Never forget 1918 - 2018.

We will remember them:

Back to the little guys, French WSS, Maison Du Roi 10mm

It's been ages since I have done anything with these two armies but as I fancied a change of scale I thought 10mm will do for me.
Followers will know that I have a fairly substantial collection of allied and French based on the attack on Blenheim OOB but there is still quite a few units to go to complete the units present on this side of the battlefield so I got em out, cleaned them up an as you will see they turned out ok.

The figures are Old Glory 10mm and are actually dragoons, hence the flags are the wrong shape. I should have squared them off with a bit of green stuff when I prepped the figures but I only thought of that after! Also as usual I used a blue one shade lighter than I would have normally as they are 10mm and I feel that from god height they stand out better but that's a personal choice.
There are more French cavalry and infantry to do, and some French dragoons to re-base as I cocked up the size of the bases years ago, so a little to be getting on with.
As to which rules, Neal and I used these figures with Black Powder a long time back but I'm afraid I'm not a fan so I thought I'd try adapting To the Strongest, we have used these rules (which we really like) for Thirty Years War and they worked well. Now I do think that WSS is the farthest you could stretch this rule system to but it's worth a try. I might contact Simon Miller who wrote the rules and see what he thinks.
So out with the magnifying glass and on we go!
Dave.

There and back again. 28mm Austrian Hussars 1794.

Well, no hobbits but I have been here before. I have just completed the replacement 28mm Austrian Hussars for the French Revolutionary army, as you guys will know these twenty four Eureka figures will replace the 30mm Elite cavalry that I sold, hence the there and back again crack.
Twenty four 28mm cavalry take a bit of painting and yes I did them in one batch, if I'd split them up to paint I would have given up half way through and made do with twelve of the buggers! I am pleased with them though, very colourful.

7th Regiment 'Liechtenstine':

I know they didn't carry their flag at this point in time but hey I like flags!
Off for a well earned rest.
Dave.

Slow but steady.

I don't usually post pictures of half completed stuff on here but getting twenty four Austrian Hussar horses completed is a bit of an achievement just by itself. Not the best quality photographs as I did them with my ipad.

 Only twenty four riders to do now!
Dave.

Eureka French Chasseurs cir 1796

It still never ceases to amaze me why you good folks continue to show an interest in the inane ramblings of this doddery old fart by looking in at this blog but some of you will recall that I recently sold two of my French Rev units, the Austrian Hussars and the French Chasseurs. At 30mm from Elite the were great but size wise just didn't fit in with the other 28mm stuff I had.
They needed replacing so I bit the financial bullet and bought Eureka, expensive but their range is full to the brim and lovely figures to boot. So the easy bit, twelve French Chasseurs:

A question for you guys out there, why don't Eureka include a standard bearer for these figures, did the tend not to have one at this time or have Eureka just not done one? I'll have to pop them an Email.
Next, the big one, twenty four Austrian Hussars. Once I get them started I'll be ok, but at the minute they are just looking at me on the bench top!
Dave.
P.S. The pictures are a bit crap, I didn't have the exposure quite right.