tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71739238116577667952024-03-05T08:15:02.773-06:00Immer Vorwärts!A Napoleonic miniatures wargaming project set during the 1813 Campaign in Germany.Jason Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510878862274931588noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-17453342465849664562015-09-01T00:25:00.000-05:002015-09-01T00:40:23.819-05:00Eine kleine Kriegsmusik...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"<i>Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.</i>" - Napoleon</div>
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Looking for a nice compilation of Napoleonic music for your next battle, club meeting, or just to listen to during your next hobby session. Well, look no further! Someone on YouTube has already done one for you (See below). So I thought I'd pass it along!<br />
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<b>Napoleonic Wars Music (29 video playlist)</b></div>
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"<i>Music of all the arts has the most influence on the passions</i></div>
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<i>and the legislator should give it the greatest encouragement</i>." - Napoleon</div>
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Music and War have always gone hand in hand together. Be it classical, folk, country, rock n roll, or whatever. It rouses the passions of both the populous and recruit, marches armies to battle, and is still used to pump up soldiers for combat today. Makes sense then that we have a bit of theme music to go along with our hobby. :-)<br />
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Although not technically part of the 1813 Campaign in Germany, included below is another playlist covering the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066549/">Waterloo</a> movie soundtrack. At least it has some French and Prussian tunes.<br />
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<b>Waterloo Original Sondtrack (12 video playlist)</b></div>
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<b>Blog update:</b> Things will slow up a bit as I am finishing up a number of projects, but I hope to have some miniatures to share (both WIP and complete) in the second half of September. I've decided to spread out the battle history posts more throughout the year. Trying to post them on the actual anniversary date creates quite a logjam for August and September. Also, I'd like to have more time write up a final section for each that is more relevant to wargaming.<br />
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The "<a href="http://immervorwarts.blogspot.com/p/time.html">Timeline</a>" and "<a href="http://immervorwarts.blogspot.com/p/gallery.html">Basic Training</a>" pages have been updated a bit. The next <i>Back to Basics</i> type post will cover the different 28mm miniature manufactures for Napoleonics.<br />
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.Jason Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510878862274931588noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-82674523910050806192015-08-27T20:05:00.000-05:002015-08-27T20:06:04.481-05:00Battle of Dresden (26-27 August 1813)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From Wikipedia<br />
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The Battle of Dresden, fought on 26–27 August 1813, resulted in a French victory under Napoleon against forces of the Sixth Coalition of Austrians, Russians and Prussians under Field Marshal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Philipp_F%C3%BCrst_zu_Schwarzenberg">Schwartzenberg</a>.<br />
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<b>Prelude:</b> On 16 August, Napoleon had sent Marshal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Gouvion_Saint-Cyr">Saint-Cyr's</a> corps to fortify and hold Dresden in order to hinder allied movements and to serve as a possible base for his own manoeuvres. He planned to strike against the interior lines of his enemies and defeat them in detail, before they could combine their full strength. He had some 300,000 men 800 cannons against allied forces totaling over 450,000 and 1200 cannons. But the Coalition avoided battle with Napoleon himself, choosing to attack his subordinate commanders instead according to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachenberg_Plan">Trachenberg Plan</a>. On 23 August, at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grossbeeren">Battle of Grossbeeren</a>, south of Berlin, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XIV_John_of_Sweden">Crown Prince Charles</a> of Sweden (formerly French Marshal Bernadotte, Napoleon's own Marshal) defeated his old comrade <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Oudinot">Marshal Oudinot</a>. Also on 26 August, Prussian Marshal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Bl%C3%BCcher">Blücher</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre_MacDonald">Marshal MacDonald</a> at the Battle of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Katzbach">Katzbach</a>.<br />
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French Emperor Napoleon and Austrian Field Marshal Schwartzenberg</div>
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From Historyofwar.org<br />
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The Battle of Bresden was the only French victory of the Leipzig campaign and Napoleon's last on German soil. Marching against Napoleon the Allies had massed 80,000 men at the gates of Dresden by 25th and if they had moved quickly they could have re-taken the city from the French, instead as often throughout the Napoleonic wars politics hindered the Allies, slowing them. The Allies halted for a council of war, this was a multinational army with all three Allied Monarchs present (Emperor Francis of Austria, Tsar Alexander of Russia and King Frederick William III of Prussia) each with their own objectives in the campaign. The Allied commander Marshal Prince Karl Von Schwarzenberg would often have his hands tied during the campaign. <br />
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The Town of Dresden was fortified to some extent with outlying areas being prepared with loopholes and firing steps and barricades. That said the defensive line was 8 km long and the French commander <a href="http://historyofwar.org/articles/people_saintcyr.html">St Cyr</a> had too few men to defend it, fact he had only one man per ten paces in most areas. Had the Allies acted quickly they would have overwhelmed the French but they were slow to act and lacked any real leadership. The attack began at 5 am on 26 August as Prussian troops advanced through the Royal gardens despite tough French opposition. As the Allies attacked it became obvious from the shouts of Vive l'Empereur that the French garrison was being reinforced, Napoleon had arrived. His mere presence spooked the Allies who now called for a withdraw (except Frederick William of Prussia), their attacks continued throughout the day on the 26th August and just as the Allies were on the verge of entering the town Napoleon ordered his 70,000 troops to attack.<br />
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The fighting that followed was bloody and slowly the French drove the Allies back. That night the Allies could reflect on their failure to enter the town as without clear leadership coordinating their attacks on an 8 km front his proved impossible. The next day Napoleon attacked the now demoralized Allied flanks with a 6 am attack lead by two divisions of his Young Guard. The Allies planned to counter attack but several of their commanders were either injured or hesitated and their chance was lost. By 3pm the Allied left flank was beaten and they struggled to disengage in the thick mud, by 4pm the Allies were retreating not only away from Dresden but back to the safety of Bohemia leaving behind 38,000 killed, captured or wounded. General Dominique Vandammme tried to pursue the fleeing Allies but Napoleon failed to support him and he was cut off at the Battle of Kulm two days later.<br />
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Further Reading and Resources:<br />
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<a href="http://warandsecurity.com/2013/08/30/the-battles-of-dresden-and-kulm-26-30-august-1813/">The Battles of Dresden and Kulm</a> 26-30 August 1813 by <a href="http://en.gravatar.com/gibbo123">Martin Gibson</a><br />
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Napoleon, His Army, and Enemies - <a href="http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/BATTLE_OF_DRESDEN.htm">Battle of Dresden</a> <br />
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Orders of Battle: <a href="http://www.wtj.com/games/republique/ob_dresden_fr.htm">French OOB</a>, <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813HHF.pdf">Allied OOB</a> <br />
.Jason Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510878862274931588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-28306294293310515092015-08-26T13:58:00.000-05:002015-08-26T14:39:16.074-05:00Battle of Katzbach (26 August 1813)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Battle of Katzbach</div>
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From Wikipedia:<br />
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The Battle of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Katzbach">Katzbach</a> occurred during a heavy thunderstorm at the Katzbach river between Wahlstatt and Liegnitz in the Prussian province of Silesia. The engagement pitted the French Army of the Bober under Marshal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre_MacDonald">MacDonald</a> and a Russo-Prussian army of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Coalition">Sixth Coalition</a> under Prussian General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Bl%C3%BCcher">von Blücher</a>.<br />
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The two armies, roughly equal in size, stumbled upon one another after
MacDonald crossed the swollen river. In the midst of the confusion and
heavy rain, MacDonald seemed to recover first. Although his orders were
to defend the flank of Napoleon's main force from Blücher, MacDonald
decided to attack. He dispatched two-thirds of his army, about 60,000
men, in an attempt to flank the Russo-Prussian right. But confusion
reigned again as the French columns found themselves too far apart to
support one another.<br />
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French Marshal MacDonald and Prussian General von Blücher</div>
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Meanwhile, the remaining 30,000 men of MacDonald's force, who were
supposed to hold down the Coalition forces, were met by a heavy
counter-attack by Prussian cavalry. Without support or reinforcement,
the French were soon forced to withdraw with many men being forced into
the river to escape and thousands drowning. MacDonald's casualties
numbered 13,000 killed and wounded with another 20,000 captured.
