Franco-Prussian War

[Womble67]

They are fantastic

Take care

Andy

[Ace of Spades]

If only I hadn't started FPW in 6mm years ago... if only...

Still; the 'collecting opposed sides' option has proven to be the best. I also had some armies finished in other scales and then turned out to be the only one playing the period in the end. Or friends who definitely are willing to collect and paint opposing armies but are so distracted by 'life events' that the opposing army never takes the field... an easy win but not a very satisfying one.
Also in scales like 20mm and up it is not very economical to do both sides in vast numbers.
I therefore now do both sides in most 10mm armies that I own. I should add some more Boers and AWI Americans myself in the future but for the other projects I'm pretty well self-serviced.

Cheers,
Rob

[Javier Gomez]

Hello friends! You can take look to the full photographic feature of the FPW game at http://www.alphaares.com/es/2015/10/29/fotos-froeschwiller-alpha-ares-2015/

[Techno]

And very tasty they are, too !
Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

Matched opponents is a sine qua non for me too.

[paulr]

Just had a chance to look at the full photographic feature 

I like the grey puffs of smoke, are they cotton wool? Are they based or do they just sit on the table?

[Leman]

Dynamic stuff; that lot would scare the living bejasus out of me.

[Glorfindel]

Sorry for resurrecting this thread (well, a little bit - always worth seeing these figures
again).   

Anyway, I've just seen a recent episode of "Who do You Think You Are", featuring JK
Rowling (of Harry Potter fame) and it includes a section dealing with the aftermath of this
same battle (a large part of the French army streamed south straight through the village
of Brumath which included some of her relatives).

I only knew something of the Battle of Worth / Froeschwiller because this thread
inspired me to look.   So, thanks to Javier Gomez !

As an aside, the episode also shows some of the houses that would have stood at the
time - excellent modelling inspiration.


Phil

[Leman]

Sounds useful. From what I know of the region the architecture is more German than French.

[Ben Waterhouse]

Just read through this thread. What an inspiration! I think these have to be the best Franco-Prussian 10mm troops I have ever seen. Wonderful.

[FierceKitty]

Always collect two opposed armies.

Words of wisdom.

[FierceKitty]

(You don't have to stop with a pair, if the era's one of those really busy ones.)

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

And Bavarians are cool

[Leman]

You should also try and squeeze in some Black Brunswickers and some of the delightful cornflower blue and purple Saxon cavalry which operated away from XII Corps against the French Army of the North.

[mollinary]

some of the delightful cornflower blue and purple Saxon cavalry which operated away from XII Corps against the French Army of the North.

Purple?   

Mollinary

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

 

[Leman]

Saxon 2nd Horse regiment - dark purple-red collar and square cuffs.

Saxon 1st and 2nd Uhlans - dark purple-red collar and Polish cuffs.

[mollinary]

Saxon 2nd Horse regiment - dark purple-red collar and square cuffs.

Saxon 1st and 2nd Uhlans - dark purple-red collar and Polish cuffs.

I think this is a transliteration of "purpurrot" which I have usually seen translated as "crimson". Any of our native German speakers able to resolve this?

Mollinary

[Szymon]

I think crimson is spot on as translation for purpurrot 

[mollinary]

Thanks Szymon!

Mollinary