Category Archives: Painted Units

“La Garde au Feu!”: My 15mm French Imperial Guard (Part 9: 2ème Éclaireurs (Éclaireurs-Dragons))

And normal service is resumed…  As I said, the sci-fi games and articles will just be a bonus and my normal tedious historical rambling will continue as normal. My surviving reader will no doubt remember Part 7 of this series, … Continue reading

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‘Onore e Patria’: The Army of Napoleon’s Kingdom of Italy (Part 1: Cavalry of the Royal Guard)

As much as I enjoy writing the scenarios, they’ve been expanding just lately to the size of a George R. R. Martin fantasy epic and my recent article about the Artillerie de la Marine wasn’t much shorter.  So let’s see … Continue reading

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“Á l’eau c’est l’heure!” (Part Deux): Régiments d’Artillerie de la Marine 1813-1814

“Á l’eau c’est l’heure!” “To the water, it is the time!” (Motto of the French Navy) (… probably…) Many, many moons ago, I wrote a profile of my Sailors (Marins) of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard (pictured below).  Initially formed in preparation … Continue reading

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‘Furchtlos und Treu’: Napoleonic Württemberg Reinforcements

With a flurry of 1809 games last year and a hankering to do the Battle of La Souffel 1815 and some 1814 battles, I had a sudden urge to paint some more Württemberg troops. Thanks to painting Von Hügel’s brigade … Continue reading

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‘Force à la Loi, Fidélité à l’Empereur!’: French Garde-Nationale 1814-1815

My surviving reader will probably remember that late last year I posted a scenario for the little-known last battle of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of La Souffel.  I then intended to put that scenario on as the W.A.S.P. Big … Continue reading

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Reinforcements for King Louis (Part 12: More French Cavalry)

As discussed last time, it’s been Wellingtonic Central here this year, so I apologise to my remaining reader, as I know he loves a bit of Tricorning action.  So to keep him happy, here are some more SYW French cavalry … Continue reading

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Reinforcements for King Louis (Part 11: The Royal-Carabiniers)

I did promise that there would be some tricorns among the recent wave of shakos, so here are some more French cavalry that I painted late last year and early this year. Before we go on to that however, I’d … Continue reading

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“Bravoure et Bavière”: My 15mm Napoleonic Bavarian Army (Part 2)

In the last thrilling instalment, I was droning on about some new infantry regiments for my Napoleonic Bavarian army.  This time I’m going to cover some other bits and pieces; dragoons, generals and artillery. Above:  1. Dragoner-Regiment ‘Minucci’.  The lineage … Continue reading

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“Bravoure et Bavière”: My 15mm Napoleonic Bavarian Army (Part 1)

For our recent refight of the 1809 Battle of Eggmühl, I needed more Bavarians to fill out Marshal Lefebvre’s VII (Bavarian) Corps.  I already have a small Bavarian army (as featured in our Battle of Neumarkt refights here and here), … Continue reading

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‘Hannover Siegt, Der Franzmann Liegt’ (Part 12: The Last of the Hanoverian Horse)

Late last year and early this year, in the wake of our ‘half-scale’ Minden game, I had a major push at finishing the full order of battle for Minden.  There’s still a fair way to go, with eight Hanoverian infantry … Continue reading

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