For me the 25mm scale includes 20mm through to 28mm (perhaps even 30mm) as well as 1/72nd and 1/76th scale figures, metal and plastic. 25mm Napoleonics are something I've been working on since I was 12, but mostly in my teens and 20s and now a bit more in my golden years.
Infantry (Foot)
Serial
Nr.
|
Historical
Designation
|
NB Unit
Size
|
Comment
|
F01
|
British
92nd Highlanders
|
24 BrLN
|
Painted
around 1976 using Airfix Napoleonic Highlander Infantry figures bought in
1970
|
F02
|
French 8e
Ligne
|
2x24 FrLN
|
Painted
around 1976 using Airfix Napoleonic French Infantry figures bought in
1970. It was originally set up for
Bruce Quarrie’s Napoleonic Wargamming rules, which used a smaller figure
ratio.
|
F03
|
British
28th North Gloucestshire
|
20 BrLN
|
A slight
conversion on the Airfix Napoleonic British Infantry figures. I actually visited their military museum in
1996.
|
F04
|
French 54e
Ligne
|
24 FrLN
|
Airfix
Napoleonic French Infantry figures
|
F05
|
French
100e Ligne
|
1x16 FrLN
1x24 FrLN
|
Airfix
French Foreign Legion converted to be French conscripts.
|
F06
|
British 4th
King’s Own
|
20 BrLN
|
Airfix
Napoleonic British Infantry figures.
An extra stand, 4 figures, representing the light company, was added
in January 2000.
|
F07
|
Prussian
Reg Nr 21
|
1x16 PrLn
1x20 PrLN
|
Another
conversion from the Airfix Napoleonic British Infantry figures, painted as one
of the Prussian reserve regiments that were outfitted in Portuguese uniforms
donated by the British.
|
F08
|
French 15e
Ligne, 1807
|
24 FrLN
|
Conversion
from the Airfix Old Guard figures. I
recall that this uniform was chosen as the colours, black and white,
represented Pam’s soccer team!
|
F09
|
French 4e
Polish Regiment
|
24 PdLN
|
Conversion
from the Airfix Napoleonic French Infantry figures.
|
F10
|
French 10e
Leger
|
24 FrLT
|
A different uniform painted on the Airfix
Napoleonic French Infantry figures.
|
F11
|
Prussian3rd
Elbe Landwher
|
1x16 PrLW
1x20 PrLW
|
A major
conversion on the Airfix AWI British Grenadier figure using plasticene and
nail polish!
|
F12
|
British
79th Highlanders
|
28 BrLN
|
Airfix
Napoleonic Highlander Infantry figures of which I had quite a few. Painted around 1979.
|
F13
|
Prussian
2nd Silesian Landwher
|
16 PrSLW
SoDaS
|
Hinchcliffe Prussian Landwher figures,
PN14,PN15&PN16, unfortunately with some of the later “large” scale
castings. 93.1 has an additional 3
figures (1 infantry, 1 drummer and 1 officer)
|
F14
|
British
42nd Highlanders
|
16 BrLN
|
This
completes the set of kilted Highlander regiments at Waterloo and just about
exhausts all those Airfix Highlander figures I had collected.
|
F15
|
A British
unit that has yet to be painted.
|
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F16
|
Prussian
2nd Elbe Landwher
|
1x16 PrLW
1x20 PrLW
|
A repeat
of the major conversion on the Airfix AWI British Grenadier figure using
plasticene and nail polish!
|
F17
|
Prussian
Jagers
|
8 PrLT
|
7
Hinchcliffe castings plus one home cast Hansa figure. These troops were normally distributed
amongst other brigades.
|
F18
|
British
95th Rifles
|
8 BrLT
|
Slightly
converted Airfix Napoleonic British Infantry figures, left over from F07
|
Prussian
|
4 PrLN
|
Command
standard from Minifigs figures painted late 1990s. Project 93.3 (nee Project 22 or 23) (39
Prussian assorted infantry, Hinchcliffe, Minifigs and home castings – need 1
more, not a standard bearer)
Need
to do a stock take. And there is this chap: Gifted to John Logue 3/5/2023
|
|
F20
|
French
Young Guard Tirailleur-Grenadiers
|
16 FrYGD
|
Minifigs
castings.
|
F21
|
Russian
unit that has yet to be painted. Project
93.11 (nee Project 32). Possibly do as
Russo-German Legion. (17 Russian Grenadiers plus 1 mounted officer from
Hinchcliffe).
|
||
F22
|
British 1st
Bat KGL
|
12 BrLN
|
Home cast
Hansa figures plus two Minifig command figures.
|
F23
|
Austrian
Jaeger unit that has yet to be painted.
Project 93.15 (nee Project 45).
(Hinchcliffe 14xAN10 – kneeling, need 2 more)
|
||
F24
|
Austrian
Grenadier unit that has yet to be painted.
Project 93.17 (nee Project 43).
(Hinchcliffe 16xAN6, 4xAN8 – officer, 4xAN9 – drummer)
|
||
F25
|
Austrian
Jaeger unit that has yet to be painted.
Project 93.16 (nee Project 44).
(16xMinifig)
|
||
F26
|
Austrian
Line unit that has yet to be painted.
Project 93.18 (nee Project 42).
(Hinchcliffe 7xAN1 – 30mm, 11xAN1, 3xAN3 – drummer, 3xAN4 – officer)
|
||
F27
|
Prussian
1st Silesian Landwher
|
12 PrSLW
|
Airfix
Napoleonic Prussian Landwher figures which of course came out after I had
finished laboriously creating the troop type by converting Airfix AWI British
Grenadiers!
|
F28
|
French 1st
Grenadiers
|
16 FrOG
|
Airfix Napoleonic French Old Guard Infantry
figures. Parts of some of these were
painted by Carol.
|
Prussian
Grenadier unit that is yet to be painted.
Combined
with F19? Gifted to John Logue 3/5/2023
|
|||
Prussian
Guard unit that is yet to be painted, also intend converting to Line. Project 93.2 (nee Project 28) (16
Hinchcliffe figures) Gifted to John Logue 3/5/2023
|
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F31
|
French Foot Dragoon unit that is yet to be
painted. Project 93.12 (nee project
26). (16 Phoenix and Minifigs figures)
|
||
F32
|
French
Grenadiers. Project 93.9 (nee Project
47) (26 Phoenix figures).
|
||
F33
|
Spanish
guerillas. Project 93.7 (nee Project
40). (8 figures bought in England
1986, also bought some and painted them for Myron).
|
||
Prussian
Landwher. Project 93.5. (nee Project
27). (12 Prussian Landwher from
Minifigs). Sold to David Gray in the early
1990s.
|
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F35
|
Singles
for Skirmish
|
SoDaS
|
French
Line. Project 93.4 (nee Project
46) (24 assorted French figures from
Hinchcliffe, Minifigs and home castings).
|
F36
|
French
Legere
|
16FrLT
|
Airfix
Napoleonic French Line Infantry pained by B Searle in the early 1980s. Gifted, rebased, touched up and slightly
detailed over Easter 2002.
|
F37
|
Prussian
I.R. Nr. 10
|
24PrLN
|
Airfix
Napoleonic French Line Infantry painted by B Searle in the early 1980s. Gifted, rebased, touched up during October
2002 with an extra two figures added including a standard bearer.
|
F38
|
Dutch
Belgian 27th Jagers
|
16DbJG
|
Hat
Completed July 2014.
|
F39
|
Dutch
Line Infantry
|
12DbLN
|
Hat
|
F40
|
Belgian
Line Infantry
|
12 DbLN
|
Hat
|
F41
|
1st
Nassau
|
4 NsLN
|
Minifig
Nassau Grenadiers
|
Cavalry
Serial
Nr.
|
Historical
Designation
|
NB Unit
Size
|
Comment
|
C01
|
French 17th
Dragoons
|
8 FrLC
|
Converted
Airfix Napoleonic Cuirassiers circa 1976.
|
C02
|
French 20th
Dragoon unit that is yet to be painted.
Project 93.10 (nee Project 29).
(7 Phoenix Cuirassiers and 4 Phoenix Dragoons). Probably better adding the Dragoons to C01
and having this Unit as Cuirassiers.
|
||
C03
|
British
Scots Greys
|
8 BrHC
|
Minifigs. Some of the first metal figures I ever
bought. Painted in 1979, my first year in Canberra, based on article in
Military Modeling.
|
C04
|
French 16th
Chasseurs
|
12 FrLC
|
Converted
from Airfix Napoleonic French Line Infantry mounted officers and the Airfix
US Cavalry set. The horses are painted
after my dog Jason.
|
C05
|
French 5th
Chasseurs
|
8 FrLC
|
The first
unit I painted in Canberra in 1979.
Hinchcliffe FNC36/LH5 with one Minifigs FNC41/N14. The horses are painted after my dog
Campbell.
|
C06
|
French 7e
Hussards
|
Two
figures converted from Airfix Napoleonic Hussars in the 1970s.
http://onesidedminiaturewargamingdiscourse.blogspot.com.au/2018/02/airfix-french-hussar-conversions.html |
|
C07
|
French
Hussards’ Jerome Napoleon
|
8 FrLC
|
Six
figures converted from Airfix Napoleonic Hussars in the 1970s. Combined with C06 to form two stands.
http://onesidedminiaturewargamingdiscourse.blogspot.com.au/2018/02/airfix-french-hussar-conversions.html |
C08
|
British
10th Hussars
|
8 BrLC
|
Airfix
Napoleonic Hussars as they were meant to be.
Painted in the 1970s or early 1980s with two figures added in January
2001.
|
C09
|
French 4e
Hussards
|
4 FrLC
|
Minifigs. Probably painted in 1979, my first year in
Canberra, based on article in Military Modeling. Project 93.8 (nee Project 25). (6 Minifigs).
|
C10
|
British 1st
Light Dragoons KGL
|
4BrLC
|
Four
Phoenix figures, 2 painted as 1st Light Dragoons KGL and 2 painted
as 10th Hussars. Combined
with C06.
|
C11
|
Russian
Hussars
|
Project
93.6 (nee Project 30). (7 Hinchcliffe
Russian Hussars but only 4 horses).
Probably better painted as Prussian Russo-German legion.
|
|
C12
|
French
Cuirassier
|
Project
31, either since combined with C02 or wishful thinking or maybe to be from
Airfix Napoleonic Cuirassiers.
Possibly a few Hinchcliffe figures sold or traded with Myron in the
late 1980s.
|
|
C13
|
French
Lancers
|
Project
93.13 (nee Project 14) four home cast French Lancers, need to cast horses.
|
|
C14
|
French
Lancers
|
12 FrLC
|
A
companion to C13, completed in the late 1990s using HAT Napoleonic French
Lancers.
|
C15
|
Austrian
Uhlans
|
Four
Minifigs Austrian Uhlans. Project
93.14 (nee Project 48)
|
|
C16
|
Prussian
Dragoons
|
12 PrLC
|
Completed
in the late 1990s using HAT Napoleonic Prussian Dragoons
|
C17
|
Prussian
Landwher Cavalry
|
12 PrLWC
|
Completed
in the late 1990s using HAT Napoleonic Prussian Uhlans
|
C18
|
Dutch
Belgian Light Cavalry
|
12DbLC
|
HAT
|
Artillery
Serial
Nr.
|
Historical
Designation
|
NB Unit
Size
|
Comment
|
A01
|
French
Foot
|
Fr12#
|
Airfix
Napoleonic French Artillery 1970s.
|
A02
|
British
Foot
|
Br12#
|
Minifigs
|
Prussian
Foot
|
Pr12#
|
Minifigs
Gifted to John Logue 3/5/2023
|
|
A04
|
French
Foot
|
Fr12#
|
Airfix
Napoleonic French Artillery 1980s
|
French
Horse |
Fr6#
|
Hinchcliffe Gifted to John Logue 15/3/2023
|
|
A06
|
British
RHA
|
Br6#
|
Airfix
Napoleonic British Royal Horse Artillery 1970s
|
Prussian
Horse
|
Pr6#
|
Hinchcliffe
Gifted to John Logue 3/5/2023
|
|
Prussian
Foot
|
Pr12#
|
Hinchcliffe
Gifted to John Logue 3/5/2023
|
|
A09
|
Dutch
Belgian Horse
|
Db6#
|
|
A10
|
Dutch
Belgian Horse
|
Db6#
|
Staff
Serial
Nr.
