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Monday, 6 April 2020

AHPC X - Haitian Revolution - Cuban Chassuers



Bet you weren't expecting these after reading the title???


"These units were used primarily to hunt run away slaves but the Spanish used them against Native Indians. The British hired some to fight against the Maroon Revolt in Jamaica. The French also tried using these dogs in Battle in St. Domingue."



These were another part of my Christmas pressie for Mrs R and the kids.


They should be an interesting unit to use on the tabletop!


You can also buy purpose made bases to fit the figures in for ease of movement.


Not sure on the points for these??
20 for the men
16 for the woofers


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32 comments:

  1. Neil Scott6 April 2020 at 19:46

    Interesting models. Nicely done

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  2. Moiterei_19846 April 2020 at 20:05

    Now, these really were something different Ray! Very well done.

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  3. DeanM6 April 2020 at 20:08

    Wow! Very unusual and nicely painted troops!

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  4. rross6 April 2020 at 20:23

    Lovely job on these Chasseurs Ray ...very unusual unit, it will be interesting to see how they fight when the time comes!

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    1. Ray Rousell7 April 2020 at 19:05

      Yeh, think I'll have to add something to the rules to make them work properly.

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  5. Bluewillow6 April 2020 at 21:35

    Neat addition, and some interesting history too!

    Cheers
    Matt
    French Wargame Holidays

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  6. Rodger6 April 2020 at 21:54

    Great stuff Ray!

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  7. Alex J. Cavanaugh6 April 2020 at 21:56

    Were they muzzled so they wouldn't kill the slaves.

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    1. Paul´s Bods7 April 2020 at 07:42

      They were. They were quite letahl things as can be seen here;
      https://dbodcubanbloodhound.blogspot.com/
      The Americans and British did use them but were reserved in the effectiveness of using them, they did tend to give the soldiers positions away to the Native americans and the american secretary of state ordered them to be used only for tracking and to be muzzled.
      https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015015/1840-04-04/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1836&sort=date&date2=1922&words=dogs+fight&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=10&state=&rows=20&proxtext=%22fighting+Dog%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

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    2. Paul´s Bods7 April 2020 at 07:43

      Original subject Ray

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    3. Ray Rousell7 April 2020 at 19:08

      Great links Paul, thanks! They were a rather nasty unit weren't they?

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  8. uiduach OB6 April 2020 at 23:06

    A wargaming first I think and very nicely done.

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  9. Cyrus7 April 2020 at 00:04

    Cool - not your usual unit!

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  10. Doc Smith7 April 2020 at 01:05

    Unusual unit - I wonder if they were also used on the French in the slave revolt?

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  11. Michael Awdry7 April 2020 at 09:28

    Very unusual and this new project is gathering pace!

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  12. General Reeve7 April 2020 at 10:54

    Your right there Ray, I was not expecting that. But look very good and unusual. Take care.

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  13. Phil Curran7 April 2020 at 11:56

    Well I wasn't expecting these. very interesting subject and history.

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  14. Mike Vella7 April 2020 at 12:56

    This Haitian adventure gets more and more interesting. Well done Ray! I wonder how they will take casualties.........?

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    1. Ray Rousell7 April 2020 at 19:12

      Not sure yet, but it should be pretty brutal.

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  15. Zabadak8 April 2020 at 12:33

    Weird and wonderful, goof forethought on the manufacturers part having specific bases for them too.

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