Blücher's losses were some 4,000. <br />
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Aftermath: Beyond the battle losses, the French strategic position had been weakened. This, coupled with the defeats at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kulm">Kulm</a>, four days later, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dennewitz">Dennewitz</a> on 6 September, would more than negate Napoleon's victory at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dresden">Dresden</a>. <br />
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For his victory, Blücher received the title of "Prince of Wahlstatt" on 3 June 1814. <br />
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In Germany there used to be a now obsolete saying "Der geht ran wie Blücher an der Katzbach!" ("He goes forward like Blücher at Katzbach!"), referring to Blücher and describing a vigorous behavior.<br />
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Blücher at the Battle of Katzbach</div>
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Further Reading and Resources:<br />
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<a href="http://warandsecurity.com/2013/08/28/the-battle-of-katzbach-26-august-1813/">The Battle of Katzbach 26 August 1813</a> by <a href="http://en.gravatar.com/gibbo123">Martin Gibson</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.deepfriedhappymice.com/GA_Scen_Katzbach.pdf"><i>Grande Armée</i> Scenario & short History</a><br />
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<b>Note: </b> The Battle of Dresden fought on 26-27 August 1913 will be covered tomorrow.<br />
. Jason Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510878862274931588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-66687167981654263552015-08-24T01:31:00.000-05:002015-08-24T17:37:46.049-05:00The Rules of War<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"But Sire, you cannot possibly read all those rules before your game tomorrow morning."</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Back to Basics: The Rules </span></i></div>
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<b>Update: <i>The focus of this discussion (like this blog) is on currently available tactical rules using 28mm miniatures. Battles would mainly involve about a Division on each side, although a Corps/Wing level commander could be present on the tabletop in larger games.</i></b><br />
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This post is the first in a series that are targeted at someone visiting or directed to this site who is thinking about entering the Napoleonic miniatures wargaming hobby. These posts are then placed on the "Basic Training" page (found above under the site banner) for future reference.<br />
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Below is a quick rundown/intro of some of the rules currently available (i.e. In print and available to purchase) Not a complete list, but all the rules mentioned can be used for the tactical Division/Corps level of command that we are planning for our games.<br />
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<i><b>VETERAN GAMERS!!</b> Where you come in is in the comment section below. Please leave a comment about the set of rules you prefer and some reasons why. <b>Please</b> keep your remarks limited to POSITIVE things about your rules of choice. Do not leave negative comments about or run down other rules systems. Thank you.</i><br />
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I give special mention to the first three on the list: <a href="http://www.warlordgames.com/home/black-powder/">Black Powder</a>, <a href="http://www.caliverbooks.com/Partizan%20Press/partizan_GDB.shtml">General de Brigade</a>, and <a href="http://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/shop/product-521.html">Republic to Empire</a>. Mainly because these are the rule sets that are commonly used by the Napoleonic wargamers/bloggers that have been the most influential and inspirational to me. Regardless of whatever set of rules you end up using, there are always useful bits/ideas from other sets that you can incorporate into your games.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.warlordgames.com/home/black-powder/">Black Powder</a></b></span><br />
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This is the set of rules we will be using. It's easy to learn and quick to play (2 to 4 hours). It handles larger multiplayer games very well. While playability is its main strength, the lack of more detailed period rules/flavor can be addressed by using various special rules to tweak the scenario and units involved. There are two Napoleonic specific supplements available, with a third soon on its way. Player support can be found <a href="http://www.warlordgames.com/forum/">HERE</a>.<br />
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One other bonus is that BP establishes a common set of rules for any horse and musket periods we may play in the future: American Civil War, Seven Years War, Franco-Prussian War, American War of Independence.<br />
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<a href="http://deepfriedhappymice.com/html/rd_black_powder.html"><b>Rules overview.</b></a><br />
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Definitely a more detailed set of rules that represents the period very well on the table top. The 1 to 20 figure ratio makes for a lot of miniatures to paint for each battalion (Our 24 fig battalions could always scale up to 36+ by adding more bases) This is a set of rules I'd like to play every once in awhile in the future once we get things going. Player support can be found <a href="http://generaldebrigade.blogspot.com/">HERE</a> and <a href="http://generaldebrigade.fr.yuku.com/">HERE</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://deepfriedhappymice.com/html/rd_general_de_brigade.html"><b>Rules overview.</b></a><br />
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Unfortunately I don't know too much about RtE as I don't own a copy yet. At a glance, it seems like they are another detailed set of rules like GdB, but remain flexible in their basing requirements like BP. Player support can be found <a href="http://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/fightingtalk/viewforum.php?f=17">HERE</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://deepfriedhappymice.com/html/rd_republic_to_empire.html"><b>Rules overview. </b></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Some other rule sets to consider:</i></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.ageofeagles.com/Pages/default.aspx"><span style="font-size: large;">Age of Eagles</span></a><br />
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"<i>Age of Eagles is the... only officially sanctioned Napoleonic variant of Richard Hasenauer's popular Fire & Fury American Civil War rules. This is truly the miniatures game you and many others have been waiting for. Huge battles are now possible with a system that balances both realism and playability.</i>"<b> </b><br />
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<a href="http://deepfriedhappymice.com/html/rd_age_of_eagles.html"><b>Rules overview.</b></a><br />
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<a href="http://grandmanoeuvre.co.uk/"><span style="font-size: large;">Grand Manouevre</span></a><br />
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"...<i>a new and exciting set of rules for large scale Napoleonic wargaming.</i>"<br />
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<a href="http://deepfriedhappymice.com/html/rd_grand_manoeuvre.html"><b>Rules overview.</b></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.sammustafa.com/honour/modules-games/lasalle/"><span style="font-size: large;">Lasalle</span></a><br />
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"<i>The game is small-scale and tactical in nature, focusing on the movement of individual battalions and regiments of cavalry. The player will manage a small force of roughly a dozen units as he tries to complete some specific mission assigned to him... Lasalle is ideal for a small gaming table, and it plays in real-time with most battles lasting 2-3 hours. It is perfect for pick-up games or tournament play</i>."<br />
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<b><a href="http://deepfriedhappymice.com/html/rd_lasalle.html">Rules overview.</a> </b><br />
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<a href="http://www.crusaderpublishing.com/MarchAttack.php"><span style="font-size: large;">March Attack</span></a><br />
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"<i>March Attack are a set of Napoleonic Wargame rules that were created to allow players to field approximately a Corps a side and to be able to complete a game of that size within a few hours.</i>"<b> </b><br />
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<a href="http://deepfriedhappymice.com/html/rd_march_attack.html"><b>Rules overview.</b></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.crusaderpublishing.com/randf_rules.php"><span style="font-size: large;">Rank & File</span></a><br />
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"<i>Rank and File are a set of horse and musket rules that cover the period from 1740 through to 1900. The basic game mechanics are designed to be simple and easy to learn with the aim of being able to play large games within a reasonable time frame. While the game itself is easy to pick up there are extensive optional and advanced rules as well as period specific rules that allow the game to cater for all tastes as well as being flexible enough to cope with lots of game sizes, scales, figure availability and numbers of players.</i>"<b> </b><br />
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<a href="http://deepfriedhappymice.com/html/rd_rank_-_file2.html"><b>Rules overview.</b></a><br />
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<a href="http://thelostvictorian.blogspot.com/2015/06/finally-facing-my-waterloo.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Waterloo</span></a><br />
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Although this rulebook from the now defunct Warhammer Historical is out of print, I wanted to include this exceptional tome. Like other Games Workshop large format rulebooks, it is very comprehensive. Aside from the rules and army lists themselves, it includes a full Napoleonic timeline and history section, inspirational artwork and photos of battlefields, terrain tables, and painted miniatures (mostly taken from the Perry Brother's personal collection), as well as a introduction to the hobby and "how to" modeling and painting section.<br />
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This makes it an excellent book to introduce players to Napoleonics. Well worth the effort to get a copy regardless of your experience level. I am lucky to have mine. You can find author Mark Latham's blog <a href="http://thelostvictorian.blogspot.com/2015/06/finally-facing-my-waterloo.html">HERE</a> as well as new army lists for the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3-31NEobrxqNkJtMEUyc0RUa3M/view">Austrians</a> and <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3-31NEobrxqWjJiOFlRbWV5d00/view">Russians</a>.<br />
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<b>Note: </b> Special thanks to <a href="http://www.deepfriedhappymice.com/">www.deepfriedhappymice.com</a> for writing all the nice rules overviews.<br />
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Up next is the Battle of Katzbach and Dresden and another "basics" post on miniatures manufacturers.<br />
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The first major battle of the <a href="http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_leipzig.html">Leipzig</a> campaign. Grossbeeren lies about 10 miles south of Berlin. <a href="http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_oudinot.html">Marshal Oudinot</a> commander of the French Army of Berlin had been ordered to quickly take Berlin and to disarm and scatter its militia, destroying the city if it resisted. To do this Oudinot had three corps, his own plus Bertrand and Reynier's (Including Saxons) and a force of cavalry (9,000 strong) totaling about 70,000 men and 216 guns.<br />
