10mm Wars of theFrench Revolution

[PBR Streetgang]

Snapped some pictures of my slowly growing French Army of the early 1790s:


Full army (artillery and additional commanders not shown)


French National Guard, le Bleus


Former Royalist infantry, les Blancs


Formed grenadiers


Skirmishers


General Dumas


Dragoons


...and some enemies of the Revolution...Austrian infantry.

[SJWi]

Very nice. What make are the figures?

[OB]

They are very nice.  Pendraken perhaps?

[PBR Streetgang]

Thanks for the kind words. All Pendraken. The dedicated French Revolution stuff comes from that range which is a bit older and with more caricature (unfortunately the range is limited with only infantry available). The dragoons are from the AWI range (Continental dragoons in French helmets) and the mounted officer is from the later Napoleonic range.

I also have some Magister Militum artillery crews and mounted officers, the plan is to use proxy figures from both Pendraken and Magister Militum for the gaps (cavalry, artillery, generals and the entirety of a Sardinian army).

[batu]

Amazing stuff!What rules are you using?

[PBR Streetgang]

Amazing stuff!What rules are you using?

Thank you! That's a very good question and one that I have struggled with. My plan is to use Sam Mustafa's Maurice rules for the 1700s. My thoughts is that I can encourage historical tactics through the use of the National Advantage cards. I think I will allow the French National Guard units to form massed formations and allow the French to have command groups of mixed formations (Blancs in line, Bleus in march attack, skirmishers/irregulars). To offset those abilities, the national guard will be conscript ratings.

If that doesn't work, I will probably fall back on Field of Battle 3 which is a set of rules I'm quite taken with at the moment.

[vtsaogames]

If you are interested in grand tactical, above the line-column-square level, you might consider Bloody Big Battles. Your basing scheme would fit right in. These rules were originally designed with mid to late 19th century in mind but we find they do quite well for the earlier period. Basic units are demi-brigades/regiment or brigades or divisions. The troop scale is flexible.

Very nice painting, way beyond what I can manage in 10mm.

[SirRoystonPapworth]

Very nice.   

I’ve read a couple of different things about the Amalgamations, with the possibility that the Blues and Whites were in the same battalions, right from the off. How true it is… who knows!

Also, on the old Honour forum there were some suggestions for the FRW for Maurice. I might have a copy..

[PBR Streetgang]

Very nice.   

I’ve read a couple of different things about the Amalgamations, with the possibility that the Blues and Whites were in the same battalions, right from the off. How true it is… who knows!

Also, on the old Honour forum there were some suggestions for the FRW for Maurice. I might have a copy..

I have read that as well, I modelled my armies prior to the amalgamations, specifically the 1792 reforms under the direction of Dubois -Crance. It's a small window when the demi-brigades were probably formed how I depicted them. I plan to collect an Austro-Sardinian army to fight the Battle of Saorgio and what-ifs from that campaign.

If you have a copy of those Honour forum suggestions, i'd love to have them. I have been looking for them without success. Thanks!

[blacksoilbill]

They look fantastic!

[Chad]

The ‘Amalgame’ was put forward in 1793 but did not begin until late in that year. It was done at company level so that the individual battalions of volunteers and line ceased to exist and were replaced by a 3 battalion Demi-Brigade. This was essentially the forerunner of the Regiment. The original demi-brigade was simply a tactical formation of 3 individual battalions. It is also worth noting that a large number of the new Demi-Brigades were comprised of Volunteer battalions only.

[Patrice]

Very nice! 

Former Royalist infantry, les Blancs

Often called “culs blancs“ by the other soldiers, if you need more inspiration to talk about them. 

[SirRoystonPapworth]

I have read that as well, I modelled my armies prior to the amalgamations, specifically the 1792 reforms under the direction of Dubois -Crance. It's a small window when the demi-brigades were probably formed how I depicted them. I plan to collect an Austro-Sardinian army to fight the Battle of Saorgio and what-ifs from that campaign.

If you have a copy of those Honour forum suggestions, i'd love to have them. I have been looking for them without success. Thanks!

I understand that - regardless of timing, I think you have captured the right look.

Mine are boringly all in blue, mainly because I always wanted to ‘do’ a Russian army of Surarov. I’ve painted. The French, still need to do the Russians…

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