General De Brigade - Vimeiro Hill Scenario

I've nearly got the French done for this scenario - oh so bloody close but not quite a banana. I'll hopefully have pics of them by the weekend..........possibly...........maybe..........perhaps........

2012 - The Plan

As part of the usual New Year resolution making twaddle, I've been considering the lead pile once more and have decided that this year's painting will be concentrated on my Napoleonic set up. I'll do this in conjunction with continuing to rebase the Thirty Years War Figures.

I've got the Light Division and the French 7th division for Salamanca at 1:20 for General De Brigade and was going to continue with specific Cavalry Brigades and other Divisions as per the orbat. I was also going to do the odd bit of terrain, but I need a coherent plan otherwise more sidetracking will ensue! Fortunately this has been provided by the latest scenario book for General De Brigade, "Wellington's Victories". It contains the following scenarios:

Vimiero 1808 - Vimiero Hill: This is the same scenario as is in the rules which is a bit naughty!

Vimiero 1808 - Action at Ventosa

Talavera 1809 - The battle for the redoubt.

Talavera 1809 - The Battle for the Medellin.

Busaco 1810 - Reynier's Assault

Busaco 1810 - Ney's assault.

Usagre - 1811 - Cavalry action

Villagarcia 1812 - Cavalry action.

Salamanca 1812 - Clausel's counter attack

Salamanca 1812 - The French rearguard

Vittoria 1813 - Assault on the Hill of Arinez.

Sorauren 1813 - Cole's Ridge.

Toulouse 1814 - Beresford's Attack

All the scenarios are of a sensible size (1 or 2 divisions) and recommended table size is 6X4 for 15mm, with a couple of  them using 6X5. The terrain is relatively simple and I think the maximum game length is 12 turns.

So the plan is to work through the scenarios and do the terrain at the same time. With what I have done already I have just a couple of guns and generals to do for the French for the Vimiero Hill Scenario, and I've got most of the Allies too. This leaves a couple of vineyards to make up and the hill,  which is going to be pink polystyrene blank pushed under a GW mat., and making some 24 man British Battalions up to 30s. I already have a village that should do for Vimiero.

This "master plan" should enable me to add to the armies and terrain  I have in  a sensible manner instead of going all out to produce vast divisions and cavalry brigades that probably won't get used (or painted for that matter do to the magnitude of the task). 

Well, that's the plan anyway!

Light Division Finally Finished

This is the Light Division at 1:20 for "General De Brigade" rules, although I suspect they'll see more action with "Black Powder".

3rd Cacadores

43rd

Ross's Battery

52nd

1st Cacadores

Brigade Deployed

Brigade Deployed

I've nearly got a wargames room again

Well eldest daughter has fled the nest to her new home in Lancashire, so her room has to be put to some other use:-

I've nearly finished the last 6 cacadores for the Light Division that have been hanging around like a bad smell for months, so when they're based I'll stick the whole division on the table and take some pics.

Another Defeat.

A totally unbiased report of yet another stunning defeat at:-
http://thenorthumbrianwargamer.blogspot.com/

I'm not bitter..........................................................

Black Powder & Bloody Religion

Being unable to wait any longer for the "Black Powder" Pike and Shot rules, I've come up with some ideas  in a format shamefully ripped off from the "Last Hussar's" Blenheim Palace variant. They aren't fully tested and I think I'll have to tweak some melee values, but  here's a PDF. I know there are some typos.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B439g3er42STZTJiOTAyNjgtMTg1ZC00OGU4LWE4YjUtMDM2YTI0OGYxZjAw&hl=en_US

Last Hussar's site is here:-
http://lasthussar.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/war-of-spanish-succession-for-black-powder/

The Problem that is the Thirty Years War

So After having been told to get my finger out with this blog, I thought I'd better do something.

I've been interested in the TYW for years, but have never been able to find a set of rules that work for me. I'm hoping that either the Black Powder "Pike & Shotte" rules or "Victory Without Quarter" will fit the bill when they are published. Until then I've got a load of figs sitting collecting Dust. Here are some pics of my Swedish Army based and organised for FOG Renaissance. I need one more unit of Harquebusier types to complete it.

The picture of the artillery is a bit fuzzy, must have had the wrong specs on.

Most of the figures are Essex, although some of the cavalry are Minifigs. The bases are made from the 4mm hardwood strips that you can get from B&Q, Homebase, etc. cut with a small hobby table saw and flocked with Woodland Scenics ballast and turf.

Livonian Cuirassiers

Out of Focus Artillery

Commanded Shot

Red Brigade

Swedish Reiter

Black Brigade

Gustavus Rex

Blue Brigade

Yellow Brigade with the Blue Brigade lurking in the background