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Prussian General von Bülow, Crown Prince of Sweden Charles John, & French Marshal Oudinot </div>
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Oudinot continued his master's mistake and believed the Prussians to be much weaker than they really were and poor intelligence meant that on the morning of 23rd August his troops blundered into the Prussian forces and a scattered battle began as the French started to engage. Heavy rain added to the confusion and made firing difficult, soon the Prussians took the offensive although with clumsy frontal assaults rather than attacking the French flanks.<br />
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The battle ended after the final French column encountered Prussian Lifeguard Hussars about 8pm and a confused cavalry battle took place in the dark. The next day the French continued to retreat having lost 3,000 men and 13 guns to the Prussians 1,000 causalities. Although a small battle it was the Prussians first victory over the French since 1806 and it raised morale for the upcoming battles. <br />
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Aftermath: Unknown to both Napoleon and Oudinot at the time, the strategy played right into the Coalition's hands. In accordance with their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachenberg_Plan">Trachenberg Plan</a> (formulated during the truce) they would avoid any large, main engagement with Napoleon himself until after they had gathered overwhelming strength and weakened the Emperor by defeating his marshals in separate, smaller battles.<br />
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The defeat at Großbeeren, combined with continued ill health, had shaken Oudinot's confidence, and he continued the general retreat to Wittenberg. Napoleon was furious with Oudinot, not so much for his defeat, but for his withdrawal to Wittenberg instead of back to Luckau. He fumed, "It is truly difficult to have fewer brains than the Duke of Reggio!". Napoleon then appointed Marshal Michel Ney to lead a second drive on Berlin with the same three, now reduced and demoralized, corps and the ailing Oudinot as Ney's subordinate. The result would be the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dennewitz">Battle of Dennewitz</a>.<br />
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Further Reading and Resources:<br />
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<a href="http://warandsecurity.com/2013/08/23/the-battle-of-gross-beeren-23-august-1813/">The Battle of Gross Beeren 23 August 1813</a> by <a href="http://en.gravatar.com/gibbo123">Martin Gibson</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/813HGE.pdf">Nafziger Order of Battle</a><br />
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<a href="http://westfaliaminiatures.com/images/downloads/Westfalia_WGC01">Campaign Booklet</a> from <a href="http://westfaliaminiatures.com/">Westfalia Miniatures</a><br />
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Memorial tower in Großbeeren</div>
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<b>Note:</b> This the first in a series of posts covering the post armistice battles of the 1813 Campaign in Germany. This is the main time frame and OOBs that our project is based on. Out of completeness, I may cover the spring battles next year.<br />
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Next up is the beginning of another series of posts covering the basics of Napoleonic miniature wargaming.<br />
. Jason Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510878862274931588noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-86341416061340923432015-08-20T11:11:00.000-05:002015-08-20T11:32:54.449-05:00Thunderstruck!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Not feeling it yet?... OK, bonus video!!<br />
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.Jason Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510878862274931588noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-85381696510849604542015-08-18T19:51:00.001-05:002015-08-18T19:51:23.548-05:00The Armistice of Pläswitz is over!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Napoleon crossing the Elbe.</div>
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On 4 June 1813 the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truce_of_Pl%C3%A4switz">Armistice of Pläswitz</a> was signed pausing the hostilities of the 1813 Campaign in Germany for about two months. Things kicked back into full gear mid to late August (See <a href="http://immervorwarts.blogspot.com/p/time.html">Timeline</a>) with four battles being fought before the month was over. The action continued into September with five more conflicts, and the German campaign reached it's final climax at the "Battle of the Nations" at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig">Leipzig</a> on 16 to 19 October. From there the French retreated west of the Rhine River, and Napoleon was never to enter Germany again.<br />
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Well this project has been stalled about <i>two years</i>, so it's high time the we break the armistice and get <i>Immer Vorwärts! </i>rolling<i> </i>forward again. The brief two month window between mid August and mid October is really what our armies are initially based on. Sure we'll be able to flex back to 1812 and forward to 1815 just fine, but it's during this period that our guiding OOBs are taken.<br />
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Campaign of 1813</div>
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Don't expect to see painted minis to come popping out the woodwork right away. I have a few projects to finish up before I really get back to business with my Prussians. Not sure who will end up coming with me, but I'm determined to keep the project going in one way or another. In the mean time I have completed the campaign "Timeline" page found under the banner with the OOBs. I also have little summaries scheduled for the days each battle was fought.<br />
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This blog was created to not only chronicle the progress of our project and showcase our armies, terrain, and battles, but also detail the how's and why's for every step we take
along the way. Hopefully what we leave behind here is a useful guide for those getting started in the hobby as well as those that may want to try something similar in their own club. Or even for folks may want to join our local group.<br />
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Battle of Katzbach</div>
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With that in mind I have created a "Basic Training" page that will continue to be updated as we go. Everything helpful in one spot. It also helps those that are new to the blog "catch up" with what we've done. I have few posts planned that will cover some of the basics like rule sets, miniature companies, recommended reading, resource links, and anything else that might be useful to someone starting out.<br />
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So now that <i>Immer Vorwärts! </i>has been officially "rebooted" I look forward to sharing my hobby efforts into the fall and well beyond. Thanks for stopping by and for your continued support. It's great to get going again! :-)<br />
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<i>Immer Vorwärts!</i><br />
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.Jason Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510878862274931588noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-42379461722218954842014-04-13T23:38:00.001-05:002015-08-18T00:05:59.206-05:00Signs of Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Prussians are back on the Painting Desk!</div>
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Well, to call 2013 a weird year is pretty big understatement. This blog started off well, but soon fell off the tracks (for various reasons), and we completely missed any opportunity to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the 1813 campaign with our blog posts, painted miniatures, terrain, or any games. Sad, but not a huge deal since we do wish to continue gaming for the foreseeable future, not just the Fall of last year.<br />
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This was a long term project from the get go, but we're certainly hoping to pick up the pace here a bit in 2014. :-) No promises of daily updates, but certainly hope to have at least a trickle of posts coming month to month. For now Prussians are back on my painting desk, and although we all have other projects in the fire as well, there should be some new painted toys coming to welcomes you all back with.<br />
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Andrea Color</div>
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One investment I made last August for this project was to collect a number of the Andrea Color sets. They all sit on the top row of my paint racks, still waiting for me to properly give them whirl on my Napoleonics. Many of you out there in the gaming blogosphere have highly recommended these so I'm pretty excited to potentially revolutionize my paint collection.<br />
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First thing is to finish up my Prussian fusilier battalion including convert up the chap above (Belgian mounted infantry officer from Perry Miniatures #DB3) to be my mounted Battalion Commander. After they're done I'd like to knock out a few interesting and unique projects to really help kick start my inspirational juices before I dive back into some more Line Infantry. So watch this space. :-)<br />
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<i>Immer Vorwärts!</i><br />
Jason <br />
.Jason Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510878862274931588noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-86166885319405923972013-05-27T07:36:00.000-05:002013-05-27T10:21:35.751-05:002nd Battalion, 13th Regiment - French Line Infantry.<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode">
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The bases are painted and the grass and brush are glued on. My
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back here and there and make adjustments/corrections as necessary but I
think the process will work itself out as time goes on.</div>
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and give these guys their First Battalion battle brothers and then a
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Eric Hagenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16513874819553468578noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-22301944949232244092013-05-18T00:26:00.001-05:002013-05-18T01:46:19.722-05:00The Long March of the Frenchman- Line Infantry 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Did we even get spring?</i></div>
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After a three month march we're a bit closer to the
battlefield. With my new job (big smile) I have slowed down a bit on
the hobby time but this is ok - everything comes in stride. So now I
present a couple hobby updates for the first of my french soldiers: 2nd Battalion,13th Line Regiment.<br />
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I found out early that my normal army painting style was
not going to work. I had to line them up exactly the way they would be
on their bases as order and organization were key to figuring out the
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Colours of the French line soldier:<br />
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As
with all historical miniatures, there comes a bit of research. A big
thanks once again to Jason for helping me pour over the internet and
loaning some of his "Library of War" to find examples and documentation.
