... some paints arrived ... some bases and miniatures still in mail ...
I'm happy to announce that I finished the French side of my FPW project finally (after Y.E.A.R.S. of abandonment) the complete Bourbaki's Guard corps vs the Prussian v. Alvensleven's III corps plus the infamous v. Rheinbaben Cavalry corps (5th Division)! (Where ever I found, I used the parade uniforms for the more veteran units, especially in the Prussian side to make the whole lot not too uniform) :)
Terrain wise, I‘ve started on (smaller scaled) villages and will continue with woods and orchards and maybe another tinywargames mat ... or maybe later some French infantry re-inforcements ... who knows... but for now the forces seem to be an alright and interesting match while within the historic bounds ...
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| The whole 10mm show |
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| The Guides and the Chasseurs of the guard plus horse artillery |
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| The Dragoons and Lancers of the guard (in parade uniform) plus horse artillery |
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| The Cuirassiers and the Carabiniers of the guard plus horse artillery |
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| The Grenadiers of the Guard (in parade uniform) of the 2nd Inf. Div. |
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| The Zouaves of the guard (2nd Inf. Div.) |
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| The 6mm plus scale village (Michelleville) |
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| The Chasseurs of the Guard (1st Inf. Div.) |
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| The Voltigeurs of the guard (2nd Inf. Div.) |
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| The artillery (inc. Mitrailleuse) of the 2nd Inf. Div. |
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| The Westphalian Curassiers No 4, 11th Cav. Brig. of the 5th Division, who participated in the infamous "Death ride" at Mars-La-Tour |
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| The Magdeburg Curassiers No 7, 12th Cav. Brig. of the 5th Division, same D-ride |
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| The Bruswick Hussars with their famous skulls on their black fur hats |
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| the 1st Leib Grenadier regiment (No 8) in their parade uniforms |
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| The Jäger of the 5th Division of the III Corps |
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| the 2nd Brandenburg Grenadier regt. also in their parade uniform |
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| The Corps artillery and the Command v. Alvensleven |
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| The complete 6th Div. of the III Corps |
Impressive details on such a little scale, cracking job!
ReplyDeleteThank you Phil! Now all I have to do is develop my own homegrown rules! :)
DeleteGreat looking units and armies Michael. We'll look forward to them in action with those homegrown rules (or have you seen the posts on this blog? https://volleyandbayonet.wordpress.com/2020/03/07/advance-to-mulsanne-august-1870/)
ReplyDeleteThank you James! Yep indeed that looks like something I could try until my homegrown rules are actually grown, hahah!
DeleteCongratulations on the finished project! Now we have to wait to use them on the table (maybe this year) ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you Bart! Indeed we will! Doing villages and roads for them atm ...
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