Category Archives: Napoleonic Wars

French Napoleonic Reinforcements

Posted on 29th November 2018 by jemima_fawr

Since getting back into my first wargaming love of Napoleonics in 2015, thanks to our Waterloo Bicentennial games, I’ve been steadily working my way through the lead-pile.  In 2015 this stood at around 2,000 unpainted 15mm AB Figures Napoleonics. Thanks to painting 1,000 … Continue reading →

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Some Napoleonic French Foreign Legions (AB Figures 15mm)

Posted on 2nd November 2018 by jemima_fawr

In my last post I looked at a few armies that were allied to Napoleonic France.  However, the French Army itself also contained quite a number of foreign Regiments and Legions within its ranks, raised from Germans, Italians, Swiss, Dutch, … Continue reading →

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Some Napoleonic French Allies (15mm AB Figures)

Posted on 31st October 2018 by jemima_fawr

Everybody needs friends.  Doubly so if you’re French…  So here are some allies for Napoleon. These are all AB Figures 15mm (the kewl kidz call them ’18mm’ nowadays, but they were 15mm when I bought them.  That’s inflation for you…).  … Continue reading →

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Happiness is a Large Busch: Prussian Foot Guard Regiments in 1813 (15mm AB Figures)

Posted on 15th October 2018 by jemima_fawr

Over the last couple of years and since getting back into 15mm Napoleonics with our Waterloo Bicentennial Game I’ve been steadily been building up armies that were largely absent from my collection (such as Austria, Portugal and Spain), as well as … Continue reading →

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“Where is Grouchy?!” – Some French Units for Waterloo

Posted on 25th September 2018 by jemima_fawr

And so to the French… While I already had a pile of French troops for Waterloo, quite a few were looking very tired and in need of refurbishment or replacement (most notably my ancient 1980s-vintage Battle Honours artillery and Guard … Continue reading →

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“Vorwärts!” – Some Prussian Units for Waterloo

Posted on 23rd September 2018 by jemima_fawr

As discussed here, we decided in 2015 to refight the Battle of Waterloo as part of the Bicentennial commemorations.  However, we still needed to paint ‘a few’ units (in reality a surprisingly large number of units…).  Thankfully, I already had a … Continue reading →

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“Long Live The House of Orange!” – Netherlands Troops at Waterloo

Posted on 20th September 2018 by jemima_fawr

In my last article, I showed off the British and KGL units I had to paint for our Waterloo Bicentennial game in 2015.  However, I had an even greater deficiency in Netherlands troops!  However, from my involvement in organising a Waterloo … Continue reading →

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“The Scum of the Earth”: Wellington’s Army at Waterloo in 15mm

Posted on 19th September 2018 by jemima_fawr

As discussed here and here, in 2015 we decided to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Waterloo by refighting it in grand style.  Although I already had a lot of British, French and Prussians (mostly AB Figures), there were still ‘a few’ (actually rather a … Continue reading →

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“By God, That’ll Do!” – The Battle of Salamanca, 22nd July 1812

Posted on 1st August 2018 by jemima_fawr

The Battle of Salamanca 22nd July 1812 Following the French retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras in 1811, Wellington once again secured the Allied position in Portugal with the capture of the Spanish border fortresses of Ciudad Rodrigo and … Continue reading →

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“Á l’eau c’est l’heure!” – The Sailors of the Imperial Guard

Posted on 12th July 2018 by jemima_fawr

The Marins de la Garde Impériale were originally created by Napoleon in 1803 as part of the Consular Guard.  The Marins (i.e. ‘Sailors’ or ‘Seamen’, often mis-translated in English as ‘Marines’, which they were not) were raised from naval personnel and … Continue reading →

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