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Normally I'm a big Vallejo man but I've recently
started to using the colour range Games Workshop has to offer. I started
with Kantor Blue base paint and added black to get the base coat going.
Then I built up the layers with the Kantor Blue and lastly did some
minor edge highlighting with the addition of GW Space Wolves grey.</div>
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The white pants and straps were simple. I started
with Vallejo Deck Tan and built up with white. Easy to do although
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Shakos and Boots.
For producing black I varied the models with different amounts of GW The
Fang and/or shadow Grey added to black. I would sometimes do a final
highlight with just Shadow Grey.</div>
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The Guns were simple with Vallejo Air
steel. I found out painting with air brush paints are also really nice just
to paint with a brush- especially the metal paints. For the browns-
Vallejo flat earth highlighted with Vallejo Desert Yellow. I did one
Badab Black Ink wash.</div>
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With
the brown and yellow pants/shakos I played with a variety of colours
including Vallejo Flat Earth, Leather brown and Burnt Umber. Most of
them I added Vallejo Yellow Ochre or GW Ushabti Bone to build up the
highlights. I usually did one wash which was either Gryphonne Sepia or
Delvan Mud.</div>
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Lastly I should mention that when
it came to the Blacks, Browns and Greys (Coats) I did not keep a
standard with the colours as I wanted to give the appearance that every
man is trying to take care of his business as best he can.</div>
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I ordered my flags from <a href="http://www.gmbdesigns.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=257">GMB Designs</a> and I was very pleased with the turn around time and result. </div>
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Now
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round raised areas of the miniatures. For this I used Apoxy Scuplt like
Jason did <a href="http://immervorwarts.blogspot.com/2013/02/basing-flock-foliage.html">here</a>. My Apoxy Sculpt is black in colour. </div>
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After the AS has dried it was time
to add effects and the ballast. I decided to wait on adding fallen
branches, rocks and/or enemy effects for the first go. I just kept the
ground simple. White Elmers (PVA) Glue works the best for ballast.</div>
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Last update for this post is the first layer of paint. The base I
decided to use was flat black interior house paint. Since this has to be
brushed on the house paint works really well for locking the ballast
down and acts as a great primer for the next colours.<br />
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Ok, the next post should be the finished Battalion and so it should be up a lot sooner then 3 months. :)</div>
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Eric Hagenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16513874819553468578noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-33262664724373867982013-02-19T11:08:00.000-06:002013-05-18T01:46:46.338-05:00We're On a Mission... From God!<br />
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"I think Lepzig is over that-a-way..."</div>
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Much like my beloved Russians, I'm a little slow to mobilize some times...<br />
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I've been playing miniatures wargames of one sort or another for a long time. Since the early 1980's in fact. Over those years I've played most historical periods and a number of Fantasy & Science Fiction ones in multiple scales. The one I keep coming back to over & over again is Napoleonics. I got my start in 15mm scale but have dabbled in 6mm/10mm and, now, 28mm scale. In most of those periods I have usually built Russian armies.<br />
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Why Russians? The main answer is simple: when I was a teenager & wanting to get into Napoleonics, another gamer was looking to offload his army and offered me a good deal. I got an instant army full of the old Heritage, Minifig, Hinchliffe & Ral Partha (old school, baby!) 15mm figures, and the rest was history.<br />
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28mm scale Napoleonics has always had a special pull for me as well. When I was getting into the hobby I went down the old Little Tin Soldier Shoppe in Minneapolis and readily traded my hard-earned paper route money in for figures, paints and wargames magazines. One of the first magazines I ever bought was Miniature Wargames #10, featuring massed columns of Napoleonic infantry advancing on a village. These were forces from Peter Gilder's Wargames Holiday Centre and featured large units of figures moving across wonderful terrain in large and swirling battles. I was hooked. Ever since then the only 'right way' to do Napoleonics in my mind was massed battalions in 28mm scale. I've worked on many projects since then, but Peter Gilder's imagery always stuck with me. Fortunately I made contact with Jason and it appears that we are well on our way to creating our own magic on the tabletop.<br />
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Napoleonics "In the Grand Manner"</div>
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I love the Russian army for a number of reasons, both good and bad. They have a number of good traits: the massed grenadiers with their tall plumes and (in the Pavlovs' case 18th-century brass mitres), the wild & colorful cossacks nipping at the edges of the battlefield causing trouble, the huge amounts of artillery available (each battery was twice the size of a regular French one, and the Russians had scads of batteries), the doggedness and toughness of the rank & file infantryman, etc.<br />
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The Russian army had a number of bad traits as well: The army-level leadership could be notoriously bad; the Russian generals were so bad even Austrian generals made fun of them sometimes. Not all Russian officers were incompetent, however, and some of them displayed a great deal of skill and courage. Political infighting was rampant, with the 'true Russian' bloc conspiring against the 'German' bloc, and there were also plenty of French émigrés to make things interesting as well. Marksmanship among the line infantry was challenging; there were enough different calibers of musket issued that supply was difficult & musketry practice was limited.<br />
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Tsar Alexander I</div>
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Finally, there's just a lot of color and character to the army. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Russia" target="_blank">Tsar Alexander</a> was a meddling emperor who thought he was ordained by God to rid Europe of Napoleon. His brother, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_Constantine_Pavlovich_of_Russia" target="_blank">Grand Duke Constantine</a>, was a psychopath & leader of little skill who got to lead the Guards due solely to being the emperor's brother. As mentioned before, when you look at the names of the generals in the Russian army, many of them are obviously not Russian: Barclay de Tolly, Bennigsen, Langeron, St. Priest, Prince Eugene of Wurttemburg, etc. These 'foreigners' (whether native born or not) were actively conspired against by the 'true' Russian generals even on campaign, which did nothing to add to the overall effectiveness in the field. <br />
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There's also regimental flags of almost any color imaginable, the unkempt cossacks running amok, the Russian Curassiers resplendent in their white uniforms, and a number of interesting special units like Naval Infantry, the Russo-Prussian Legion, converged grenadier battalions, etc. All in all, it's a fun army to build, and one that requires a certain amount of skill to play well. I will be very curious to see how it plays out in Black Powder.<br />
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I laid out a <a href="http://greatredoubt.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/1813-project-order-of-battle/" target="_blank">basic order of battle</a> on my own blog a week or two back. Jason has ported some of that over to the Russian OOB page on this blog and I'll expand on it and fill it out sooner or later. <br />
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I'd like to thank Jason and Eric for inviting me to join their 1813 project. I think it will be a very rewarding and fun project and I can't wait to see where it goes.<br />
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Planning and organizing armies can be exhausting work.<br />
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(Be sure to check out the French OOB page <a href="http://immervorwarts.blogspot.com/p/french-empire-order-of-battle.html">HERE</a> or this post doesn't make much sense.)<br />
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(My previous <a href="http://immervorwarts.blogspot.com/2013/02/fur-gott-und-vaterland.html">POST</a> on the Prussian OOB includes much of the philosophy<br />
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After seeing them in action at <a href="http://gunsofapril.blogspot.com/2012/04/and-with-that-game-was-over.html">AdeptiCon</a> last year, Eric knew two things: he wanted to play French and he wanted to play Black Powder. Other than that, he honestly didn't know too much about Napoleonics at all, so when he was looking to finally place an order with Perry Miniatures in August/September he asked me for some help. And lots of advice!<br />
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After finally figuring out what makes playable 28mm force and what I was actually going to do for my Prussians, I started cracking open some my books and revisiting some old links. After being immersed into the Prussian research for so long, I found I really didn't know as much about the French as I thought I did. At least for 1813-1814. If I would ever paint up French it would be from 1809 or maybe even 1812. Those armies and Order of Battles are quite nicely organized and very straight forward. But when most of the Grande Armée was destroyed in Russia the year before including most of the horses getting eaten, then the OOBs turn into a collection of Provincial Regiments, Combined Battalions, conscripts, and "Marie-Louises." Pure chaos.<br />
