tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post8111781739063461076..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: Fringe Players - tabletop units with an undeserved popularity...MSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-73178315206005470402015-06-25T22:27:25.764+01:002015-06-25T22:27:25.764+01:00Excellent thank you Chris!Excellent thank you Chris!MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-39386953546512283152015-06-25T22:25:57.898+01:002015-06-25T22:25:57.898+01:00HUZZAH!
HUZZAH!<br />MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-15612099428542563692015-06-25T15:27:03.415+01:002015-06-25T15:27:03.415+01:00Always wanted to add one of those.
Funnily enoug...Always wanted to add one of those. <br /><br />Funnily enough, my Sudan British have a rocket trough, which is just as wild. Phyllionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-8195314611802932922015-06-25T14:07:42.975+01:002015-06-25T14:07:42.975+01:00There you go - there's a man weeping already.....There you go - there's a man weeping already...!MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-30314888305850467452015-06-25T14:02:39.077+01:002015-06-25T14:02:39.077+01:00"1805 Russians as 1815 Kings German Legion.&q..."1805 Russians as 1815 Kings German Legion."<br /><br />HERETIC!Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-48701027704812196442015-06-25T01:41:43.476+01:002015-06-25T01:41:43.476+01:00I confess that my ACW collection includes two regi...I confess that my ACW collection includes two regiments of the Iron Brigade (a third to be painted up) and two of the Irish Bde. These glamour boys are just too tempting, although in my defence, they were with the Army of the Potomac at most of its battles. However, conscience tells me I should paint the 152nd Pennsylvania and the 90 something New York, just because. Mind you, the uniforms are almost all the same, it's just the flags. I do have a box of Zouaves to paint, because, well, because Zouaves.<br />In a 6mm Naps army I purchased recently, there was a small host of chaps painted a shocking electric green, which the bases declared to be the Regiment d'Irlandais. John Elting, who knew a thing or two about Napoleonn's army, thought this unit had an exaggerated reputation and probably wasn't all that Irish, but the romance sticks. I don't know what Elting would have thought of the shocking green paint job on these guys.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-30246380336750491812015-06-25T01:17:36.832+01:002015-06-25T01:17:36.832+01:00Well, the former Russo-German Legion (IIRC, the 31...Well, the former Russo-German Legion (IIRC, the 31st and 32nd Prussian Infantry, and some cavalry and artillery, but I can't recall their unit designations)) still wore their Russian uniforms at Waterloo, so you could just say they managed to skip over to the Hanoverian part of the field... :)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05091296131481416326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-39267756351001616042015-06-25T00:20:45.223+01:002015-06-25T00:20:45.223+01:00Excellent - I think it's very healthy to talk ...Excellent - I think it's very healthy to talk about these things. <br /><br />Substituting Russians for 1815 KGL will have button-counters all over the world weeping into their beer, but don't you worry about that - it's still healthy to talk about it... MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-47253207001763932312015-06-24T22:57:12.090+01:002015-06-24T22:57:12.090+01:00I likely have too many units painted as some sort ...I likely have too many units painted as some sort of 'grenadiers' with red plumes etc ... but then my forces are used more generically as "french" and quite often these red-plumed grenadiers have to wear the tabletop technical mantle of line troops.<br /><br />I have come to care less about the precision of 'this or that' particular unit, so long as they have a decent paint job on them and are more-or-less from the correct opponent era. I have been known to use 1805 Russians as 1815 Kings German Legion.<br /><br />I no longer count buttons and have much more fun with the game(s).MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-26113994118754286162015-06-24T21:57:49.035+01:002015-06-24T21:57:49.035+01:00Stout fellow - that's the spirit!
Life Guards...Stout fellow - that's the spirit!<br /><br />Life Guards aren't so wild - a rocket troop would be wild...MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-21780762784217320752015-06-24T21:25:28.469+01:002015-06-24T21:25:28.469+01:00Quite - my Peninsular British has two cavalry unit...Quite - my Peninsular British has two cavalry units so far - Light Dragoons (good, solid start) and Life Guards (served...but briefly and didn't see combat). I liked the uniform better than ordinary 'Heavies' ! Phyllionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-90311525829466849092015-06-24T18:41:37.526+01:002015-06-24T18:41:37.526+01:00I think you are absolutely right.
