French Middle Guard (24 pieces)

The whole Victrix plastics box contains approx 60 Miniatures. Due to my regimental sizing I did paint 24 first which leaves me another regiment and then 12 spares... lets see what comes out with them..

I have to tell you that even as the box is one of their more latest additions the sprues sometimes suck as hell. I have had less problems with their other boxes when it comes to cleaning up of the models from their sprues. Here we have a couple of things that seemingly went wrong.

Manufacturer: Victrix Miniatures
Plastic/Metal: Plastic
Scale : 28mm
Number in Unit: 24

Victrix - Napoleonic british foot artillery box (12 pounders)

I  got a fantastic sending by Victrix which depicts a battery of english foot artillery. These are plastic miniatures with a high variety of choice. In case someone notices it.. the bare headed guy got a special hat which is not included in the box set, but which I found in some older victrix box for french of mine....

Enjoy the battery:

Starter Scenario - Republic to Empire

REPUBLIC TO EMPIRE is a Napoleonic rules set by Barry Hilton and partners. The general impression I've gotten from reading forums and blogs is that people think the rules are complicated. The game play is smooth and free flowing with minimal need to refer to the main text once concepts have been mastered. New players usually pick up the key mechanisms within three to four game turns.

 

As I do not own a copy of that I had to transfer everything to a rules set based on my Black Powder rules which I own. I simply love all the tips and hints in the bock about how to base or how many miniatures to base at once etc...

 

The difference is that Black Powder is scaleable to fit each scale. I own 28mm but could also use Black Powder on 20, 25, 15, 6 or whatever scale.

 

As not used to play napoleonic warfare I simply downloaded the scenario and adapted it to my needs. When you follow this blog you might have noticed that I only own british and french troops at present and so I had to leave out the spanish here... but hei, who know what comes next. So highly recommended easy scenario.

Enjoy !