (i.e. look at
the figure from 3 foot away) If it then looks OK (does not have to look brilliant)
I will be satisfied with that.
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Excellent job. :-*
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Thanks for commenting guys :)
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Those look great Jeff! I like the patches.8)
Christopher
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There's a lot of detail on these figures that can be easily missed Christopher, I have to admit that I'm glad I only had a handful to paint :)
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How do you find Brigade Games and Perry match up? Do you think Front Rank will fit?
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Great work as always. 👍
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How do you find Brigade Games and Perry match up? Do you think Front Rank will fit?
Perry and Brigade Games go together very well, Front Rank are a different style altogether being a chunkier figure, however I think some of the more recent sculpts from FR are tempting me and of the three from a painting perspective FR are a joy to paint while Perry and BG are a bit more work.
I'm a Perry fan boy but some of their sculpts take a lot of cleaning up and some of the faces look like they've gone 10 rounds with Mike Tyson.
Brigade games are slightly slimmer than Perry's, not so much you notice on the table but I think the sculpts are a lot cleaner and Paul Hicks is IMHO the best out there when it comes to natural poses and accuracy in the small details.
Great work as always. 👍
Thank you :)
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As a break from Field Grey I painted up some 'Big Men' and a Musician for my Sharp Practice Brits.
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Centre company taking the Light company for a spin :)
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Neat paintjob! Colors pop! Cheers!
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Nice work on those minis Jeff :)
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Jolly nice ;D
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Thanks for the kind comments chaps :)
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Looking great, as always.
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Thanks Abu :)
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More terrific work ...... superb!
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Cheers Sabot :)
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Fantastic! 8)
Christopher
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I went with Front Rank, and I am very happy with them. Only thing I’d like to see is a Sharpe and Harper set like Brigade has.
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Thanks both :)
I went with Front Rank, and I am very happy with them. Only thing I’d like to see is a Sharpe and Harper set like Brigade has.
I am surprised FR haven't done a character set, they'd be very popular I imagine
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Some heavy support for my British Sharpe Practice forces in the shape of the Royal Artillery.
I'll have to get the equivalent done for the French now.
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Splendid additions Jeff :-*
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They're lovely indeed 8)
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Thanks for commenting guys
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There you go Colin ;)
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Love the artillery. yet another job well done.
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Top notch.
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Thanks chaps, the comments are appreciated :)
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Excellent work Jeff! 8)
Christopher
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Excellent work Jeff! 8)
Christopher
Thanks Christopher :)
Well if the British have a gun it's only fair to give the French one too.
A nice big 8pdr will do and for the 5th crew member I'll add an infantryman as some help.
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And before Colin asks here they are manning a gun lol
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Very nice painting!
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Top job👍
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Neat paintjobs, once more! :-*
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Beat me to it lol
lovely work mate
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Terrific! 👍👍👍
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Lovely artillery crews.
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Thank you for your kind comments guys :)