Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2024!

 

I'd just like to wish all you fine folks a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Thanks for all of your support this year and here's to more fun and frolics in 2025!

Cheers

Ray

Haitian Revolution - Haitian Flag Bearers and Commanders

 

I've been busy these past few weeks trying to tidy up my paint desk in readiness for the Painting Challenge that starts tomorrow. 

I started painting these months ago hoping to use them for my Haitian Revolution game at Broadside in June. But in the end didn't need them, so they were pushed to the back of the queue

All 4 figures are from Britannia Miniatures, which are available from Andy at Grubby Tanks.

I had to do a little conversion work, chopping off some heads and replacing them with black heads from Trent Miniatures range. I found an image of what the Haitian flags probably looked like and printed these off myself.

I also painted another 4 figures from Britannia, but this time holding the French flag!

So we could end up playing a game with 4 units of former slaves on each side fighting each other??

I also painted a few commanders for the Haitian's These are once again conversions of Britannia Miniatures, using Trent heads.

I quite liked the idea of having a figure with a red bicorne like the image of Jean-Jacques Dessalines. I suppose I should have painted white trousers????

Lastly 4 French Commanders from the Britannia range, these of course still have their heads in place.

So you can see just what you can do with just a little conversion work.

And that's it for todays post!

Retreat From Moscow - A New Project!

 

Well well well, here we go again, another new project..............The Retreat From Moscow. But this time I'm doing it as a joint project with BigLee, he's doing the Russians and I'm doing the French.

But what rules will you be using?

Sharpe Practice 2 is the answer. I bought the first version a long time ago and could never really understand them. So I bought the revised 2nd version again a number of years ago, wishing to use them for my Haitian Revolution figures, but again found them a difficult read. I seem to learn rules better if I'm playing them, rather than trying to read them and take in what I'm reading??? 

Is anyone else like this?

Anyway, BigLee went to a Lardy Day earlier in the year and played a few games of Sharpe Practice, then in passing said he enjoyed the rules and will be buying a copy. 

That was my lightbulb moment!

So I said, do you fancy doing a joint project using Sharpe Practise for the Painting Challenge?

I felt Lee's eyes light up through the phone, I suggested the Retreat From Moscow as its different from anything I've painted before because of all the snow.

I wanted to paint up the Russians, as I've just done loads of French for the Haitian Revolution, but Lee wanted them as well. So for some reason unknown to me he ended up with the easy to pant Russians.

As we were talking Lee, being the weak willed chap he is had already ordered some figures, although I must admit I followed suite soon after.

So the first figures we both bought were a French and Russian army from Muskets and Tomahawks bought from North Star.

Very sensibly for me and Lee, were both known for getting carried away buying stuff at Rejects HQ, we decided on a small army of 8 units each.

Unfortunately we both ignored the original plan after seeing the Perry's luvvly figures......

It only took a few days...

My 8 unit army is now upto 15 units.

Yes I know, I just can't help myself!!

So look out for some Retreat from Moscow figures from both Lee and myself starting from the 21st December when the Challenge starts.

“Vive la France!”