As for retro ch...I think you are absolutely right.<br /><br />As for retro chic, I've always looked like this - I was always a stranger to fashion even when retro chic was just chic. People tell me that if i keep wearing this stuff it will come back into fashion - let me tell you, if it ever does then I'll go down to the charity shop and get some new old togs immediately. MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-40864728988527819992015-06-24T09:13:04.777+01:002015-06-24T09:13:04.777+01:00I have to admit that it's a desire for colour ...I have to admit that it's a desire for colour and variety that tends to dominate for me, but then again I'm more or less compelled to take this approach by attempting to build my armies entirely with vintage figures. Eclecticism seems to be unavoidable in these circumstances. Then again, perhaps this is precisely so many of us are attracted to retro chic?Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-62215234414141926542015-06-24T08:58:46.321+01:002015-06-24T08:58:46.321+01:00You could probably field them, but they'd have...You could probably field them, but they'd have to stay in Antwerp.<br /><br />It's a tough one, isn't it - I have a lovely Qualiticast French staff group, including Napoleon, and I am determined to use them one day, though it is not obvious how or where I would use what is really a diorama group, covering the area of a couple of football pitches. Nice though.<br /><br />Maybe I should have a separate collection of diorama pieces, but I don't think that's a great idea. For one thing, I'm a rubbish painter. MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-38246482970690309622015-06-24T08:46:11.261+01:002015-06-24T08:46:11.261+01:00My own British OOB includes a 'naval battalion...My own British OOB includes a 'naval battalion' made up half and half with marines and sailors. I still don't understand why Roy won't let me field them for Vintage Waterloo...Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-7334838824579192072015-06-24T07:04:30.254+01:002015-06-24T07:04:30.254+01:00Well, Ray, the official answer is "no", ...Well, Ray, the official answer is "no", but this may nag at me for a bit. Maybe the best bet is to paint the extra figures as another 1812 regiment, and that removes the temptation. Nah - maybe the temptation is interesting...MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-1722767957791907422015-06-24T07:01:01.859+01:002015-06-24T07:01:01.859+01:00My very first steps in wargaming involved the ACW ...My very first steps in wargaming involved the ACW in about 500BC, and my entire expertise was based on a chapter in one of Featherstone's books and the nice little "Knight's Battles for Wargamers" book on First Bull Run. I had a lot of fun, but of course neither the action nor the OOBs are typical of anything at all, and - since I quickly got bored painting grey and blue units, my armies were filled with anything which I found interesting (and shiny) - US Marines, Fire Zouaves, Berdan's Sharpshooters, Tigers, you-name-it. I had tremendous fun for a couple of months, but it became obvious my army was going to have to start again, and I was going to have to understand the ACW and its tactics rather better, so I ran out of steam on that period (sadly - I keep looking at it again...).<br /><br />Later, my penance for my early magpie days was in slowly building up Marmont's 1811-12 Armee de Portugal - now there's boring - the only possible eccentrics in that army were a hundred green-clad guys from the Regiment de Prusse! No wonder so many gamers desperately cling to the legend that the 15e Ligne might still have been wearing their white uniforms from 1807 - anything for a bit of variety, but the uniforms must have been a bit shabby by 1812, you would think - not to mention that they must have been ancient history.<br /><br />All excellent fun. MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-72407564097121591792015-06-24T06:29:05.571+01:002015-06-24T06:29:05.571+01:00So are you going to paint them up then?So are you going to paint them up then?Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-32200765763819726202015-06-24T01:56:37.518+01:002015-06-24T01:56:37.518+01:00Yep, you're spot-on about oddball units showin...Yep, you're spot-on about oddball units showing up all over the place. For example, Rush's Lancers in the ACW. It was the only lancer regiment fielded by either side, and they quickly gave up their lances as being totally unusable in the terrain of Virginia. Doesn't matter--there they are again! And how often do we see a battalion or two of Old Guard in an ordinary French force? How often did Nap parcel out his pride and joy? Like, never? My old group in California loved Tiger IIs--every single guy had a battalion or more of them! (Considering how few were actually produced, it would appear they are just a little bit over-represented.)<br /><br />Well, gotta run--I'm right in the middle of painting my brigade of Tiger Zouaves. Oh, wait a minutes...<br /><br />Chris JohnsonChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05091296131481416326noreply@blogger.com