Roman Republic / Garibaldi contingent

[Harry von Fleischmann]

A bit obscure this.  Taking a step back to Rome 1849, what figures could be used for the Republicans? I'm guessing piccioti, some Spanish guerillas, possibly irregulars from the carlist war range and maybe a few garibaldini (but not in red shirts apparently) and a few Sardinian bersiglieri.

On a similar note, I'm thinking communards could be general late 19th civs, with a few semi uniformed Kepi types in there.

Am I totally off course?

[malto cortese]

that's more or less what I would do!

[Shipka]

What scale are you planning to work in?

[Harry von Fleischmann]

28mm Shipka! I have some Crimean era French, OK 11 of them, but I'm not fussy and I don't need large armies as I'd use "Scum of the Earth".

The Siege of Rome has fascinated me since A level history and I'm kind of interested in the Commune. I'm well aware that both episodes don't end well but that's not what it's about. There's a bit of imagi-nation in there too.

[Leigh Metford]

The Communards included large numbers of uniformed garde nationale and franc-tireur troops, including entire battalions/companies.

[Shipka]

I will be commissioning some figures from Steve Barber, which will be suited for the Defenders of Rome

[Harry von Fleischmann]

Aha! Now that's interesting - will they be generally available?

[Shipka]

As and when yes, they will be included in Steve Barbers Europe in Revolution range, under the heading Italian States.....initial Italian releases are centred around the campaigns in Lombardy, but I am in discussion with a fellow gamer about expanding into the Sieges of Rome and Venice

[Harry von Fleischmann]

Venice too eh? This is getting even more interesting

[Shipka]

Contact me offline and I can tell you my plans

[Morgan]

I'd be interested to hear about your progress on this. I've got some of the Gringo40s Garibaldini and Neopolitans and, for the Carnevale game, some Venetian buildings. I was wondering if I could combine the two to get more use out of both (even if I would have to create a few fictional skirmishes).

[Shipka]

Hi Mkrgan,
My compatriots in crime will be commissioning some Papal forces that would be ideal with the buildings for Siege of Venice, at a stretch some of your buildings could be used for the siege of Rome. Esrly civilian volunteers will be on the cards at a point in the near future.
The figures are smaller than Gringos I will do a photo comparison when I have a few of the Gringos, however their guns and crews could be used