Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Big lads' Napoleonics - part 1

While looking for something else* I recently rediscovered these photos.  The game was one of several played at John Bassett's house in Cheltenham in February 2005 and was presented by Mike and John Curry (he of the History of Wargaming Project), using 1/32 toys from their extensive collection.
The forces were largely British on one side and French on t'other.  As you might imagine I was pleased to see this unit of my kilted compatriots.

An assortment of gunners crewed the French 'grand' artillery battery.
The Britains Deetail French Cuirassiers looked impressive.
I think these chaps are Austrians.
An overview of the game showing toys, terrain and some feet.
There seemed to be a lot of those bloody Cuirassiers!
The French infantry looked a lot more managable.
The Frenchies looking for trouble.
The Austrians(?) taking up position in the ruins.
The French fording the river.
More French crossing the river.
To be continued.......

* And no, I can't remember what I was originally looking for.
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8 comments:

  1. MSFoy11 February 2014 at 12:25

    Super, but my enjoyment is muted by the thought of having to crawl around to move all those single figures - apart from the protesting cartilage, think of the collateral damage to the figures. Oooh - Oooh - i have to sit down…

    There must be a fitness element to these games, too - it would be possible to wear an elderly opponent out by forcing him to keep moving his army.

    Thanks for showing this - good.

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  2. Archduke Piccolo11 February 2014 at 12:43

    Those grey guys are likely to be Austrian jager or (maybe) landwehr or freikorps. But I see some Austrian line infantry and grenadiers on the French side in the bottom picture - or are they retreating, being chivvied across the river by the French behind them?

    One feels that these big scales are undergoing something of a renaissance - no bad thing!

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  3. Tim Gow11 February 2014 at 22:20

    MSFoy
    Quite so - hence my recent investment in movement bases for my own 54mm chaps!

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  4. Tim Gow11 February 2014 at 22:21

    Archduke Piccolo
    You are taking this a lot more seriously than did the players! More unlikely toys will follow shortly.....

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  5. Phil12 February 2014 at 10:47

    Nice looking figures...

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  6. Tim Gow12 February 2014 at 21:24

    Phil
    It's so long ago that I can't remember what the figures were. Quite a lot of Britains Deetail I think.

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  7. John Curry Editor History of Wargaming Project19 February 2014 at 16:26

    The figures were Britain's detail, Airfix Napoleonics and some solid Timpo Napoleonics. They were from Mike Curry's 1/32 toy soldier collection.

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  8. John Curry Editor History of Wargaming Project19 February 2014 at 16:26

    The figures were Britain's detail, Airfix Napoleonics and some solid Timpo Napoleonics. They were from Mike Curry's 1/32 toy soldier collection.

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