Denziens Napoleonics
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About the Project
I've always floated around napoleonic wargames but I've never concentrated on it. I've done tiny 10m andxa bit of 28m. This new year I want to work on napoleonic minis for 3 different systems....maybe four.
Related Genre: Historical
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What I have already....French
I have a sizable French collection fir skirmish games already put together with a couple of perry plastic boxes. Trouble is remembering what each unit is meant to be. The French army is a confusing collection of different units. I had to look at my old paint jobs and try and figure out who they all are and if they are covered in the SandB rules.
My only cavalry unit the Hussars
One artillery piece 
I think these are carabiner with tall red plumes. A sort of grenadier light infantry 
These look like chasseurs a sort of rapid light infantry unit
Look like imperial guard to me
The guard also have their own versions of the chasseur and carabiner units just to confuse me even more. These are the Guard Voltigeurs
I think the plumes denote imperial guard carabiner 
I have three units of standard fusilier infantry but to confuse things I painted a unit in red as allied Swiss.
Voltigeurs
Grenadiers. I have all the infantry covered apart from national guard militia units but it's the cavalry I need. They are just as confusing as the infantry with some of the same classifications. Because units are in squads of 12 or 8 and as low as 4 you can cover a lot of options with just a couple of plastic kits. It's worth going for the skirmish look as rank and file marching doesn't look right to me in a small scale game.What I have already...British
For Shakos and bayonets I already have a few British originally purchased for Chosen men. Mist line infantry come in units of 12 so I've decided to get three line infantry units for each force as a core selection. I have one and a bit of British line infantry made from a perry box.
One artillery piece 
I have lots of rifle units which can have up to 8 in a unit so a very elite force for the British 
Officer minis available. So I'm missing some cavalry, light infantry, grenadiers and a mounted officer would be nice. Also bump up that line infantry to three units. Rules
First decision is to pick a rules system. There are plenty to choose from but it depends what level of game yout after. For 28m i used to play chosen men but moved on to Shakos and bayonets which is a variationof the musketsand tomahawks rules system. This is great for skirmishgames snd i wouldnt want to attemptany thing largercthan a skirmishgame in 28m. Its a card drivensystemwirh lots of great dramatic monents making it cimenamatic and story driven. It allows you to pick a nationality and create a reasonable sized force without going overboard. This is the rules set im sticking with for 28m.to.
I might also dabble in silver bayonet as I go but for 10m I thought I'd try soldiers of Napoleon. I have a good sized 10m collection already from a previous project and I think these rules best suit this scale. It adds more flavour for the way armies actually operated at the time and is another card driven system. So for something on a grander scale I'll be using this system 
Inspiration at Waterloo
During the summer I visited France and Belgium gor the first time so made my way to the army museum in Paris which was a fancy uniform dream before heading up to Waterloo. It did a good job of inspiring me
The huge battle field table in the visitor centre 
A closer look at the Hougamon model set up in what's left of the old chateau 
Sharpe returned to the field 
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