I know, I know. We finished Davout's III Corps in September, right? Well, with the big decision arrived at a few weeks ago, I'm decisively engaged with the massive 10mm Napoleonic rebasing effort. All of my 10mm Napoleonic French have been taken off of the large unit bases and are being instead rebased on 30mm square bases to enable them to play in other battles and with rules other than Commands and Colors Napoleonics.
Reading last week's post, I briefly showed some snapshots of the entire French force unbased. I'm happy to report at the moment that the III French Corps is complete. I'm starting Augereau's VII Corps next but figured I'd show off progress so far. We're making slow progress, but it's progress none-the-less!
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| The entire Corps with universal basing complete. Flock and all. |
They will easily plop down onto sabots for games of Blucher or Volley and Bayonet. They'll also serve nicely in tactical games like Shadow of the Eagles, Shako, or Neil Thomas' "Napoleonic Wargaming."
Superb, the rebasing looks the business, that is a fab collection. Looking forwards to what ever falls from this, including your Mega Game.
ReplyDeletethanks, Norm! this project has been a real boon to my motivation. I feel like I'm back in the Napoleonic Saddle!
DeleteNice table. Love the paintwork
ReplyDeletethank you sir!
DeleteOkay... that's it! I HAVE to get back to gaming with Napoleonics! Inspiring!
ReplyDeleteJohn you are too kind, sir! Napoleonics has consumed my hobby time and will for the foreseeable future!
DeleteMost impressive and spectacular divisions and commands, truly superb!
ReplyDeleteMerci, Phil! Good to hear from you!
DeleteI can see why you like this scale. This scale seems to like you! A magnificent array.
ReplyDeletethank you, Archduke! we are just getting started! Just wait until ALL the Eylau Corps have been painted!
DeleteFine looking display! You accomplished your task admirably with a well-painted force. Excellent!
ReplyDeletethank you, Jon! Working on Augereau's Corps now. Happy Thanksgiving!
DeleteLooking good Steve! There’s nothing like the massed ranks of Napoleonics. Having them on 30x30mm bases is a good call. Makes them very flexible. You could even do a small level action with each base being a company.
ReplyDeleteCheers sir - that was my thinking exactly! this really enables me to play them with almost any rules now.
DeleteThey look superb Steve and I think the smaller basing works better and as you say, works well across a variety of rulesets.
ReplyDeletethank you Steve! I think it's a big improvement over the single based units
DeleteAlthough I detest re-basing with a passion :-), I think this project is worth it. I see you've based your "units" by company pom pom color, which is my method, and they can be blended, or not, when used on sabots. No flags, though?
ReplyDeleteI am running Eylau (how the heck do you pronounce that?) myself next week for Jared's school game club. It's one of only 2 battles (Wagram being the other) that I made special terrain (winter ridgelines) for, and probably the scenario that I have run the most over the past 20 years, perhaps because of that! :-)
I literally just saw this comment now... The flags are molded onto the strips and painted. paper flags would look way more impressive i think, but i am at heart a lazy gamer!
Deletei will check out your blog re the Eylau refight. I think I've seen one of those school games (borodino?) within the last few years.
I actually got the idea for the company pom poms from your blog :)
it is pronounced "eye-la-oh" I think.
These look superb Steve - the basing choice is 100%. The pics look fantastic - and the style makes the units in line seem so much more alive.
ReplyDeletethanks Darren!
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