Embarrassed to say I had to google FPW to see who won

 

Quote from: Maenoferren on 20 January 2015, 12:12:46 PM
Embarrassed to say I had to google FPW to see who won

It was Franco,  wasn't it? !   

Mollinary

The Prussos won it in 1870, the then Francos cheated and declared a different country ("no, no we are not Napoleonic we are Republicans"). So it started again and the Prussos won it in 1871 ... then they changed their name to Germans and had to start all over again in 1914 because the Austrians lost an Archduke to a Serbian.

Didn't the Russian Revolution kick off because the emperor was bizarre.

Quote from: Leman on 20 January 2015, 12:25:17 PM
Didn't the Russian Revolution kick off because the emperor was bizarre.

No, as any fule kno it started because Rasputin (Rah-Rah to his friends) was the lover of the Russian queen, which the peasants thought was revolting!   

Mollinary

Quote from: Dave Fielder on 20 January 2015, 12:22:31 PM
The Prussos won it in 1870, the then Francos cheated and declared a different country ("no, no we are not Napoleonic we are Republicans"). So it started again and the Prussos won it in 1871 ... then they changed their name to Germans and had to start all over again in 1914 because the Austrians lost an Archduke to a Serbian.

Has anyone else watched "Drunk History" in which history is told by people who have had too much to drink?

No. Think I'll google it.

"Never drink and type ... it makes the keyboard sticky" Confuscious AD 2015

Quote from: Leman on 20 January 2015, 12:14:53 PM

sorry...hangs head in shame

Quote from: mollinary on 19 January 2015, 12:41:47 PM
Hi again Javier,

I assume you mean Saxon flags for the Napoleonics period, I'll have to look at that as it is a subject with even more complexities than the Prussian.  A
Mollinary

This is the TMP thread I mentioned on flags where "Rudi the German" provided a few useful links on Saxon colors.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=355063

Quote from: Javier Gomez on 21 January 2015, 12:15:58 PM
This is the TMP thread I mentioned on flags where "Rudi the German" provided a few useful links on Saxon colors.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=355063

Thanks Javier,

I re read your post and got back to this post only yesterday!  As the thread points out, Rudy's stuff is not quite as helpful as it immediately appears, as Saxon flags were different on each side. Pendraken have a set of flags which contain all the Saxon flags used in 1870, based on info I supplied, produced by the very talented Maciek.    They are not very expensive, and would give you all the info you need if you really want to paint your own. Alternatively, I could possibly help further off line.

Cheers,

Mollinary

Quote from: mollinary on 21 January 2015, 01:01:00 PM
Thanks Javier,

I re read your post and got back to this post only yesterday!  As the thread points out, Rudy's stuff is not quite as helpful as it immediately appears, as Saxon flags were different on each side. Pendraken have a set of flags which contain all the Saxon flags used in 1870, based on info I supplied, produced by the very talented Maciek.    They are not very expensive, and would give you all the info you need if you really want to paint your own. Alternatively, I could possibly help further off line.

Cheers,

Mollinary

Pendraken's flags are great, I've bought a couple of sheets as a reference for my own painting. However, although the size of the printed and painted to be flags are similar the former ate too small to be used as a reference if you don't complement them with external sources. However, it's good to know they are quite correct! I've managed to gather enough information so I hope I could show you a few Saxon painted flags in the following days –instead of painting regiment by regiment I started by the regimental command bases to be used with Prussians infantry bases if necessary while I finished the whole XII Corps. So the plan is to paint first the command bases, then Jaegers, cavalry and artillery and then the remaining infantry.   

I'm also painting the flags of the two Prussian Landwehr regiments I have, this time on paper as the figures carried no metal flag, just the pole.

I shall look forward to seeing those chaps completed. Incidentally what has happened to Maciek? Has he bunked off somewhere with Nik?

Cheers Bob

Quote from: Leman on 21 January 2015, 04:00:58 PM
I shall look forward to seeing those chaps completed. Incidentally what has happened to Maciek? Has he bunked off somewhere with Nik?

Cheers Bob

Yesterday night I was re-reading Gravelotte account of the battle at Wawro's and was thinking about split it in several smaller scenarios. It's of course especially interesting the German left flank and the struggle for St. Privat and Amanvillers, involving Manstein's IX Corps, the Prussian Guard Corps and the Saxon XII Corps enveloping the French right flank vs. Canrobert's 6 Corps and Ladmirault 4 Corps, maybe contemplating the possibility not that the shaky Bazaine's demonstrated some common sense or courage  but that Bourbaki ignored his stammering orders and come on his comrades help with the Imperial Guard. So 6 strong Prussian divisions vs 6 French divisions with penalties to their offensive actions to represent the lack of nerve of their commanders. Or even smaller, just St. Privat with Canrobert's plus reinforcements vs Prussian Guards and Saxons.

I'm sure some of you have played this scenario before, any suggestions?
Thanks!