Imperial French, Franco-Prussian War

[UbiqueMatt]

Big battalions and little fellas. This are the first recruits for my Imperial French army. Figures are 6mm from Baccus obviously from their Franco-Prussian War range. All I have to do now is paint up some opposition for them (might take a while tbh).







Matt

[Golgotha]

Look fantastic have been wondering about starting Franco-Prussian gaming any suggestions on rules?

[Melnibonean]

Beautiful.
A bit to small for my eyes to be able to handle.

[von Lucky]

Nice painting. All those moustaches are cute, but I imagine when painting them the thrill would quickly wear off.

[UbiqueMatt]

Look fantastic have been wondering about starting Franco-Prussian gaming any suggestions on rules?

I was thinking to using Black Powder as the ranges then would probably be more realistic (if that makes sense) and cavalry for events such as Von Bredow's Death Ride.

[UbiqueMatt]

@von Lucky - yes very quickly. In the future I'll probably stick with just the front rank and even then every other figure.

[julesav]

Lovely stuff!

[vtsaogames]

Look fantastic have been wondering about starting Franco-Prussian gaming any suggestions on rules?

Our group chose Bloody Big Battles, a set of grand tactical rules.The entire battle of Gravelotte-St. Privat fits on a 6 X 4 table. Basic units are either brigades or divisions. The rules include 7 or 8 battle scenarios and the group.io files contain a lot more.

An account of our campaign can be found here https://corlearshookfencibles.blogspot.com/2017/03/la-guerre-est-finie.html

[ChrisBBB]

Vincent, thanks for mentioning 'Bloody Big BATTLES!' (BBB).

Golgotha, UbiqueMatt: if you want to learn more about BBB, there are nearly 900 members on the BBB group and tons of resources (scenarios, player aids etc) here:
https://groups.io/g/bloodybigbattles
My BBBBlog:
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/
And a BBB Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/952133704806728/

Chris