Has anyone any photographs of painted British and Russian figures?

Chad

Hi Chad

Doing a Crimean battle this Saturday so will do a few pics and put them on the forum

Bernie

Excellent - I really enjoy gaming the Crimea, but at the moment can only do it in 2mm - which looks great for seriously massed effect, but I'd like to see it in 10mm 

The original Volley & Bayonet rules ghad a great sceanrio for the Alma...

Quote from: Bernie on 05 September 2011, 07:18:55 PM
Doing a Crimean battle this Saturday so will do a few pics and put them on the forum

Is that at Colours?  I'll pop along and have a look if so.

Bernie

Appreciate it.

Thinking of using Black Powder for rules at moment.

Chad

Hi Leon

No Crimean game will be in Dover! though will be at Colours on Sunday buying more stuff from Pendraken!!

Bernie

Quote from: Bernie on 06 September 2011, 06:52:24 PM
No Crimean game will be in Dover! though will be at Colours on Sunday buying more stuff from Pendraken!!

Ah right, that's where I was getting confused, cos I've got an order here for you!

Hi

See attached link to photobucket for Crimean game of the battle of the Alma played this weekend. I have also done some pics of units to show Pendraken range for Chad and others who might be interested in this neglected period

http://s1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc461/BernardGanley/Crimean%20War/

Bernie

Lovely - the British Guards look excellent

Which figures did you use for the French?

What rules did you use - Fire & Furia?

Bernie

Thanks. Look good. Pity the Guards are in greatcoats, would have been even better.

Chad

Those are superb!

Excellent looking game and figures. Really has an epic feel to it.

Excellent, thanks for posting! 

Hi

Did not mind the Guards in the greatcoats so much as having the highlanders in their porkpie hats rather than bonnets which made for a less imposing figure. Still it is a very nice range and so much better value than Magister Miletum's which was used for the odd units not covered in Dave's range.

The French were my Franco-Prussians from Dave's original French 1870 range, as the Crimean French range is too limited at the moment - so have to live without them in their natty frock coats.

Rules are home grown - a variation of "To the Last Gaitor Button"/"Trapped like a Fox" rules as it can handle 80+ battalions that were committed at the Alma and yet play the game in 3-4 hours.

We will be doing another outing of the system at the Legion III show in East Kent in a month's time so will do some more pics then. We will hope to do the Alma and Balaclava battles.

Bernie

Bernie

I think it's a shame that ranges are not complete in some way or another. A partial range means either we don't do it all, go to another manufacturer to fill gaps or if there is not one available put in requests in the hope that others will support that request (often to no effect).

The Crimea is an option I am considering instead of 1859 (which is what I really want to do     ), but if I do I will have to go to MM simply for Guards without Bearskins. 

Chad

Do you mean guards without greatcoats?

Yes.

The illustration on the website and Bernie's pics. show greatcoat. That probabaly fits Inkerman, but not the Alma.

Chad

Hi Chad

Well you can always do BOTH 1859 & Crimea.

My journey started with the 1866 period and thus armies from Austria Prussia, Italiy and the German states. Then it was to 1870 and only needed to add the French for yet another period. Then it was the Ruskies and British for the Crimea as already had the French and Sardinians (yep I know coats are anarchronistic).
So we can now fight 1859 Franco-Sardinians v Austrians and also what-ifs such as Victoria was a Victor and thus an Anglo-Hanoverian army can face off Bismarck and his terrible Prusisians in 1866 or indeed a Battle of Dorking Anglo-German bash/or an Anglo-French tiff. It really is a cracking 30 year period where almost any European power can fight one another

Bernie

What are you using for command figures for the 1859 French Voltigeurs of the Guard? The new figures don't have any command figures.

Chad