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I approached this as if I was choosing what Division command and commander I would want to do myself. Along with that, I wanted to try to find a force that wasn't over run with conscripts and specialty units, and could conceivably be used anywhere from 1810 to 1815. Especially if we decided to run a semi-historical / fictional campaign someday. Finding a command with a bit of notoriety and uniqueness would be a plus, but mostly I wanted something that was as straight forward and generic as possible. Along with this I didn't want to saddle Eric with having paint up too many conscript level battalions and the historical shortage of horses/cavalry the French suffered in 1813. I figured if conscripts made up roughly 25% of his infantry that would be enough to start, and as we both love cavalry I am willing to "fudge" a few things so those lovely units still appear on our tabletop.<br />
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As previously mentioned, we are using the northern front of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig">Battle of Leipzig</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig#Battle_of_M.C3.B6ckern">Möckern</a>) for inspiration in choosing our forces. Especially for the Prussians as well as for the Poles and Russians that we'll cover later. So it made made the most sense to begin looking here. The defense of Möckern was tasked to Marshal Marmont's VI Corps, and his command was heavily dominated by Marine Regiments. These units definitely fought well, look good in their dark blue great coats, and are unique. Unfortunately they might be a bit too unique since they really only fought exclusively during this campaign and few battles during the Fall of 1813. Still, I might just paint up a regiment of these guys someday as Victrix's recently released <a href="http://www.victrixlimited.com/online_shop/product_info.php?cPath=32_33&products_id=297">Middle Guard</a> boxed set is pretty much perfect match for their unis. (Or Victrix's Old Guard if you do head swaps.)<br />
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Spreading out my search radius a bit more I came across a familiar name: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Antoine_Morand">Morand</a>. That's Général de Division Comte Morand to you, son. Morand is the commander I researched a few years back when considering collecting a French army for either 1809 or 1812, both times being the lead Division in Marshal Davout's I and II Corps respectively. By all accounts Morand was one of the most capable divisional infantry officers in uniform, would have made an excellent Marshal, and was a major stud. He started off as a Captain in the Doubs volunteers in 1792, was a hero in Egypt, made general in 1800, wounded at Austerlitz (1805) and was made Major-General after the battle. He also distinguished himself at Auerstadt (1806), Eylau (1807), Eckmuhl (1809),
Wagram (1809), and Borodino (1812) where he had his jaw shattered during the first attack on the Great Redoubt. In 1813, Morand brilliantly led
his division at Wartenburg (where my Prussian 7th Bde (Div) helped win
the day) and Leipzig, At Leipzig he spearheaded the attack of
Bertrand's IV Corps which smashed Gyulai's Austrians on the Lindenau
front (just south of the fight over Möckern). He continued his
distinguished service record in 1814 and again during the
Hundred Days campaign where he commanded the Chasseurs of the Guard.<br />
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Now that I had a more than adequate recommendation for Eric's Division commander, I had to double check the actual units he commanded. It seems I lucked out again as the divisional OOB was pretty straight forward and seemed to meet the criteria I was looking for. It included one Light Infantry Regiment (8th), two regular Line Infantry Regiments (13th & 23rd), and the 137th Line Regiment which would fill my 25% requirement of conscripts. It also includes the option for painting up a couple of unique green and yellow uniformed battalions of the Provisional Croatian Regiment.<br />
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Looking at the various historical OOBs during the Fall of 1813, those for the 12th Division flux from having two to three brigade commands at times with multiple battalions per each regiment. Seeing that most of the battalions were understrength, I decided to streamline Eric's command into two brigades with four battalions each. He can always include a third brigade commander if he wishes or expand, and the more generic build also satisfies my requirement to keep things flexible so Eric can use his French anywhere from 1810ish to 1815.<br />
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The last thing I'll touch on is the French cavalry. There's already some notes on the French OOB page, but I'd like to revisit the subject here as well. After the disaster of the 1812 campaign, Napoleon had a major shortage of cavalry/ horses in 1813. This greatly impacted his flexibility, reconnaissance, and ability to exploit success on the battlefield. For the most part, the units he did have were a patchwork of the remnants of various squadrons thrown together to form viable units. Both Eric and I are big fans of cavalry and would in no way want to limit their presence in our games or desire to paint up hodge podge looking units We also have no plans to do an actual historical 1813 campaign where this crucial French disadvantage could not be ignored.<br />
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Although I have given Eric a few vaguely historical recommendations, I felt he should have a free hand in choosing whatever cavalry units he desired with uniform colors that met his fancy. Especially with Hussars. The only limitation is following the typical composition of a Light or Heavy Cavalry Brigade. Although he has committed to doing at least two infantry brigades, he can paint up as much cavalry for the French side as his heart desires. :-)<br />
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Some of the resources I used:<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/NAPOLEONS-GRANDE-Armies-Napoleonic-Research/dp/0962665517">Napoleon's Grande Armee of 1813</a> by Scott Bowden<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Leipzig-1813-Battle-Nations-Campaign/dp/1855323540/ref=la_B001H6UMD6_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1361082346&sr=1-7">Leipzig 1813, The Battle of Nations</a> (Osprey Campaign) by Peter Hofschroer<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lutzen-Bautzen-Napoleons-Spring-Campaign/dp/0962665568">Lutzen & Bautzen, Napoleon's Spring Campaign of 1813</a> by George Nafziger<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/WAGRAM-Apogee-F-G-Hourtoulle/dp/2915239746">Wagram, The Apogee of the Empire</a> by F.-G. Hourtoulle<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Borodino-The-Moscova-Battle-Redoubts/dp/2908182963/ref=pd_sim_b_4">Borodino-The Moskova, The Battle for the Redoubts</a> by F.-G. Hourtoulle<br />
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Nafziger 1813 OOB links:<br />
<a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813HEF.pdf">The Grande Armée August 10th</a>, <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813HHP.pdf">The Army of Berlin Mid-August</a>, <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813IAG.pdf">Dennewitz</a>, <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813JJB.pdf">Wartenburg</a>, <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813JIA.pdf">Leipzig</a>, and <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813JJG.pdf">Möckern</a>.<br />
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The Napoleon Series:<br />
<a href="http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/battles/leipzig/c_leipzigoob7.html">French OOB at Leipzig </a><br />
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(Be sure to check out the Prussian OOB page <a href="http://immervorwarts.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">HERE</a> or this post doesn't make much sense.)</div>
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For me this 1813 Napoleonic project all starts with with the Prussians, so we'll start off there. This is the first in a series of posts where we'll chat a bit more about the Order of Battle pages that have been lingering towards the top of the blog. These provide a basic framework of our "planned" project forces. I'm sure both will be tweaked more than a few times before those initial goals are met.<br />
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Although I've been aware of using OOBs for the basis of collecting wargaming armies for quite awhile, this still was a very new experience for me. The last time I did Prussians it was in 15mm for the <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5504/napoleons-battles">Napoleon's Battles</a> rule set in the 90's. Units were at the brigade level and force sizes collected were corps or even army level commands. So I didn't really have to be choosey or understand the ins and outs of particular battalions, I just painted up EVERYTHING for a particular battle.<br />
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The rest of my gaming experience is solidly in the "army list" driven games department. Although I might have created "story driven" Warhammer armies, figuring out how to collect a "historical" ones despite not actually planning on re-fighting any particular event was going to be quite different. To make things more interesting, historical Order of Battles are just like snowflakes: no two are the same. I really started to surf the blogosphere regularly in 2011, and spent a lot of time trying to make heads or tails of other Prussian armies to slowly figure out how I wanted to create my own.<br />
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First though, I had to figure out a few things. What period / campaign of the Napoleonic Wars was my army going to be based on? How large of army and what command level was a good size for 28mm wargames? Then finally settle on a commander and OOB to serve as a background and structure for my force. </div>
