| Pyjamas in the Desert | 22 Mar 2015 11:53 p.m. PST |
Hi to all, I have started to prepare for the 1815 battles that the NWS will be fighting up through to Waterloo and have started to get some of my old troops out in readiness. [URL=http://s408.photobucket.com/user/carloboyoz/media/Battle%20of%20Bran%20Alleud%202009/DAY%2012.jpg.html]
[/URL] Quite a few photos at my blog: link Cheers Carlo |
| von Winterfeldt | 22 Mar 2015 11:58 p.m. PST |
very nice looking figures and terrain |
| War In 15MM | 23 Mar 2015 6:18 a.m. PST |
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| wrgmr1 | 23 Mar 2015 10:23 a.m. PST |
Great looking game!
Lovely paintwork, vibrant colors!
Looks like mostly Front Rank Figures, one of my favorites.
Your command stands are fantastic.
Is that a clubhouse or a private games room? Great looking place to play. |
| goragrad | 23 Mar 2015 11:24 a.m. PST |
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| Who asked this joker | 23 Mar 2015 12:55 p.m. PST |
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| Pyjamas in the Desert | 23 Mar 2015 2:16 p.m. PST |
Thanks gents. Figures are exclusively Perry Miniatures and the photos are from games at the Napoleonic a Wargaming Society in Perth, Western Australia. |
| Lord Hill | 23 Mar 2015 3:06 p.m. PST |
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| Dorsenne | 23 Mar 2015 11:09 p.m. PST |
All is great, miniatures, table, photos. Outstanding work. |
| Gunner Dunbar | 24 Mar 2015 2:47 a.m. PST |
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 deadhead  | 24 Mar 2015 3:48 a.m. PST |
Absolutely marvellous. Did you ever do the heavies? The DB Carabiniers…….. Must ask about the Perry HA as well. They are not often seen and they were the first Perry unit I bought out of curiosity………look where that led to! The plumes in orange look great, but I stuck with boring black, initially with red in, then overpainted on further research. The orange looks far better. Artistic licence or some evidence for it? |
| VonBlucher | 24 Mar 2015 5:03 a.m. PST |
Carlo,
Great looking units!! John |
| Marc the plastics fan | 24 Mar 2015 5:48 a.m. PST |
Artistic licence is to be applauded. They look great |
| Greystreak | 24 Mar 2015 5:51 a.m. PST |
Lovely painting, Carlo!  |
| deadhead | 24 Mar 2015 6:45 a.m. PST |
Agree entirely about artistic licence. As I said, they look far better and, if it is just a bit of imagination, begs the question why they did not wear Orange plumes? Just genuinely curious as I have heard varying info about their headwear. I do appreciate that, as with so many DB units, in a state of transition, the answer may well be no one knows! |
| Maldini1966 | 24 Mar 2015 11:17 a.m. PST |
Very nice …I like the Dutch
Cheers
Losh |
| Pyjamas in the Desert | 24 Mar 2015 2:09 p.m. PST |
Hi gents, Yes a bit of artistic license on that one for sure though subsequent research States they should be black. However that change according to my quartermaster happened surely in July 1815 ;-) Certainly do have the heavies and they will be up next week. Thanks to all |
| deadhead | 24 Mar 2015 2:38 p.m. PST |
Exactly what I meant about DBs…no one seems to have the slightest idea what they looked like in June 1815. Change nothing! Funny, but they (The DBs) seem to disappear out of the history of what was left of the Hundred Days within a very short interval. I guess they entered France, but did they get as far as Paris, or were they sidelined by the bigger countries that had hardly seen a shot fired? The heavies by Perry I think are brilliant. Your light cavalry are superbly painted |
| Marcel1809 | 26 Mar 2015 2:15 p.m. PST |
Deadhead, the "Dutch Belgians", we prefer the term army of the Netherlands, did participate in the invasion of France and I believe besieging some frontier fortress town. Erwin Muilwijk, the author of 3 books on the Netherlands army in 1815 is preparing a fourth volume on this theme, I don't know how far his research is but it will be published (in English) in the not so distant future. Very Nice figures indeed pyjamas in the desert, well done and indeed there is uncertainty about what the troops wore on the day of battle as many regulations were only implemented after the battle. |
| deadhead | 26 Mar 2015 3:48 p.m. PST |
Incredible how many terms applied to to the two countries we now call Belgium and Holland (no! Not Holland at all, that is just part of the modern Netherlands) The Low Countries
The North and South Netherlands
Walloon/Flemish
Brabant/Batavia
The United Provinces
Spanish and Austrian Netherlands
Belgium and the Netherlands There may be others, but I cannot recall offhand Thanks for the info post the Battle. Often wondered. Their whole contribution has surely been understated for nearly 200 years. They performed far better than any one expected or had any right to ask in the Hundred Days. Not just Perponcher at Q Bras either! |
| Pyjamas in the Desert | 28 Mar 2015 1:56 a.m. PST |
Hi Gents, It is strange as the best book I have ever seen on the cavalry of teh Netherlands during the period was by Andre Dellevoet who titled his volume "Dutch-Belgian Cavalry at Waterloo – a military history". If you get a chance to buy it and are interested in this period, then don't miss the opportunity. |
receives a gift from his wife…
