I can feel your pain oozing from the words. Similarly I've been 'touching up', and usually trying to do so on figures someone else has painted and therefore the agony of trying to ensure the right complimentary shades of the colour is used. I've also been adding a standardised flag format (some size...

Hi Barry Mixed morale units seem rather an odd concept to me and unless scenario specific and some historical information is available I don't quite see the point of them. A balance has to be struck between realism and playability and have units of a single morale class seemed to me to be that bound...

Hi, I'm currently going through my Franco-Prussian War collection (15mm) and reorganising and REBASING (argh!) all of it. My fingers are sore from teasing figures off bases, chipping away at glue and desperately trying not too break or chip the figures... not to mention the regluing, re-sanding, re-...

Hi Dave, Thanks for that. I've been the scouring the rules and came across that part of turn 8 in the scenario and have desperately sought to establish firm and explicit confirmation in the body of the rules. References are made on page 43 and 45 that infer what you've said to be the case about chec...

It seems that dismounted dragoons are stirring up a hornets nest. With regard to dismounted dragoons. Two squadrons have dismounted and are side by side in line - in effect a regt of two stands. What happens if the dragoons are charged, say by a line infantry unit.? A) do the squadrons check morale ...

That's lovely, thanks.

Sorry to go off on a slight tangent, but I too have been wrestling with the issue of French cavalry uniforms. HOWEVER, by far the bigger issue is finding information about the standards. So far I've made sure that I've only painted those regiments that I can easily find and collaborate information. ...

Thanks for the information gentlemen, nice to have some friendly guidance. Now I just have to persuade the wife that a new army is a worthy investment!!

Nice looking figures. Excellent eye candy. I also have a revolutionary army and have used Elite miniatures for the infantry, and you're absolutely spot on in your blog that they look brilliant en masse. These are not to be admired individually, but there is something about their animation that makes...

I've got armies for the revolutionary period to cover Italy in 1796-97. I'm currently teaching my A level students about the Revolt in the Vendée and the Federalist revolts in 1793, which has piqued my interest... ... so now I'm interested in looking at the revolt in the Vendée in 1793. I've seen th...

Lovely figures Ray... as usual.

What rules are you going to use?

and more importantly... when are we going to get a game with them?

Apparently the 1870 rules by Bruce Weigle are good for bigger scale games (so mostly 6mm), and have a large amount of period information. Personally I game in 15mm and use 'They Died For Glory' rules. They generally work better for engagements of no larger than 2 or three divisions a side (each infa...

nicely painted as always Ray... but give me a chance to catch up with the French won't you!!!

Or do you think numbers will overcome my superior generalship ?

Personally, I think if others want to make their own amendments because they see how it can fit then let them do it. You've produced a great set of rules that have been carefully and thoughtfully conceived in order to give a flavour and atmosphere for fighting a particular period. I'm not one for th...

Nice report Ray. It looked like a nice fun game. But... don't you ever complain about missing out on games again.. you and your mid-week jollies