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Its a dark day.....and its all your fault Barry.
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:45 pm
by big-gazza
Hi,
well another wargamer sold his sole to the devil today.
Yes I finally ran out of excuses and started down the dark path of Napoleonics....
I blame you for it Barry. The seed was planted after seeing the game at Skelp and today I arrived home with a box of the Perry French Cav and Victrix 1807-1812 french infantry.
Thought I'd markl the day with a post here so I can see how long it takes me to get them done.
Now all I need to do is work out how to base them for RtE>
Gazza
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:52 pm
by Atheling
Gazza,
You have started
the wander down the very long and wiinding road
.
Good luck to you matey. Look forward to seeing what you do with the plastic mini's.
Cheers,
Darrell.
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:10 pm
by obriendavid
He did the same to me Garry, he's got a lot to answer for.
Cheers
Dave
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:52 pm
by Jack
obriendavid wrote:He did the same to me Garry, he's got a lot to answer for.
Cheers
Dave
I'll second that. 200 infantry, 15 cavalry and 3 guns with caissons etc done so far. Only another 200+ to do and that is not counting the work I'm doing for others that have also been lured down the R2E path.
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:34 pm
by Low Roller 1-1
Not quite Barries fault but all these really nice plastics out this year made my head turn to.
I now have ECW, British & French Naps - what next my wallet groans
Its their fault that I am here and found barrys rules
Re: Its a dark day.....and its all your fault Barry.
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:00 am
by Wayne A Turner
big-gazza wrote:Hi,
well another wargamer sold his sole to the devil today.
Yes I finally ran out of excuses and started down the dark path of Napoleonics....
I blame you for it Barry. The seed was planted after seeing the game at Skelp and today I arrived home with a box of the Perry French Cav and Victrix 1807-1812 french infantry.
Thought I'd markl the day with a post here so I can see how long it takes me to get them done.
Now all I need to do is work out how to base them for RtE>
Gazza
Arh Gary,
Now you are a "proper" wargamer!
Wayne
Re: Its a dark day.....and its all your fault Barry.
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:07 pm
by big-gazza
Wayne A Turner wrote:
Arh Gary,
Now you are a "proper" wargamer!
Wayne
Hi,
not like WWII wargaming. Thats a kids game.
Thanks for the kind words chaps. Enjoying doing the research into some thing new.
Looking at the 13th Cuirassiers for the Cav as they were the only unit of them in Spain. Also the brown uniform will make them stand out in the field of blue.
Gazza
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:50 pm
by barr7430
They are NOT panzer grenadiers Gary!!!!!... you can't leave those WW2 shades alone can you??
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:52 pm
by big-gazza
barr7430 wrote:They are NOT panzer grenadiers Gary!!!!!... you can't leave those WW2 shades alone can you??
Hi,
just wanting to easy myself into it. O.k. at first I was going to do the horses in heer splinter camo but I'm over that now.
Gazza
Re: Its a dark day.....and its all your fault Barry.
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:27 am
by Jack
[quote="big-gazza
Looking at the 13th Cuirassiers for the Cav as they were the only unit of them in Spain. Also the brown uniform will make them stand out in the field of blue.
Gazza[/quote]
If you are doing Spain why not go for Joseph Boneparte's Spanish Cuirassiers "Espanoles Coraceros"
. Red with green facings, same uniforms as the French. They would really break the colour mould.
nappys
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:09 pm
by toggy
nearly 30 years since i last painted napoleonics but seeing Barry`s game at Partizan 2 got me so enthused, i have joined in the fun. Just can`t wait to get my hands on the rules.
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:59 pm
by John-G
Yes, also took the plunge after being suitably impressed when helping play-test the rules at SESWC ... to the tune of I'm now working on painting up a Spanish division
Cheers,
John.
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:04 pm
by CoffinDodger
It looks as if I'm going to have to dust off the first metal miniature armies I ever collected. Minifigs' 25mm (well nearly) French and British painted in Humbrol enamels from 1973 to 1978. Based six to a 60mm x 40mm stand for infantry and three to a 75mm x 40mm stand for cavalry. I started off using Bruce Quarrie's rules and they have since served under Wargames Research Group, General de Brigade and Shako.
Jim
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:51 pm
by Atheling
CoffinDodger wrote:It looks as if I'm going to have to dust off the first metal miniature armies I ever collected. Minifigs' 25mm (well nearly) French and British painted in Humbrol enamels from 1973 to 1978. Based six to a 60mm x 40mm stand for infantry and three to a 75mm x 40mm stand for cavalry. I started off using Bruce Quarrie's rules and they have since served under Wargames Research Group, General de Brigade and Shako.
Jim
Mine are based fopr the Airfix rules!!!
Cheers,
Darrell.
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:14 pm
by Jack
CoffinDodger wrote:I started off using Bruce Quarrie's rules Jim
God, not another one. That 33:1 scale was a real pain but I think the best at the time.