1914 French in VSF ?

[nickinsomerset]

A consideration may be to use 1870 Imperal French, you can then take advantage of the eppaulettes to add a spot of colour - The were all red except for the Chasseurs who had Green with yellow crecsents. However you could do some in white with red cresents or similar.

For small games I have some Foreign Legion and Turcos on indvidual bases, for larger games I have the French I Corps, based in strips of 4. Remember it is VSF no one can say what is right or wrong, except of course where rivets are converned!

[Elprez]

@rob_alderman - Renegade are not super fast at the moment. I emailed them to check on the status of an order, and their reply was that they were snowed under with orders, and they expected to get to my order the next week. Not a problem, and not really a surprise, as their Regiment Deals are ridiculously cheap at the moment, working out less than 50p a figure. For that price, I'm happy to wait a little longer,  .
(I ordered their WW1 French to use for VSF as it happens, )

[Skrapwelder]

I've got some of the Renegade Chasseurs that I'm using as the bulk of my French VSF force.

[Thunderchicken]

I use Renegade for my French. Here's one a nearly finished:



I've got some of the Warrior mins too but I'll be using them for off word shenanigans.

[rob_the_robgoblin]

My renegade minis came today! Very nice they are considering the price! Mike Owen(?) sculpts no less!
You can still see how he sculpted the original flintloque minis, there's some key parts that are similar! Same from Warrior Miniatures range.

For French, I would use these and Warrior miniatures ones, for sure. Both very cheap and very versatile. 

[Laflin and Rand]

I was thinking of buying GW plastic Kroot and Lizarmen (the smaller one) as "aliens" (would they be Martians or Venusians, I don’t know yet). I do not need lots of them as I’m more likely to do solo games anyway.

Here's what I did with some GW Skinks using rifles from the Wargames Factory Brits;

[Calimero]

@ Laflin and Rand, that’s interesting… and really inspiring, thanks

@ Thunderchicken, lovely painted French figure

[Dewbakuk]

You can still see how he sculpted the original flintloque minis, there's some key parts that are similar!

He doesn't like that being mentioned, not a range he's proud of 

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Well he should be proud. Sure, some of the minis are weaker than others for one reason or another, but he has given a huge amount of inspiration to a handful of very odd wargamers and that HAS to be worth something.

[Bullshott]

I was thinking of buying GW plastic Kroot and Lizarmen (the smaller one) as "aliens" (would they be Martians or Venusians, I don’t know yet). I do not need lots of them as I’m more likely to do solo games anyway.

For our Venus games Dewbakuk invented the Venusian parrottmen (GW Kroot). I have a unit of these as native allies to my French:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=8832.0

[Calimero]

... and they look good too Bullshott 

[rob_the_robgoblin]

My renegade minis came today! Very nice they are considering the price! Mike Owen(?) sculpts no less!
You can still see how he sculpted the original flintloque minis, there's some key parts that are similar! Same from Warrior Miniatures range.

For French, I would use these and Warrior miniatures ones, for sure. Both very cheap and very versatile. 

Actually, I took a look at them tonight and they look like they were rushed out of the moulds! Most of them have no bloody noses! That's an awful lot of reconstruction work on my side. 

[Dewbakuk]

Actually, I took a look at them tonight and they look like they were rushed out of the moulds! Most of them have no bloody noses! That's an awful lot of reconstruction work on my side. 

Take a pic and send it to renegade. I'm quite sure they'll replace them. Does mean you'll have to wait again though...

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Take a pic and send it to renegade. I'm quite sure they'll replace them. Does mean you'll have to wait again though...

That's great news. I'll get into contact with them. 

Planning on buying more anyway, so I'll see what they say.

[Skrapwelder]

Sorry for the threadomancy but I've started working on my French using the Renegade mini's.



I took my dremel drill to the puttees to make them look more like gaiters. I think I will be adding epaulets in future.