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res are all great war miniatures which are a pleasure to paint though on the large side 13th light dragoons the 4th got dropped because they looked sort of boring i am pleased with how they came out overall 11th hussars and the rocket scientists in charge however it might be some considerable time before i paint any more horses 8th hussars and 17th lancers the bloke at the back is the regimental butcher don t ask written by empty comments 1 comment posted in 19th century painting wargaming tagged with 19th century 28mm painting wargaming june 6 2021 the battle of the alma sort of it has been a quiet year for gaming unsurprisingly in celebration of vaccinations and the ability to actually interact with other people i put on the alma scenario from neil thomas s 19th century war games rules no optional rules were used the game was enjoyed by all though it turned out to be rather briefer than i expected the british line awaits orders the russian position looking across from the causeway battery to the great redoubt the rules were as written save that we were using 28mm figures and so i changed the distances in the rules to be measured in inches and the squares on the map given to be 24 each i fear the rifles have watched too many episodes of sharpe on the telly russian jaegers charge the incautious rifles prince menshikov is awoken by his staff for a quick update on the battle the battle was brief because the overly aggressive british poured across the river and up the slope rather rapidly discovering that cannister fire is a bad thing to quote messers sellars and yateman i must admit i feel slight guilt about this because i prepared quick play sheets for those involved and i am afraid i neglected to emphasize that the british infantry outranged the russian by double and that thy could engage the guns from outside close canister range and that the russian infantry were more or less constrained to melee closing allowed the russians to respond with energy mea culpa mea culpa mea maxima culpa the great redoubt in action the black watch appears outnumbered in any case the british crossed the stream without softening up the russians at all allowing both the russian infantry to charge home and the russian guns to fire at close range they were driven off the slope in a welter of fallen lead sailors and artillerists man the guns casualty figures represent hits lord raglan discusses the 3 30 at cheltenham with his staff we called it on turn 7 oh well sorry lads figures are a mix of wargames foundry and great war miniatures we hope to try some more soon written by empty comments leave a comment posted in 19th century battle report wargaming tagged with 19th century 28mm battle report neil thomas rules wargaming april 29 2019 the not terribly glorious 1st of june in what seems to have been an early iteration of brexit we staged a hypothetical naval battle set in the 1850s using the broadside and ram rules originally this was intended to be an british vs french extravaganza but shortage of equipment of the french side caused the inclusion of some prussians and austrians turning it into a early brexit conflagration the british heavy squadron the british fleet vice admiral sir charles ffoulkes heatherington name type cruise max attack defense notes victoria ws 3 4 3 3 sol flag agamemmnon ws 3 4 3 3 sol hero ws 3 4 3 3 sol constance ws 3 4 3 2 steam frigate mersey ws 3 4 3 2 steam frigate phoebe ws 3 4 3 2 steam frigate diadem ws 2 3 3 2 steam frigate rear admiral the hon algernon gore booth name type cruise max attack defense notes arrogant ws 2 3 3 3 corvette retribution ws 2 3 2 2 corvette basilisk ws 3 4 2 2 corvette hecate ws 2 3 1 2 sloop hasty gb 2 3 1 1 gunboat insolent gb 2 3 1 1 gunboat city of baltimore ss 3 4 0 2 armed merchant the french and allied fleet contre amiral auguste fevrier despointes name type cruise max attack defense notes louis xiv ws 2 3 3 3 sol ville de paris ws 3 4 3 3 sol flag souveraine ws 3 4 3 3 sol impetueuse ws 3 4 3 2 steam frigate souveraine ws 3 4 3 2 steam frigate némésis ws 2 3 3 2 steam frigate cormandel ss 4 6 0 1 dispatch vessel chef de division marie joseph camille de saint jean d angély name type cruise max attack defense notes dupleix ws 3 5 2 2 corvette dandolo ws 2 3 2 2 corvette erzherzog friedrich ws 2 3 2 2 corvette blitz gb 2 3 1 1 sloop cyclop gb 2 3 1 1 gunboat danzig ss 4 6 1 2 dispatch vessel preussischer adler ss 4 6 1 2 dispatch vessel the fleets were composed more or less of the ships i had available and the values worked out from the rules in general i used values for ships found in the data sections while the smaller ships i m fairly happy with i suspect the ships of the line should have higher offensive value especially the 120 130 gun ships for instance the kaiser 91 in the data section of the lissa scenario has an offensive value of 4 rather than 3 i decided to leave them all at 3 for a first outing rather than wrestle with broadside throw weights this would be because i am lazy the scenario is roughly this the british squadron has been sent to intercept a vital french supply convoy consisting of desperately needed ormolu clocks and rare columbian mustache wax the french and their european allies will fight to retain these treasures without which parisian life would not be worth living initial deployment the two heavy squadrons approach each other at the top of the picture and the light squadrons at the bottom the french won the scouting roll as i seem to have given them too many plusses but then i messed up the benefits for winning so it worked out really the british light squadron the counters show how many action points a command has and the admirals flag shows the flagship the two pairs of squadrons engaged their opposite numbers more or less in insolation partially because admiral gore booth i e me lost the plot and did not support his superior as he was told until too late the french approach the british line aiming to break though the french heavy squadron approached the british head on attempting to break through the line clearly having read the trafalgar post match review british fire caused some damage but was not effective enough the french piece the british heavy squadrons line damaging most of the lead ships severely the french broke the line collisions being avoided we decided if no damage took place the ships would not stop their movement and rapidly shattered or crippled enough british ships that the formation fell apart this processes was enabled by poor births command and clearly substandard damage control training in other words ffoulkes heatherington showed a marked reluctance to roll greater than a 2 on either command or combat dice resulting in the rapid destruction of his squadron the light squadrons engaged as well the french detached two faster ships for an end run the two prussian ships finding the french advance too sedate for their liking break away to approach the british