A guest appearance

Hey everyone!

There has been a long time since we updated the blog and we have both had many things to do during summer. Trips around Europe, work and other leisures have come in the way for further wargame progress. This summer I am also working at the Royal palace of Stockholm, serving His majesty the king, and thouroughly enjoying myself with my cultural-historical work.

Tonight I visited some friends here in Stockholm to play a game of ancient 15mm. Sassanid persians versus Armenians. A battle which started of good (for me and my comrades persians) but ended in an embarrassing defeat for the persian aswaran noble cavalry. Lesson learned: don't underestimate mountain dwelling christians! Anyway, after the game the other guys wanted to know more about our blog here and I showed them what we had done. They got really interested and my own wargaming fire got some more fuel. I really look forward to continuing the work with my prussians when I return up north in Umeå. A weekly painting night or two will do wonders to my growing division if I can find the time between university studies, historical reenacting, outdoor living and travelling. I hope to finish up with a few more units quite quickly so that another nice game of Republic to Empire can be played with Anders the elder.


I may have the time and energy to post something more while I work here in the capital. If not, I will be back in Umeå in mid-august.

Kindest regards,

Anders the younger

Work in progress - Artillerie à Pied

Greetings, I just wanted to show you some work in progress of my Line artillery battery. The plan is to have three 6pdrs and one howitzer on four bases. In republic to empire you have a zone behind the artillery where no units can deploy or move around so I have started to draw up my ideas for the four bases occuping that zone.

Regards,

Anders the elder.

General de Brigade and Amis - Légère brigade command

Finished painting the Brigade command of the Légère four battalion brigade. I really enjoyed painting this one the Paul hicks ADC was a nice change of pace.

The infantry of the brigade is coming along nicely as I have three out of four battalion commands done and currently working on the skirmish bases.

Regards,

Anders the elder

Left ot right:  Colonel, General de brigade,  Aide de camps

Onward to glory!

 

 

 

Silesian Schützen Work in progress

Greetings!

Recently I have been working on my prussian schützen batalion. After some thinking about what I should use to balance Anders the elders Légère I decided to go for a full skirmish unit of Schützen. I may also field a similar unit of freiwillige Jägers in the future. These are mostly Perry plastics, but the bugler is metal. I figured I should have him since it makes more sense for an independent unit to actually have officers, NCO's and a bugler. There are also some convertions, mainly of the headgear so that they look a bit more unregulated. The officer has got the appropriate golden cord hanging between button and shoulder board.

The things I enjoyed most with this unit were to paint green (instead of dark blue...), to do the red piping (which is not always seen) and the black leather. A welcome break from the blue and grey.

Lägg till bildtext

There is more to come, so stay tuned! Next up from me should be the finished Schützen batalion, and perhaps more on my converted Landwehr...

Kindest regards,

Anders the younger

Springtime startup

Greetings!

After a period of dark swedish winter and a bit of travelling we are back! Anders the elder visited Belgium and France during the winter holidays and I have been in Bavaria for quite some time now. As work and studies continue as normal for the time being, we are back on track with our napoleonics project.

Previously we mentioned some of the projects we would take on starting 2013. I have now basecoated a detachement of Schützen and also started on one more converted Landwehr battalion, and some grenadier skirmish bases. Moreover, there is a fusilier battalion waiting to be put together. Anders the elder has been very productive when it comes to terrain and now once again turns his eye toward the french Légère regiment. We will  order some more miniatures from Perry miniatures by the beginning of next month and I am also interested in some Calpe officers for my prussians.

We will update with more pictures and reports on our modelling, painting and gaming during the coming weeks.

From a cannon outside Port de Halle, Brussel

Cannons outside Port de Halle, Brussels

The Imperial castle in Nürnbergs middle courtyard. Franken, Bavaria.

Regards,

Anders the younger

End of the year report - Republic to Empire

Salutations!

Now when we both have mustered one infantry brigade each we can start trying out the rules and mechanics of Republic to Empire. In this first battle we saw an infantry brigade compromised of four infantry battalions. With limited cavalry support of one squadron. Facing of in the fields of Sachsen.

Although sometimes the game mechanics were a bit hard to follow, we still find the rules to provide a fun and interesting experience which match our (slightly romanticised) view of the battles of the Napoleonic wars. The Order system forces you to think ahead and also focus on the logistics of battle. It can easily become hard to deploy or make movements if slight mistakes are made early on. And battalions can be immobilised if something goes wrong.

Our battle began with a hard French right hook that pushed the Prussian infantry back. Later, the Prussian hussars managed to get around the French left flank, attacking the rear of the infantry brigade. This led to the disintegration of the French forces on that bloody day.

We know now, after the battle, that we made a few mistakes and misread the rules on occasion. It was, however a really fun battle containing cinematic events. Such as the French line infantry climbing over the hedge and walking steadily across the mud field, under fire from Prussian Landwehr. Or the massive French attack columns breaking the 1st Silesian infantry battalion, forcing them into a fighting retreat. Our initial plans were quickly swept from the table as the battle soon got a life of its own. We consider this to be the greatest strength of this ruleset. We look forward to future divisional engagements!

Right now, Anders the younger is finished with the line infantry of his Silesian regiment, and starting in January he will move on to fusiliers, more Landwehr and cavalry. Some smaller detachments of Jägers or skirmishers as well as officers will also be prioritised. Anders the elder will start on a light infantry regiment, line artillery and a few surprises...

Until next time, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New year!

 

As Anders the elder have been testing R2E, we first did a test round to show Anders the younger some mechanics.

We decided that both brigades would march unto the battlefield in march columns to simulate a meeting engagement battle

Anders the elder preparing his French for the attack while the 2nd Silesian regiment manoeuvres

Prussian Silesian grenadiers and landwehr

French infantry on the offensive

The Prussians having trouble deploying and being checked by French dragoons watch uneasily as only two of their battalions stand in line the face the entire French brigade!

The 2nd Silesian hussar squadron has routed on French infantry battalion and now prepares itself to take on the dragoons.

Proud Prussians - Divisional work in progress

Guten Tag!

My prussian forces are growing steadily and after trying Republic to Empire I have become more keen on painting all of my infantry to see them charge the french lines in blue-black glory. Here are some pictures of what I am currently working with.

Another batalion of Silesian musketeers finished. Soon the whole regiment is done!

These will soon be put together as the fusilier batalion of my Silesians. The look of this unit will be a bit different.

Landwehr Command, zu Fuß. To use when playing Republic to Empire.
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Two patrolling Grenadiers. To be used as either skirmishers or as markers for scenarios.

Landwehr drummers for my finished Landwehr batalion.

Do not despair. There is more to come. Trust me!

Please leave your comments and questions!


Regards,

Anders the younger