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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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Monday, 11 March 2019

NEW PROJECTS IN 54MM

Apologies for the lack of posts on this page during the last few months. Just before Christmas I started on a new project to raise, restore, and upgrade some 54mm Medieval armies, using the 1970s Herald Range of figures, produced by W. Britains. I have nearly completed some 300 Guelph and Ghibelline figures now, and have started to upload photos on my other blog, Scimitar and Crescent Wargames (see link on this page). I must express how much of a pleasure it has been to move to this larger scale, and to view and repair some figures I had in my childhood. Perhaps its also the less formal historical criteria in collecting these figures which has made it such a joy.  Here's a few photos from my new/old collection. Hope they are still of some interest to the followers of this Late 18th Century Blog.
MGB




 

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  1. tradgardmastare12 March 2019 at 00:11

    These look great and take me back.

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    1. MGB12 March 2019 at 02:03

      Cheers TGM, same here, have replied further to your comments on the Scimitar and Crescent Blog.
      Michael

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  2. Independentwargamesgroup12 March 2019 at 05:44

    Im very envious of the mounted figures, they are wonderful.

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    1. MGB12 March 2019 at 06:06

      Hi Robbie, I had one red barded HERALD in my childhood. Even then, I felt the model was superior to the DEETAIL RANGE for mounted figures, IMHO. I washed them in hot water with a toothbrush, repaired any that had damaged bases with internal steel nails, researched some appropriate heraldry for the shields, and constructed steel rod lances as the originals were unimpressive. Pleased you like them, I can now muster near forty models, which is all I need and want.
      Michael

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  3. Captain Brummel24 April 2019 at 11:01

    I remember them well from my childhood. I had some archers in orange surcoats...which means I have owned the odd knightly figure in my time and somehow painted them with orange surcoats. some things just stick.

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