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The first question was easy to answer. If I was going to do Prussians it was going to be in 1813 fighting the patriotic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_campaign_%28Napoleonic_Wars%29">Befreiungskriege</a> (Wars of Liberation). I had no interest refighting a one sided affair in 1806, or the ever popular and overdone "Two Weeks in June" of the Waterloo campaign of 1815. For me the army is an interesting mix of regular line infantry, reserves, and zealous militia Landwehr. Although the period might not be as attractive for the post 1812 French player having to paint up a large fraction of "Marie-Louises" and conscripts, it does offer a very even parity between all the armies involved. The variety of nations involved is also a huge plus. Along with France and Prussia, there's also Russia, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Saxony, Württemberg, Bavaria, Confederation of the Rhine (More Germans), and the Duchy of Warsaw (Poles). The French ranks also include Italians, Croatians, Neapolitans, Badeners, Hessians, and possibly some Swiss.</div>
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The answer to the second question seems to be a Division sized force. A force of two to four infantry brigades, plus cavalry and artillery a side commanded by one or two players is about the right size to knock out a game of Black Powder in around three or four hours. For most part, our group is trying to paint up roughly two brigades each along with supporting cavalry and artillery. This also allows for smaller one brigade projects like the Poles I hope to do, or even for players who wish to dabble in the period on a more limited basis. I think the optimum sized battle for an evening's enjoyment is about two or three players a side, with things maxing out with four plus players and a corps level command each.</div>
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So now that I've determined I'm collecting a division sized force of 1813 Prussians, it's time for the real hard part: choosing exactly which one. I'm not going get into more details on the organization of the Prussian Army here, but there is an excellent article by Martin Kelly over at <a href="http://befreiungskriege.wordpress.com/">Befreiungskriege 1813-14</a> written for <a href="http://www.wargamesillustrated.net/">Wargames Illustrated</a> #268 that can be found <a href="http://befreiungskriege.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/wi268.pdf">HERE</a>. (The Prussians actually called their divisions "Brigades," but for simplicity I'll try to keep referring to them as divisions.) At this point it might be easy to pick a more generic / cookie cutter looking division like von Kraft's 6th Brigade (Division) in Bulow's III Corps, but it's always nice and more motivating to pick an OOB or commander that's more characterful or personally interesting to you. I think it gives you a bit more depth, meaning, and sense of connection with the units you're collecting, painting, and eventually playing.</div>
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By far, one of my favorite characters of the Napoleonic Wars is the hard drinking, hard riding, hard fighting old hussar himself, Generalfeldmarschall <a href="http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/Prussia/PrussianGenerals/c_Prussiangenerals6.html">von Blücher</a>. Nicknamed "Marschall Vorwärts," his direct, aggressive, and relentless approach to warfare and the pursuit of Napoleon's final defeat is truly the spirit after which this blog, <b><i>Immer Vorwärts! </i></b>(Always Forward), takes its name. Given the possibility of Blücher showing up on the battlefield as a random event to led some cavalry charge means my Prussian division had to come from his command: The Army of Silesia.</div>
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From there the Army includes Russians and the Prussian I Corps under <a href="http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/Prussia/PrussianGenerals/c_Prussiangenerals133.html">von Yorck</a>. I Corps was known as Blücher's "Fighting Corps" and saw more than its share of action in the Fall of 1813. In studying the various battles leading up to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig">Leipzig</a>, I came across an account of the Battle of Wartenburg were the Leib (Life) Regiment of <a href="http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/Prussia/PrussianGenerals/c_Prussiangenerals43.html">von Horn's</a> 7th Brigade (Divison) had distinguished itself and delivered the decisive blow of the battle. The attack almost failed as the first assault was brought to a halt, before von Horn himself after having his horse shot from under him, grabbed a musket, and personally lead the second and successful assault with the words: "<i>Ein Hundsfott der einen Schuβ thut!</i>" (A scoundrel that fires one shot! Meaning: don't pause to shoot, just attack!) Even though von Horn would have an even bigger day fighting at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig#Battle_of_M.C3.B6ckern">Möckern</a>, my "connection" had already been made. :-)</div>
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Von Horn's 7th Brigade (Division) not only includes the Leib Regiment and your typical Landwehr, it also includes the flashy ulhan uniformed 3rd Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment and the unique but short lived Thüringian Battalion. At times the 7th also included parts of the the Brandenburg Hussars, 2nd Leib Hussars, and the Guard Jaeger Battalion. As already mentioned in the OOB page notes, given the ad hoc task force organizational nature of the Prussians means I can realistically choose other units from I Corps to paint up and include under von Horn's command from time to time. </div>
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Some final thoughts... although we do not plan to actually recreate a certain historical event, when choosing opposing OOBs, it's always more interesting to pick those that might have actually fought each other or were at least in the same vicinity and certainly could have. With this in mind, we are also taking a lot of inspiration from the Battle of Möckern which was the northern front of the huge Battle of Leipzig.<br />
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not reenacting one particular battle we're also not needlessly limiting
our armies/units based on the unit strengths recorded on a particular
day in history. Although the focus of our forces are firmly from the
period of August through October 1813, the same battalion that would
have 800+ men on August 1st would have 500+ on the first day of Leipzig.
Our battalions will have a good general look and feel, and can always
be tweaked through Stamina points in Black Powder, or by adding or subtracting
stands later. If figure scale ever does matter again in the future, then our battalions can simply be thought of as 1:30+ in August and 1:20+ in October.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Leipzig-1813-Battle-Nations-Campaign/dp/1855323540/ref=la_B001H6UMD6_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1361082346&sr=1-7">Leipzig 1813, The Battle of Nations</a> (Osprey Campaign) by Peter Hofschroer</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lutzen-Bautzen-Napoleons-Spring-Campaign/dp/0962665568">Lutzen & Bautzen, Napoleon's Spring Campaign of 1813</a> by George Nafziger</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/NAPOLEONS-GRANDE-Armies-Napoleonic-Research/dp/0962665517">Napoleon's Grande Armee of 1813</a> by Scott Bowden</div>
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Nafziger 1813 OOB links:<br />
<a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813AAD.pdf">January</a>, <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813HEC.pdf">August 10th</a>, <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813HGD.pdf">August 17th</a>, <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813IIK.pdf">September 30th</a>, <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813JJC.pdf">October 3rd</a>, <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813JJA.pdf">Wartenburg</a>, <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813JIB.pdf">Leipzig</a>, and <a href="http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/813JJH.pdf">Möckern</a>.</div>
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The Napoleon Series: <br />
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.Jason Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510878862274931588noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-35330700551037822562013-02-13T11:27:00.000-06:002013-02-13T12:06:42.151-06:00Magnetizing Napoleonic Bases<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's time to prepare my bases for transport
using magnets. I have been using rare earth magnets for many years
and they are just perfect for miniature hobbyists. The size I get the
most use out of are <span class="st">1/16 thick by 1/4 diameter (</span>0.25''
Dia x 0.0625''). I usually order mine through <a href="http://www.amazingmagnets.com/show-decimal-d063b-n52.aspx">Amazing Magnets</a>. If you
do make sure you add the "free Sample Pack" when you order. Lots of good
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The tools I use are a dremel with a rotary mount, a .0625 router bit and
a tray to hold the wood. You will also need a good mask preferably with
filters and some eye protection. The MOST important thing is that you
have a good area to work with some air movement. Really this is best
done outside if possible. Since I live in Minnesota, father winter has
proclaimed NO. I set up two fans to get some air flow going and I
covered everything near to the project with old sheets. Don't keep a
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My good friend Jon made a nice tray clamp to hold the wood in place. He
used plastic but you could make it out of MDF or hard board and a couple
of slip clamps. The size of the opening allows me to route 2 bases in a
row. The next step is setting the router brace to be roughly in the
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I have one of the fans blowing directly on the project to get the dust
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holes. Not bad. The clean up is the real task as everything has to be
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The last part is getting out the super glue and getting the magnets in.
This is messy because wiping away excess glue always ends up on the
figures but It's what we hobbyists have to deal with. Hopefully this
has been helpful. We'll cover transport cases and bins in another post.
