RAISING MINIATURE ARMIES FOR THE LATE 18TH CENTURY
I am very keen to keep my wargame rules as simple as possible, yet capture the character of the 1790s. Morale dominates the games as the opposing sides are very different. Most of the French troops are 'levee' battalions, which I have chosen to base in column as their ability to change formation on a battlefield must have been limited, nor do I believe their volley fire had any great value. Of better quality, able to change formation, will be white-coated regular and blue-coated volunteer battalions, aided by a fair number of skirmishers. The British, Austrian, Dutch and German armies are often outnumbered, but they maintain the discipline and order of typical 18th century armed forces. Interestingly, French revolutionary cavalry have little in common with their later Napoleonic counterparts, the former are few in number, often poorly mounted, and no match for those in the service of the Allies. All figures are 28mm in scale, using a 1=25 ratio.
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Tuesday, 13 December 2016
AWI COMMAND BASES
Can muster a few more command bases for my AWI Crown and Revolutionary armies. The figures are Fife and Drum, with an Old Glory, and several converted X-RANGE from Hinchcliffe.
MGB
Really adds something to tabletop. And these guys look very much the part. You really have amarvellous collection, thank you so much for sharing with us. CB
Looks good!
ReplyDeleteThanks A.P., I might go back and do some more work on the Highland officer conversion.
DeleteMichael
Really adds something to tabletop. And these guys look very much the part. You really have amarvellous collection, thank you so much for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteCB
Thank you CB, for your interest and encouragement, have a joyful Christmas!
DeleteMichael