Sir Able Brush: May 2022

Monday, 30 May 2022

Napoleonic Wargames Blogs for May

Jabba had a great game - singling out a section of the Battle of Leipzig.

"My task was to capture Probstheida, held by veteran French troops with Napoleon and his Imperial Guard to their rear as a reserve. The Austrians were to pin the Young Guard in place while the Russians on my right were to try and roll up the French left flank, comprised of newly raised units, and prevent them re-enforcing the village. The Russian guard were to exploit any inroads made or capture Probstheida if my Prussians failed".

Click here to read the whole thing.

Some glorious eyecandy at http://jayswargamingmadness.blogspot.com/2022/05/napoleonic-russian-army-major-progress.html as he comes close to completing (what a curious idea) his Napoleonic Russian Army in 28mm.

This is not from may but I've just spotted an effective painting guide over on

https://krigetkommer.weebly.com/napoleonics-blog/french-line-infantry-part-2-painting

My first experience of the fab JP youtube channel. Lots of games using General D'Armee (great set of rules)

Painting tiny tartan....

Bloody Big Battles Does Dresden 1813, remotely!

How nice to have a battle where you legitimately field the entire Imperial Guard!

Knuckleduster Miniatures are new to me - thanks to https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-war-of-1812-another-british-unit.html

Sgt Steiner has been testing the Soldiers of Napoleon rules from Warwick Kinrade at Artorus Games. They're card driven and Sgt concluded:

Enjoyable game overall (the cards make it) but unsure if is preferable to other more 'dynamic' sets we use for the period but always nice to have choice/options imho.

Saxondog has been painting Austrians!

and Wargamer Terrain mentioned some new figures from Brigade Games

Blunders on the Danube is painting Spanish: Regimiento de Infanteria de Linea "León"

Victrix are close to releasing these veeeeery charging Dragoons (how often did they get this fast - if ever?)

The Perry's indulged in a Napoleonic Feast of a weekend:

https://www.facebook.com/perryminiatures/posts/4882260121896055

Monday, 23 May 2022

Partizan Wargames Show May 2022

What a curious day. Normally I go to shows with a close friend, but he is no longer with us. So I hopped in the car anyway and scootled to Newark.

I got there at lunchtime and it was warm and inviting and busy.

These are the things that caught my eye:

Ian Smith's amazing 40mm - I was amazed the first time I saw these at the Other Partizan before the plague, and I'm still amazed! (Ok I'm repeating myself). This was called "Sharpe and Hornblower in Spain 1809""a full display to honour Ian.

Carlist Wars:

I was totally absorbed in the Carlist War game from Westbury Wargamers. The Battle of Arquijas was beautiful to behold. Thanks for the lovely conversation, your patience with headswaps and pinning and all that glorious colour!

There were some gorgeously painted 28mm ACW figures - I love the talent that can take such samey uniforms and make them glow: This from The Iron Brigade. They were using a short fast play set of rules Bonnie Blue Flag.

The Random bits that make a table:

Not so Easy Company caught my eye for their table clutter. In fact I think I noticed more not military stuff on sale, partly through the mdf laser cut and also 3d printing people, which makes fleshing out the table easier than ever.

What else? Small things:

Who brought these amazing 6mm blocks - a Successors game? (Update - they are from Sheffield and Rotherm club https://www.facebook.com/groups/597968686964595/ ) Were they part of the baccus display? I've always also loved Adler minis.

And these tiny paper/plastic figures just work! Why wouldn't we? I think these were 10mm Napoleonics from https://peterspaperboys.com/ - they looked wonderful.

Hougmont in 28mm -

What a wonderful set up from Like a Stonewall. Huge table but also helped me undertsna dthe tactical problems the French had in such cluttered ground:.

The Perry's do late 19th Century:

28mm WW2 Kits:

I've been here before and probably won't go again, but the quality of kist for 28mm WW2 gamers is extraordinary. These from Rubicon really caught my eye.

And Finally some twinkling red pyrotechnics in this ACW game - worth therextra effort. Thanks Grimsby Wargames Club - Vicksburg 1863. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416022955204847/