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Eric Hagenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16513874819553468578noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-43175385293799859722013-02-06T10:57:00.000-06:002013-02-06T23:55:04.056-06:00Then There Were Three<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oooh, I wonder which one is the spy?! Not me I hope...</div>
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Although sometimes late to the party, but always in for a good time the Russians have finally arrived at our little corner of the blogosphere. With this I'd like to welcome the newest member of our 1813 Project crew, <b>Bart Kersteter</b>. Some of you may know him as <a href="https://twitter.com/GreatRedoubt">GreatRedoubt</a> on Twitter, or from his blog: <a href="http://greatredoubt.wordpress.com/">The Great Redoubt</a>. Although new to the blog, Bart no stranger to Napoleonic wargaming. He brings a wealth of gaming experience and historical knowledge (and hopefully some good beer), but most importantly a great personality that will blend right in with our group where the visuals and fun are first and foremost. :o)<br />
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Sorry guys, but you're wearing the wrong big silly hats... </div>
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With the addition of the Russians, the Order of Battles pages found at the top of the blog are finalized (sort of) for now. Although we will cover the individual OOBs at greater length later, let me just say they are still just an initial framework of the forces we plan to use in our games.<br />
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Rome won't be built in a day and the OOBs include many things we'd "like" to do. For now we're all working on getting at least some infantry battalions plus some cavalry and artillery done to get the ball rolling. Then we can start messing around with the Black Powder rules and adjust our plans accordingly.<br />
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Thinking terms of the rough equivalent of a French Infantry Brigade, our initial (long term) plans are for each of us to do at least two brigades (plus cavalry, artillery, etc.) worth of French (Eric), Russians (Bart), and Prussians (Jason). I also hope to do a smaller force of Poles as well. For now we are just starting with a battalion at a time. :o)<br />
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.Jason Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510878862274931588noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-90845769137180879122013-02-05T13:28:00.001-06:002013-02-07T04:22:30.921-06:00My First Frenchmen Assembled- Line Infantry 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hooray! I finally got some men ready for the black primer. 2nd Battalion, 13th Line Infantry Regiment is assembled! Life has
been extra busy so this probably shouldn't have taken as long as it did,
but I'm treating it like a hobby and not a crusade. I am hoping the tiny
amount of <a href="http://www.caglue.com/assets/images/fullsize/hst-4.jpg">SuperT</a> glue will keep them on their painting bases... and HOPEFULLY it will let them off!</div>
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I did a couple head swaps for my fusiliers, and everything else is
pretty much straight from the Perry Miniatures box. I'm excited and to
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Eric Hagenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16513874819553468578noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173923811657766795.post-43592075122501658382013-02-03T14:29:00.000-06:002013-02-03T21:49:41.864-06:00Basing Flock & Foliage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Great period flick!</div>
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Last night Eric and I got together to watch <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/">The Duelists</a>, have some beer and pizza, and oh yeah, mix up our static grass/flock blend we will use for our bases and terrain boards. All pretty exciting right?! Anyway, in this post I will wrap up the rest of the stuff we use to deck out our unit bases.<br />
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Big pail of flock...aaaaaaachoo!!</div>
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Along with the colors we use to <a href="http://immervorwarts.blogspot.com/2013/02/ballast-and-paint.html">paint our gravel/ballast</a>, we also choose a grass mix appropriate for the time of year and to compliment the colors of our figures. The products we used are pictured below using a full bag of <a href="http://www.noch.de/en/">NOCH's</a> Sommerwiesen Gras that includes a hint of red, a full bag of Streugras Wiese which is a nice Summer green, a full container of <a href="http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/?">Woodland Scenics'</a> Harvest Gold, and half a container of Burnt Grass that would complete a late Summer early Autumn look of green-brown grass. You may not want to mix up as much as we did, but at least it gives you rough idea of the fractions involved in matching our bases.<br />
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I've seen the grass on many flocked bases turn out pretty flat. A couple of tricks I use go way back to when GW first introduced their static grass product. After applying the glue and then the grass on top, you wait a few moments (maybe doing up the next base then coming back). Then turn the base over to let the excess fall off and gently tap on the bottom of the base. This helps the freshly glued grass to "stand up" a bit. Another trick is to then lightly drybrush the static grass with a very light bright green (I use the old GW color Bilious Green). This not only further helps the grass to stand up, but also gives the impression of fresher blades of grass growing up through the darker brown ones. If you're going for a more late Autumn early Winter look, then perhaps using a light slightly pale yellow brown would work.</div>
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To add some additional texture and color to the bases, using a variety of grass tufts like the ones from <a href="http://thearmypainter.com/">The Army Painter</a> for example are really nice. For a bit of color here or there, the tufts of wild meadow flowers from NOCH are great. A spot of blue or red on a few of the unit base will really compliment and help the uniforms, cuffs, and collars pop on your figs/unit.</div>
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Another great product to use is Leaf Litter. I don't remember where I got mine from, but it usually comes in "natural" brown or dyed yellow, red, and orange. Below is a mix. We plan to use these sparingly, as even in the middle of Summer there's still various leaves found on the ground. These are great for warming up your unit bases along with the colors mentioned in the <a href="http://immervorwarts.blogspot.com/2013/02/ballast-and-paint.html">previous post</a>, and once again complementing the colors of the uniforms as well. As with the flowers, you don't want to overdo it though.</div>
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With a quick revisit of my first Fusilier base, I wanted to mention my use of <a href="http://www.avesstudio.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=28&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1">Apoxie Sculpt</a> to help smooth out the ground around the metal/plastic bases of the figures themselves. The bottoms of these Perry Miniatures are really nice, but some ranges are rather chunky. I usually trim them down the best I can, and then use the Apoxie to smooth things out so that no unnatural looking bumps appear on the base. Then apply the ballast as normal.<br />
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Next up will be a blurb talking a bit about the planned Order of Battle (See the page tabs towards the top) for each of our forces including our initial goals and more on our overall design philosophy. Hopefully later in the week will bring some more WIP shots and a post detailing how to magnetize your unit bases and figure cases to really help in the ease of transport as well as the protection/security of your army.<br />
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We have covered the <a href="http://immervorwarts.blogspot.com/2013/01/setting-down-basics.html">Litko bases</a> and so I thought I'd talk a bit about texture and paint. Jason and I have been kind of doing the same bases for years for our GW armies. As we've kind of been mimicking each others styles it was very easy for us to come up with a solution to match our preferences. <br />
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We start with the ballast. Some people have given me "great" ideas on how to save money with large quantities of cheap stuff. The only thing I found cheap was the quality of the end product. I stick to what I know is best- <a href="http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/Item/BAL-C/page/1">Woodland Scenics Ballast</a>.<br />
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Basically our mix is one part Medium and one part Fine. Applied with white PVA (school) glue and left to dry. It's simple and always comes out right. This gives enough texture for good drybrushing. <br />
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Normally the next step would be primer but as we have to attach our little soldiers on the bases before the ballast we have to use the brush. Again, the Vallejo colours we chose are based off our old styles combined. We start with a German Cam. Black Brown. This one was discussed the most as we thought about mixing a warmer brown (like Burnt Umber shown above) with it or just dry brushing the warmer brown as the next step. Either way German Cam. Black Brown is our base.<br />
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A little trick I picked up is that for large projects you can go to a hardware store and they'll match a paint sample into interior house paint. This is good for game boards, terrain AND laying down the first layer when a brush has to be used. It's thick water based paint and it's perfect for sealing in the ballast.<br />
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The next layer is English Uniform. This is a thickly dry brushed on as it acts like a second base. Next is the Red Leather. This is applied lightly in patches as it will help the cool paints for the uniforms and really ties in the earthy feel for dirt. The next colour is the either Olive Green or Yellow Green. This is also applied lightly in patches and not always the same ones as the red. This will help the warmer colours of the uniforms. The last dry brush is Stone grey. This is applied very lightly as it's not too far from white. This helps give the texture a little strength at the end.<br />
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Of course not every one of our bases will be the same with the amount of
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Time for a static grass mixture... :)<br />
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Just a quick down and dirty WIP post. Eric and I have been discussing our basing color scheme etc. this week. Although the entire battalion isn't finished yet, I decided to try things out tonight between loads of laundry. Unfortunately against my better judgement I also decided to spray the stand with Dullcote and it came out shiny. Eric will get more into basing stuff and things in the near future, but this at least gives us all a bit of a sneak peek at how things will look. :o)<br />
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Well, I figured it was about time to give this blog a little eye candy. :o) These are my very first ever painted 28mm Napoleonics. Their names are Fritz, Jurgen, Karl, and... Just kidding (about the names anyway) ;-)</div>
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These guys are basically my first stand of figs completed for the Fusilier Battalion of my Prussian Leib Infantry Regiment including a NCO. The models are from Perry Miniatures which I will be using to fill out the bulk of my Prussian army. As these were my "prototype" models as well as my introduction to "real scale" 28mm miniatures, there was a bit of tweaking and tinkering that hopefully is out of the way so that the painting process picks up the pace a bit. Painting all the gear is what really took the longest, plus the fact that 99% of the reference pics out there only show the front didn't help either.</div>
