A Recent Napoleonic Battle

Earlier today, the French and Prussian armies clashed in a brutal skirmish for control of a table. Each side had 11 infantry and eight cavalrymen.
The battle started when the Prussian Curassiers raced forward to lure the French cavalry into a fight. However this did not succeed and the Cavalry simply cantered along in support of the infantry. The Prussians abandoned their original plan and set up a defensive line, deliberately leaving their left flank exposed.
The French marched forward and straight into a Prussian volley, they lost two men and one cavalryman while the Prussians lost one. In the meantime the French cavalry split into two groups with one group supporting the infantry and the other protecting the right flank.
The Prussians held their position and wore down the French attackers until the time was right.
The Prussian cavalry charged into the infantry, killing many. However the French fought harder than expected and killed off my cavalrymen - only to fall prey to the guns of my infantry who poured volleys into the French.
However, I, Generalfeldmarschall Jakob von Morris am not completely without mercy, I proposed my terms of surrender and they promptly agreed. Thomas' cavalry on the other hand turned and fled the battlefield. The five French prisoners were marched away while the Prussians celebrated their victory.
This was a very successful battle for me!

An imaginary battle in Egypt

An aerial view of the battlefield

Recently we have started a wargame of an imaginary Egyptian Napoleonic war scenario. This battle consists of 20 Dutch infantry, 20 Prussian infantry, 20 French infantry and 10-12 British AI (Artificially Intelligent) troops.
The objective was to capture the large British-held African mansion and hold it against the other armies for as long as possible. The British, unless expelled from their position would receive a steady stream of reinforcements that would eventually overwhelm us.
The game was played at school on four desks that we had pushed together, as seen in this image.
The Dutch are in the bottom left, the French in the bottom right, Prussians in the top left and British troops in the top right and center. The mansion is clearly visible in the middle.
The battle started when the Prussians(me)advanced on the British and sent four troops to guard my right flank. The Dutch prioritised capturing a building and sending a large portion of their army to attack the French.
However the British troops opened fire on the Dutch infantry and  succeeded in killing three out of five Dutch soldiers, losing only two of their own.
In the meantime the French had formed a slow moving defensive formation and sent their two Voltiguers to scout ahead and take pot shots at British defenders. The poor Brits were outnumbered 3:1 but they inflicted more casualties then they suffered on the advancing Dutch and Prussian armies.

The British defend the mansion to the death.

As all this happened, the French hung back with only the Voltiguers advancing.

The Dutch suffer at the hands of the British

Napoleonic Dutch Infantry arrive on the battlefield

Perhaps two months ago a friend of ours, who had recently become enthused with wargaming, ordered HaT Waterloo Dutch Infantry. The men in this kit represent Dutch troops in Wellington's army at Waterloo. However Kees, the owner of the figures, wants the men to be painted in the green and yellow uniforms of the Nassau infantrymen as seen here. Furtunately, these different infantrymen have fairly similar uniforms, so won't require too much modification.
The(unpainted)infantry have already seen much combat against the French with varying degrees of success.
Kees has asked me to paint these for him and I shall as soon as I have got the correct paints.
I am looking forward to seeing them completed and in action.

My Latest Napoleonics

Hello for the first time in a while!
During the school holidays I was gifted a 1:72 scale kit of Napoleonic French Hussars manufactured by Italeri. Though I wargame with the Prussian army these will make good opponents for my Infantrymen.
This set comes with 17 mounted Hussars moulded in blue plastic. They have nice detail and the accuracy is good. The moulding is reasonably crisp with only a little bit of flash.
I am looking forward to painting their bold-coloured uniforms and their equipment.

My New Model Corsair

On April 18th of this year, I was gifted a small wooden F4U Corsair. Over the course of the next two weeks,  I built it up, and I now feel that it is now at a point where it looks almost finished, and at the point where I can show you.

I don't think that it has much potential use for in wargames, but it sure does make quite a nice decoration.

MY PRUSSIAN ARMY

Hello! In this post I will be writing about my Prussian army.

I got these Prussians in mid 2017 and they first saw combat in a battle of Austerlitz I had with Thomas just two days after getting them in the post.
Recently, I've been repainting them to get them more historically accurate and to fix mistakes made by my sloppy painting hand. Here they are in the midst of battle.

 The quality of this image is poor, but you get the general idea.
Here is a much clearer photo of them in peacetime!

THE BIRTH OF GEBHARD LEBERECT VON BLUCHER

Recently I started painting one of my horse mounted officers that came with my kit of Prussian infantry  (http://www.italeri.com/scheda.asp?idProdotto=49&idCategoria=34&idSottocategoria=0) like the Prussian Field Marshall Gebhard Leberect von Blucher.

Here is one of the three sprues included in the kit. The horse mounted officer is clearly seen in the bottom row and the horse on the top left.
Here is Blucher: