Order
of Battle
|
Points
|
“Spearhead” Overall Commander Marshall
Davout:(3) 12"E(10)+1 [12F] [ 16M]
|
52
|
I Corps (I) Davout:(3) 12"E(10)+1 [4F]
|
0
|
Second Division (2/I) Friant:(1) 5"E(8)+2
|
20
|
1B/2/I: 16FrLT [8D]
|
15
|
2B/2/I: 28FrLN [14D]
|
24
|
Fourth Division (4/I) Dessaix:(1) 3"A(6)+1
|
11
|
1B/4/I: 16FrLT [8D]
|
15
|
2B/4/I: 28FrLN [14D]
|
24
|
Fifth Division (5/I) Compans:(1) 3"G(6)+1
|
13
|
1B/5/I: 16FrLN [8D]
|
14
|
2B/5/I: 16FrLN [8D]
|
14
|
3B/5/I: 16FrLN [8D]
|
14
|
4B/5/I: 16FrLN [8D]
|
14
|
I: Fr12#
|
11
|
I: Fr12#
|
11
|
I: Fr6#
|
11
|
I: Fr6#
|
11
|
III Corps (III) Ney:(2) 8"E(6)+3 [4F]
|
31
|
Tenth Division (10/III) Ledru:(1) 3"G(6)+1
|
13
|
1B/10/III: 16FrLN [8D]
|
14
|
2B/10/III: 16FrLN [8D]
|
14
|
Eleventh Division (11/III) Razout:(1) 3"A(5)+0
|
8
|
1B/11/III: 20FrLN [10D]
|
17
|
2B/11/III: 16FrLN [8D]
|
14
|
Twenty Fifth Division (25/III) Scheeler:(1) 3"A(5)+0
|
8
|
1B/25/III: 16WtLN [8D]
|
13
|
Cavalry Division (C/III) Woelwarth:(1) 4"G(7)+1
|
15
|
1B/C/III: 12WtLC [6D]
|
10
|
2B/C/III: 12FrLC [6D]
|
10
|
III: 1Fr12#
|
11
|
III: 1Wt12#
|
11
|
III: 1Fr6#
|
11
|
III: 1Wt6#
|
11
|
I Cavalry Corps (IC) Nansouty:(2) 5"G(7)+1 [2F]
|
21
|
First Cuirassier Division (1C/IC) St
Germain:(1) 3”G(6)+0
|
11
|
1B/1C/IC: 12FrHC [5D]
|
12
|
Fifth Cuirassier Division (5C/IC) Valence:(1) 3”A(6)+0
|
9
|
1B/5C/IC: 12FrHC [5D]
|
12
|
First Light Division (1L/IC) Bruyere:(1) 4”G(7)+1
|
15
|
1B/1L/IC: 16FrLC [8D]
|
11
|
IC: 1Fr6#
|
11
|
IC: 1Fr6#
|
11
|
II Cavalry Corps (IIC) Montbrun
1:(2) 6"E(8)+2 [2F]
|
27
|
Second Cuirassier Division
(2C/IIC) Wathier:(1) 3”A(5)+0
|
8
|
1B/2C/IIC: 16FrHC [6D]
|
16
|
Fourth Cuirassier Division
(4C/IIC) Defrance:(1) 4”G(6)+1
|
14
|
1B/4C/IIC: 12FrHC [5D]
|
12
|
Second Light Division (2L/IIC) Sebastiani:(1) 4”G(7)+1
|
15
|
1B/2L/IIC: 12FrLC [6D]
|
11
|
2B/2L/IIC: 12PrLC [6D]
|
11
|
IIC: 1Fr6#
|
11
|
IIC: 1Fr6#
|
11
|
IV Cavalry Corps (IVC)
Latour-Mauborg:(2) 6"G(6)+1 [1F]
|
22
|
Seventh Cuirassier Division (7C/IVC) Lorge:(1) 3”G(6)+0
|
11
|
1B/7C/IVC: 12SxHC [4D]
|
12
|
2B/7C/IVC: 12WpHC [6D]
|
11
|
IVC: 1Sx6#
|
9
|
Total: 5
corps, 14 divisons, 13 infantry brigades, 11 cavalry brigades and 13 batteries
|
799
|
Sunday, April 8, 2012
800 Point Napoleon's Battles Game - The French Army List
I meant to publish this with the original post, but it was getting too big as it was.
Monday, April 2, 2012
800 Point Napoleon’s Battles Game
On 18
March 2012 Richard and I fought a straight up 800 point game using Napoleon’s
Battles. It was French versus Russians
in 1812 and I was the French. This game gave
me impetus to finish attaching magnetic backing to my French troops so they
could be safely transported.
The
basis for the army I put together was the first attack at Borodino for which
Napoleon concentrated 75,000 men against Bagration's army. The spearhead of this force was formed by
Davout's I Army Corps, and Ney's III Army Corps. They were supported by Marshal
Murat's Reserve Cavalry (I, II, and IV Cavalry Corps). I took some inspiration from this site: http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Borodino_battle.htm.
However the game was not meant to recreate this phase of the battle and I had
no idea of the Russian force or terrain.
My other reason for taking this force was I
wanted to try an aggressive style of play.
Normally I’m a cautious and defensive player, but this time I wanted to
attack.
View from the French centre before
hostilities commenced.
Bird’s eye view of the complete French
deployment.
The Russian in-depth deployment, eager to
get into a fight.
The game opened quickly with one French
division attempting to seize the village in the middle of the battlefield. The Russians immediately attacked, but with
the commitment of the Saxon heavy cavalry by the French the Russians were
repulsed.
The French had intended to attack on the
right and hold back on the left. The
whole line was advancing and the Russians again tried to attack the French
before they got into position on their right (the French left). This turned out to be a disaster for the
Russians as they were repulsed and left in a disordered state which the
advancing French were able to easily exploit.
The result was the permanent demoralisation of the Russian Right Wing as
their routing troops were run down by French Chasseurs who had made a
controlled recall move – devastating. Just follow the gap in the Russian lines
from the abandoned battery to the top corner of the field to find the Chasseurs.
On the French right the Russian Cossacks
had moved around the flank, but the French had plenty of cavalry to match them
and they did not take any part in the battle.
While the Russian right was collapsing the
French had unleashed a heavy cavalry charge into the centre of their left. The cuirassiers did terrible damage, but
found themselves surrounded.
The Russians tried their hardest to wipe
them out, but the rest of the French came up before they could accomplish this
and the Russian left was smashed as well causing the Russian army to
break.
The Russian Guard Corp remained in reserve
and would retire to wait for more auspicious times.
It was all over in two hours (four turns), the quality
of the French cavalry being the deciding factor.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
WW2 Australian Infantry 15mm – Part 1
Ok, this is a big step for me: WW2 in 15mm!
I really got stuck into these guys (it helped that we had
finished watching Lost), aiming for a force to protect Crete from the onslaught
of Richard’s Fallschirmjagers.
Method
Cleaned up, not significant flash except on bases which was
easily dealt with. Some of the venting
streamers were a bit trickier, but so far I have only found one that I
missed. Detail looks good although some
of the poses are perhaps a bit to ‘knees bent crouching behaviour’, but then I
don’t blame them!
Washed the 37 figures in warm water and dishwashing liquid
and rinsed well.
Then I used PVA glue to fix them to cardboard strips by base
groups for ease of painting.
The undercoated I used was Tamiya XF10 Flat Brown. I was a bit apprehensive, but it has really
gone on well, dried well (it seems to shrink on to the detail rather than cover
it up even though it went on thick – it was a brand new pot and I didn’t feel it
needed thinning). It has really made the
figures look good and this bought on a round of obsessing about what colours to
use and how many layers etc. Lots of
research and no definitive solution...
Somewhere I had read advice to paint the faces first and so
I did this with Vallejo VJ 70955 Flat Flesh.
I’m so glad I did this and stopped after the first two figures. It was too pale. I wanted bronzed Aussies.
Luckily I found that Vallejo VJ 70860 Medium Fleshtone over
the brown undercoat provided exactly what I was looking for.
Boots, bayonet scabbard and rifle trim I did in VJ 70950 Black. Then came hats, socks and water bottle in VJ 70921 English Uniform. The actual uniform I did in VJ 70819 Iraqi Sand which I also used to dry brush over the slouch hats. I was doing this over the socks as well, but changed to painting the gaiters as part of the webbing which I did in VJ 70976 Buff all though I did do the packs first in Stone Grey.
The helmets I did in VJ 70977 Desert yellow over brushed with VJ 70847 Dark Sand.
For the rifles I mixed Cavalry Brown with some Black. The trim I finished in Metallic Gunmetal Grey
(not a VJ colour) and bayonets then got a brush of Pure Silver (not a VJ
colour).
The bases I painted in Tamiya XF52 Flat Earth and that then
leaves with the basing dilemma: the pictures had five per base and I think four
is the maximum I want to do, also just two on the small bases. That will leave me some figures for singles
which can then be commanders for use with Crossfire.
He looks a bit scary all blown up in the photo like that ...
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Old Glory Napoleonic Prussian Kuirassiers
Perhaps a bit premature posting at this stage, but I’ve had these guys six months and want to get them done. I bought them to form the other brigade of Prussian HC that appears in the Napoleon’s Battles Lutzen scenario. The first brigade I built using ABs and they are wearing the blue tunic and have already been posted. I wanted the second brigade to be in white and after some searching and a wonderful bit of serendipity found the Old Glory pack.
The only problem is that for a lot of the figures, the riders hands did not align with the reins. A bit of bending, shuffling and carving later I got them ready to assemble. Of course after all that handling they needed a wash and here we can see them drying after their bath.
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division – Part 7
Still working on the Quads which are now undercoated (Tamiya XF1 Flat Black) and one has its base coat (Tamiya XF58 Olive Green). I also found the figures for the crew and they are nearly finished. I’m thinking of basing the Quads and limbers together and not sure if I will go for 90mm or 60mm squares for the guns. Probably 90mm as that will set my standard for field artillery.
Progress has been slower than expected as we’ve been watching Lost, Season 1 to 6, on DVD.
Progress has been slower than expected as we’ve been watching Lost, Season 1 to 6, on DVD.
Revell’s Deutsche Artillerie WWII – one year on
Most of my time with these guys has gone on agonising over what base size to use. I’ve settled on a permanent fixture to a 90mm square. So far I've done little more than undercoat them, but I have also started using Vallejo paints (on these figures the flesh and grey - base is Tamiya Flat Black).
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