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I always prime in black regardless, and I usually paint using a hybrid black lining technique as I like my minis clean and well defined. The black primer certainly helps with this, and I always find a number of white specks peeking out when I prime with white which makes it much more troublesome for me anyway. Coverage usually isn't a problem, but I do have the old GW Foundation Paints sitting around to mix in with a red, yellow, or white base coat if needed.<br />
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I'm trying to force myself to become more dependent on using the Army Painter washes to speed things up and then come back and hit the highlights. Highlights are a little trickier than the "Heroic" scale minis that I've painted in the past. You want to give the figs a little "pop" so they don't look flat on the table top, but there's not a lot of room for layers on these minis, and then there are all those other "battalions" of figs staring at you from the workbench waiting to be done. Regardless, I need to remind myself that the visual effect of the unit as a whole is paramount, not necessarily the individual minis.<br />
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These figs haven't been Dullcoted yet either, so I need to see how badly that makes my highlights/shading disappear. I'm used to coming back and touching up metals, but maybe the final highlight layer or two might have to wait until after the spray.<br />
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The main paints I used are pictured above. Many of the others are old out of production GW paints that I still have around. No reason to move on until they're used up I guess. If you have any questions on the paints I used feel free to ask in the comments below. Although I'm sure I will continue to tweak things as I go along.<br />
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The next step is to hammer out the basing colors (and static grass mix) for the project. These will be the same that we will use for building our terrain boards. Look for that post in the near future as well as one explaining our planned Order of Battle(s) that we will be using to base each of our forces on. Although still "under construction," you can get a sneak peek of our OOBs by checking out the page tabs just under the blog title.<br />
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Anyway, let me know what you think of this first batch. :-)<br />
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Our current forces in all their glory! ;-)</div>
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Although the Internet, plastic boxed sets loaded with instructions, and an increased number of high production quality and well thought out all-in-one type rulebooks have lowered the barriers of entry into Napoleonics considerably, there is still a lot to figure out before the first miniature order is placed. I'm not even talking about researching uniform details, figuring out the appropriate figures, or even choosing an order of battle or generic national template to base your force on.<br />
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Most rules sets are pretty flexible when it comes to basing and units sizes and figure counts. They may have a preferred scheme that they suggest, but players personal tastes as well as resources of time and money can usually be accommodated in most cases. I've mainly looked at General de Brigade, Lasalle, Black Powder, and Waterloo We've decided to go with Black Powder of many reasons, but certainly its flexibility is a big plus. With no official structures dictated to us like some game systems, I spent a good amount of time over the last couple of years seeing what others had done across the blogosphere taking into account visuals, playability, and attainable painting goals.<br />
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<i>Line Infantry Battalion in line formation and attack column with skirmish screen.</i></div>
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Although I'll deal more directly with the Order of Battles we're basing our forces on in a later post, I did want to mention a few things before going any further. First off, unless Eric and I are invited to bring our toys to join in some big battle in the big city reenacting the Big Battle of Suchandsuch, we're never going aspire to reenact a historical battle. Although some game scenarios we play might be inspired by some actual occurrence, they still are going to be purely products of our imagination greatly assisted by resources like Charles S. Grant's <i>Scenarios for Wargames</i>. Ultimately history will be our guide, not our master. Striking a balance between historical accuracy and flavor and more generic flexible organization and playability.<br />
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When trying to figure out our basing scheme and miniature count, I knew we wanted our units to look and feel like proper battalions, etc., but not be so large that we would struggle to complete a single brigade. Also factored in was room for formations and maneuvering on the table top. For our generic line infantry battalions I settled on 24 figures on 4 bases for our standard size with 6 figures on each base. Again, I thought 6 figures instead of 4 gave the unit a fuller wider feel, and 4 bases being less unwieldy than 6.<br />
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<i>Prussian Fusilier Battalion in line formation and in skirmish.</i></div>
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We can always take bases away to represent a smaller unit, and always
add more stands later for large battalions. Perhaps for
militia/conscript units like Prussian Landwehr or French Provisional
battalions, I might try going with 5 figures a stand to give these units
a slightly understrength and also less ranked up/orderly appearance.
For some light battalions like Prussian Fusiliers, I decided to go with 4
figures per stand to give the unit a looser appearance and to give a
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For cavalry we're going two per base with 12 models in the standard unit. To me this represents about 2-3 squadrons, and 16 models about 4. Although I have to do some more research on how artillery works in Black Powder, I'm initially collecting 3 guns and 1 howitzer to form a battery for my Prussians. Perhaps 2 guns for horse artillery. Then there's the appropriate battlefield footprint to consider especially behind the guns. Also, we'll figure out limbers, ammunition caissons, supply wagons, ambulances, etc. etc. as we go, but try to keep all the bases 50mm wide if possible.<br />
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<i> Jager Battalion/Detachment and Cavalry Regiment</i></div>
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Our basic base size is 50mm X 50mm for infantry and cavalry, and 50mm X
100mm for artillery. As suggested in Black Powder this conveniently
makes our frontages universal. This took the longest to finally
determine as we wanted a close order appreance but also a little room to
show off the rank and file miniatures. 50mm strikes a nice balance
between the cramped look of a 15mm frontage per figure and the little
too open 20mm. Having the base 50mm deep helps accommodate firing lines
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Other odds and ends such as skirmish line voltigeurs or volunteer jagers will be based in pairs (which is how they operated) on a 50mm X 25mm base with 2 bases (and 4 figures) per battalion. To help distinguish the more ultra light units such as a Prussian Jager battalion, I will increase the base size to 50mm X 50mm, keeping only 2 figures a base on 4 bases. If nothing else this will allow me to craft more scenic bases as I'm doing with my Prussian fusiliers (4 figures to a base). Still, it also helps accommodate the various running, loading, and firing poses, and again help differentiate them from my musketeers on the table top by giving them a looser more open order appearance.<br />
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<i>Brigade and Division command stands.</i></div>
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For command models and such we're keeping to circles and ovals. Individual mounted messenger type models such as adjutants/Feldjagers/ADCs will be on a 40mm base. Brigade commands will be 2-3 (mounted and/or foot) figures on a 75mm base with higher commands based on a 120mm x 90mm oval. Division commands will have 4 while Corps and Army stands will have 5+ as needed. I think keeping with a simple circles and squares basing scheme really helps with the army visuals as well. If for nothing else, it doesn't have any odd or non organic shapes that might distract the eye when viewing the table top.<br />
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As you can probably tell from the pictures, we're mostly using <a href="http://www.litko.net/">Litko</a> bases for our project. They have a nice medium thickness (ours are 3mm). Not too chunky, but thick enough to help with movement and protect your minis from handling. Also, they are quite easy to magnetize which we'll cover later. The only drawback is that it takes FOREVER for them to arrive when you place an order. Even going through the local game shop as they have the same headache with Litko. We ordered 300 but got 200. Still we should be good for awhile. :-)<br />
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Up next (but not nessarily in this order) will be blurbs about magnetizing our bases and army transport, planned army organization and Order of Battles, more about our basing scheme (the painting, ballast, and flock part), and some actual WIP/painted minis. :-)<br />
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<i>Immer Vorwärts!</i><br />
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I'm pretty excited about starting a new army myself. 2013 will be a year of new paint colours as well as figuring out new techniques in army painting to help get these guys out on the table. After seeing the gorgeous game put on by <a href="http://gunsofapril.blogspot.com/">The Guns of April</a> at Adepticon I have no doubt this is going to be fun. </div>
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I'm also really looking forward to using Black Powder. It's been a while since I tried out a new rule system and after watching The Guns of April playing their game I know this is probably the best system for me as they were laughing and having a good time rather than worrying about the best tactic.</div>
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and so... À la guerre!</div>
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Still angry after all these years, Blücher sends a staffer to pose with Boney.</div>
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From the beginning I've always dreamed of collecting and gaming with beautiful miniature Napoleonic armies. My first attempt was with 1/72 plastics in the '80s which fell far short of my visions of grandeur. In the '90s I was certain 15mm figs were the way to go to capture the true epicness that is Napoleonic warfare. Although my French and Prussians marched in large and enjoyable battles on the table top, there was still something missing from my vision quest.<br />
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What makes Napoleonics the "Beautiful Game" to me is the soldiers themselves and their wonderful uniforms and banners. With larger scales being a bit impractical, it was not until recently that 25-28mm miniatures (both metal and plastic) reached a production quality worthy of the period. Along with a number of enjoyable and high quality rules sets that have become available in the last few years, and the advances in almost every aspect of the hobby from paints, basing materials, and terrain building techniques, we maybe in the midst of another "Golden Age" of historical miniatures wargaming.<br />
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"<i>Really Eric, we BOTH can have hussars!</i>"</div>
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With the 200th anniversary of the 1813 Campaign in Germany upon us, what time could be better to launch our foray into world of 28mm Napoleonics. My talented friend Eric Hagen and his French have joined me and my Prussians as we start work on both of our initial armies. Although we have been busy planning and tinkering since August, the painting has just begun, and the time to launch our joint blog: <i>Immer Vorwärts!</i> is finally here.<br />
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I hope you enjoy our blog as much as we hope to enjoy sharing our hobby thoughts, creations, and experiences with you!<br />
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<i>Immer Vorwärts!</i><br />
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