"Battle of Skalice: Epic Cavalry Charge- 900 figures" Topic
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18CTEXAN | 05 Jul 2018 8:50 a.m. PST |
The Battle of Skalice was fought today. It only went a few turns because on the second turn all of both sides cavalry charged….900 figures or 9,000 "real" men! You can read AAR at: 18ctexan.blogspot.com Below are few shoots of that cavalry fight: First the Austrian Heavy Cavalry:
Next: Prussian Heavy Cavalry:
Both sides maneuver….trying to gain an advantage:
The melee!
Close-up of charge:
The "blown" Prussian cavalry and routing 2nd Kurassier regt.
Routing Austrian cavalry:
The battle was a lot of fun but stressful! The Austrians fell back on Koniggratz and Prussians are awaiting new orders from the "King"! Cheers from Texas! |
21eRegt | 05 Jul 2018 9:13 a.m. PST |
Interesting account and nice pics. What scale and what rules please? |
18CTEXAN | 05 Jul 2018 9:51 a.m. PST |
Thanks! "Rally Round the Flag" rules adapted for 7YW and Napoleonics. Scale 1 figure equals 10 real men, 1 inch equals 25 yds., and 1 turn equals 15 minutes with turn divided into 4 phases. We have been playing these rules for 35+ years. We play mostly campaigns! Cheers! |
AICUSV | 05 Jul 2018 10:00 a.m. PST |
Love the big battles with tiny men. |
18CTEXAN | 05 Jul 2018 10:36 a.m. PST |
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stecal | 05 Jul 2018 11:41 a.m. PST |
Wonderful looking games with large units. 6mm or 10mm figs? |
18CTEXAN | 05 Jul 2018 12:14 p.m. PST |
to "stecal" Thanks! All the figures are Adler 6mm 7YW! Cheers |
von Schwartz | 05 Jul 2018 5:19 p.m. PST |
Nice figures, great effect especially the 1 to 10 ratio. But that level of detail on such small figures, I need magnifiers to paint 15s. Keep up the good work!! |
18CTEXAN | 05 Jul 2018 6:04 p.m. PST |
Thank you…von Schwartz! And I too use magnifiers to paint the 6mm figures. Luckily Adlers have a lot of detail and are sculpted in a way that helps painting! |
Desert Fox | 05 Jul 2018 6:21 p.m. PST |
Is that the early 1980s edition of Rally Round the Flag? What mods do you use? Please post them on your blog! |
18CTEXAN | 05 Jul 2018 6:48 p.m. PST |
Yes Desert Fox, it is the 1980's edition. We started using them about 1983 and updated for 7YW and Napoleonics a couple of years later. I'm not sure about posting mods or changes we made….that might violate some copyright laws! |
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