however the dices that had deserted the senior british admiral had scurried over to join the junior and the french squadron found itself in difficulties the initial engagement between the light squadrons the french are already suffering things only got worse for the french though they had some success saint jean d angély s squadron was reduced to wrecks though managing to set a fire on the british second in line with almost their final shots the french light squadron has been doubled and is in difficulties with two ships shattered and more crippled however hms retribution is on fire i don t recall if we put that out or not the sinking wrecks of the other british squadron can be seen in the background at this stage ffoulkes heatherington ordered a general withdrawal gently reminding gore booth of his ignored orders oops again and the match was called with a french euro victory general thoughts the rules played well and smoothly even allowing for the umpire messing things up including forgetting that there was a fleet break rule in the game sigh the rules were clear and no trouble was had proceeding through turns very rapidly the only things i d look at to change are increasing the gunnery values of some of the larger ships though not necessarily the defense factors and adding some more things to do with command points some of the david manley s other rules have a similar system but some additional things to spend action points on and i think i shall adopt them in here if only to provide variety i suspect also that i will not allow ships not in formation to provide supporting fire this may be in the rules but i couldn t find it all in all a fun time and we shall have another go sometime written by empty comments leave a comment posted in 1 2400 19th century battle report naval wargaming tagged with 1 2400 19th century battle report naval march 31 2019 crimea i finally painted enough stuff to have a go at neil thomas s 19th century rules i ve been looking forward to this for a while what can i say i m a slow painter the russians prepare to advance we used the scenario setup as in the rules and ended up with the pitched battle scenario the attacking french sent their 3 cavalry units on a flank march and the defending russians me had a forward deployment allowing the two cossack units to deploy well up the board this proved to be a terrible mistake as the french shot them to pieces with their fancy rifled muskets the french line awaits the russian advance as a side note i have doubled the moves and ranges more or less because i have based things on very large bases the french flank march arrives hindered by their truly appalling command status the russians lumbered toward the french getting shot to pieces in the process i was fairly sure it was a doomed outing but the remnants of one infantry unit managed to stagger into the objective village on the left and the grossly surprised 22nd lancers managed to drive off a flank attack from the french hussars then drive them from field shortly afterward seeing the remnants of the chasseurs d afrique off too the chasseurs had a previous close encounter with canister while charging a battery and were regretting their enthusiasm by the time they met the lancers 22nd lancers charged in the flank doomed it was to be a flash in the pan all the same the flank marching french cavalry took the two batteries that had softened up the french in the objective village though took severe casualties the russian remnants in the village were shot out of it and the village reoccupied by the french the chasseurs d afrique discover that charging guns can be a phyrric victory having seen off the hussars the 22nd lancers face off with the chasseurs d afrique a few russians in the village in the background face their doom the despairing russian charges on the russian right drove from the field two french units but the scant remnants of the french musketry were insufficient to drive the french from either of their remaining objectives we called it at that stage not wanting to continue farther all in all we enjoyed the game and are looking forward to having another go written by empty comments leave a comment posted in 19th century battle report wargaming tagged with 28mm crimea wargaming october 17 2018 armée d orient i have been interested in the crimean war for a long time but never really got motivated to do anything about it having discovered some time and no motivation to address anything else i have started to build some armies to game it using neil thomas 19th century war games rules the army poses for one of those new fangled daguerreotypes i have finished the french for the moment having already gone a little over the top i started with them because i think they get short shrift in the anglo centric histories and rather a lot of them showed up to the ball the cavalerie légère minds the open flank chasseurs d afrique supported by les hussards the figures in the army are a mixture wargames foundry great war miniatures and cibo s little dudes being the majority contributors la marine waits to cross the stream supported by a completely ahistorical unit of légion étrangère i had the figures and i liked them so the much too late legionnaires are old glory not really a grand battery is it the individual figures in the photos are to be used as markers showing that the unit has received orders i ve come to dislike counters or tokens on the table la armée d afrique waits by the stream also zouaves in front turcos behind some of the individual figures came from other manufacturers i think the sipahi is askari for instance la garde impériale in reserve voltigeurs and grenadiers i know the grenadiers should have blue trousers for crimea but l e pantalon rouge c est la france besides i can use them for 1859 and my little army has too much guard but they are so handsome the cuirassiers and dragoons wait to exploit their chance i did try and use the orders of battle i could find so that the units i painted were there the dragoons and cuirassier regiments were both present la ligne lots of vin rouge très ordinaire here the chasseurs have crossed the stream the rest of the infantry waits i m going to have to fiddle with the ranges and movement rates in the rules my bases are rather large with removable individual figures so they can be used for other games maréchal saint arnaud and his staff consider a particularly knotty problem that s the lot then somewhat more than i needed but fun to paint on to the russians now written by empty comments leave a comment posted in 19th century wargaming tagged with painting wargaming older posts search for recent posts somewhere over the western front somewhere over the channel ramming speed row row row your boat a rare occurrence archives february 2026 december 2023 may 2022 april 2022 september 2021 july 2021 june 2021 april 2019 march 2019 october 2018 september 2018 september 2017 may 2017 april 2017 december 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