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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, 12 June 2018

Garden Ornaments for the Georgian Age

As a follow on to the previous post, I thought some garden ornaments could be produced out of odd Christmas decorations. Decided to cut up several wooden snowmen for tubs and pots. While some small conifer trees, costing 10 pence each, could be trimmed into other shrubs. As I have often admitted, I get a real pleasure in utilising the unwanted. Also picked up a second-hand lorry in a local toy shop for two quid, but it was the eleven medium sized barrels that caught my eye, and they have painted up quite nicely.
MGB


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  1. MGB12 June 2018 at 15:01

    Thanks Phil, just having some fun clearing my box of bits and pieces, will now start to integrate the items to buildings and figure bases.
    Michael

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  2. James Fisher12 June 2018 at 17:37

    You are amazing Michael. Not only your figures, but these and your previous terrain pieces look superb.

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    1. MGB13 June 2018 at 00:09

      Thats kind of you James. While its partly to do with limited funds, I am also harking back to the pleasure I got converting a limited range of figures and kits while in my youth, something we all had to do before being spoilt for choice.
      Michael

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  3. MGB15 June 2018 at 02:55

    Thanks Colin, arguably, its a nice change from painting up another horse regiment lol.
    Michael

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  4. Captain Brummel22 June 2018 at 09:24

    Great idea again. Sometimes we really should take a look around us and use what we have available...and our imaginations. I think there has been a tendency in recent times to only use the equipment sold by certain manufacturers because only they make realistic Georgian beer barrels. Complete nonsense of course...eyes open and see whats lying around. Well done...good stuff.

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    1. MGB23 June 2018 at 06:20

      Thanks CB, thats my view too.
      Michael

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