"The Napoleonic Collection Takes Shape - French Cavalry" Topic

"Like many others I have been trying to assemble a useable Napoleonic collection for years, only realising, when it was too late, what a monumental task it is. Probably the biggest stumbling block was finding a set of rules that I liked well enough – we all know that feeling. Only relatively recently has that been resolved with the publication of General d'Armee. Finally settling on these rules has necessitated a certain amount of re-organising and re-basing, which has allowed me to put together the core of a collection and given me the renewed enthusiasm to continue the project…"

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Amicalement
Armand

Wash.. repeat…

Picture 10 in the sequence raised a laugh. It must be hard enough to blow a trumpet, whilst galloping, without knocking out your front teeth. But blowing it straight into the left ear of the lancer officer next to you? That needs a speech bubble adding……

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Amicalement
Armand

A nice collection . A couple of valid points the author makes.Naps collections do take time to grow .My own Austrian 28mm force has taken 3 years to grow and only now it's got to a usable size .The lock down has also helped me to increase my output as I am perhaps the original painting slug. The rules themselves ,well there are just so many of them and can be difficult settling on one set and tweeking a force to meet the requirements of those rules.One observation though is that many rules appear to have adopted standardised basing which helps if changing to a different set of rules.

Another point I have picked up is the disadvantage of buying pre used models.If you need to expand the unit it can be difficult to copy the style of painting so I think patience and painting your own is the best way forward .

Thanks!

Amicalement
Armand

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Here is the start of the Russian army. Infantry first, cavalry to follow. Hope you like them.