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| A sample of what's on the Histofig archive - some Württembergers |
I used to be very fond of a very nice French website, Histofig, dedicated to Napoleonic uniforms and army organisation - it was not always easy to find your way around it, and it was never complete, but a lot of what was available there was attractive and very useful, and featured the very fine colour illustrations of Frédéric Pouvesle. [And before anyone asks, no - I don't mean Historifigs, the American figure manufacturer who still make some of the Scruby ranges.]
Anyway, like a lot of things one doesn't appreciate sufficiently at the time, it suddenly vanished. I gather that the information on the site was subsequently made available on a commercial basis - I don't know very much about that.
To my surprise, I am informed that it is still possible to access at least part of the old site, it is archived HERE. This post is just for info - I have no stake in this - if it is useful to you, have a look. It's always sad when these things are lost to us.
It was a good resource, for sure. Like you, I always had difficulty navigating around the website but eventually struck upon that for which I searched. I do see some of the plates offered commercially. Maybe those offerings are not legit either?
ReplyDeleteI remember that site! Found some very good information and graphics on the Nassau troops of the period in, believe it, or not, the summer of 1998. I think I still have the printouts somewhere.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
A funny post. These homepage was one of the first I found when I got my first computer. I printed them for my archive and when I check the date on the print it was 1998 too. Puh, what a long time...
ReplyDeleteI found this helpful post in your 'greatest hits' section. Fabulous. My kleptomania meant that I had saved most of the plates to my computer over the years that it was available. It's great to be made aware of this archive version for those that I did not save then and for the textual descriptions. One can never have too many plates and descriptions of Napoleonic uniforms!!
ReplyDeleteCheers, James