|
Historical
Designation
|
NB Unit
Size
|
Comment
|
S01
|
French
Corps General
|
Minifigs
FNGx1/N33 and FNC26/N16
|
|
S02
|
British
Corps General
|
Minifigs
BNCX1/N6 and BNCX8/N4
|
|
Prussian
“Divisional” General
|
Minifigs Gifted to John Logue 3/5/2023
|
||
S04
|
French
Divisional General
|
Minifigs
FNC74/N12(conversion)
|
|
S05
|
French
Divisional General
|
Minifigs
BNCX7(conversion)/N6
|
|
S06
|
British
Divisional General
|
Minifigs
BNCX5/N6
|
|
S07
|
British
Divisional General
|
Airfix
Napoleonic Highlander mounted figure
|
|
Prussian
“Divisional” General
|
Minifigs
Gifted to John Logue 3/5/2023
|
||
S09
|
French
Divisional General
|
Converted
Airfix French Foreign Legion mounted figure
|
|
S10
|
British
Cavalry Divisional General
|
Phoenix
Hussar officer figure
|
|
S11
|
French
Cavalry Divisional General
|
Hinchcliffe
one piece casting of a Chasseur a Cheval officer
|
Train
Serial
Nr.
|
Historical
Designation
|
NB Unit
Size
|
Comment
|
T01
|
Supply
Wagon
|
Airfix La
Haye Saint boxed set.
|
|
T02
|
Supply
Wagon
|
Airfix La
Haye Saint boxed set
|
|
T03
|
British
Sapper
|
Hinchcliffe
BN52
|
|
T04
|
Prussian
Sapper
|
Airfix
Napoleonic French Infantry conversion
|
|
T05
|
Blacksmith
|
Hinchcliffe
|
|
T06
|
British
Depot
|
||
T07
|
Prussian
Depot
|
||
T08
|
French
Depot
|
||
T09
|
French
Limber
|
Airfix
Napoleonic French Artillery
|
|
T10
|
British
Limber
|
Hinchcliffe. Present (unpainted) from Sonny Maurice in
late 1979 after I helped him with his University computer studies (Pascal).
|
General Notes
Airfix
produced a range of figures at the time the Dino Lautrentus movie Waterloo was
released in 1970. I saw the movie and
was hooked.
From
playing with cardboard cut outs with the names of the various exotically
sounding units written on them I progressed to the using figures and for the
first time started to paint them. Most
of these early figures have been repainted one or two times since then.
The first
wargame rules used were the Bruce Quarrie set that appeared in one of the
Airfix guides. I played a good number of
games with Norman Blunden using these rules while living in Adelaide. Sometime during the 1980s I picked up the relevant
WRG rules and while I rebased most of the figures I never actually played any
games using them that I can recall. Come
the 1990s I started using Napoleon’s Battles using a purpose built army in 6mm
(which I subsequently sold and switched into 15mm). During this time I rebased the whole of my 25mm Napoleonic Army to this rule set.
As of 1998 I still hadn’t played any games with them! I did write a paper about using 20/25 mm figures for Napoleon’s Battles in December 1991 titled NAPOLEONICS IN THE 1990s A personal history and review of Napoleonic Wargaming by Mark Haughey. It was published in the local Canberra wargaming journal for the 1992 Cancon convention. I have since published it on my blog in this post: http://onesidedminiaturewargamingdiscourse.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/napoleonics-in-1990s.html.
As of 1998 I still hadn’t played any games with them! I did write a paper about using 20/25 mm figures for Napoleon’s Battles in December 1991 titled NAPOLEONICS IN THE 1990s A personal history and review of Napoleonic Wargaming by Mark Haughey. It was published in the local Canberra wargaming journal for the 1992 Cancon convention. I have since published it on my blog in this post: http://onesidedminiaturewargamingdiscourse.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/napoleonics-in-1990s.html.
In April
1999 some of the units got a work out with Napoleon’s Battles in two games with my partner Karen (she won both playing British/Hanoverian versus French in 1815). Only a few were damaged, nothing seriously,
which is surprising given our daughter Zoe’s assistance.
This
document was started in 1998 and completed in January 2001 and used documents
from 1991 (the last hand drawn list of 25mm Napoleonic units) and 1993 (a
list of projects, basically unpainted metal figures grouped into units). I even have an Order
of Battle for my 25mm Napoleonic Army.
I have been trying to post this information about my 25mm Napoleonic Army on my blog, but had problems with the table format. That has now been overcome and this version represents a review of my lead mountain that started in late August 2016.
I have been trying to post this information about my 25mm Napoleonic Army on my blog, but had problems with the table format. That has now been overcome and this version represents a review of my lead mountain that started in late August 2016.
Really cool effort to make such a list.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It is a reflection of my age when I started this collection in my teens. Also that back then I had so few figures I could "manage" them like this. Now a days it's a bit harder :-)
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