TOPIC: Imperial Project : La bataille de Loigny ! |
Hello all ! As you know or not, The Emperor prepares the reconstruction of the battle of Loigny which took place on December 2, 1870! And His Majesty wishes to realize this one in December 2020 for the 150th anniversary. You can now see the open box ! ;-) And in a few days you will see the first figurines We have already painted, so excited We was to start... but in a few days ! L'Empereur Béte et Méchant vous invite à visitez : Le Blog : https://lempereurzoom13.blogspot.fr/ & Le Projet 2020 : https://2020batailledeloigny.blogspot.fr/... Cons se le disent!!! At the top left of each blog, feel free to select your language to translate Her Majesty's Prose! |
This looks absolutely fascinating and I shall be following this with great interest. I have just embarked on preparing Villers-Bretonneux as a project using the data in Bruce Weigle's 1871 rules. As a small battle this operates as one base = one company/half squadron/half battery. A little goes a long way |
Thanks for your interest Dourpuritan ! :-) While working on our Imperial Project, we discover this Franco-Prussian war that We knew little, apart from the bloody episode of the Paris Commune. We have allreay paint Our Favorite Unit... "les zouaves pontificaux" and the french "Quartier Général" that We made with the great war reference ! This is Our First 6mm unit painting... so all comments will be welcome since We will publish pictures on Our Project Blog ! Some day to wait... before open fire ! :-)
L'Empereur Béte et Méchant vous invite à visitez : Le Blog : https://lempereurzoom13.blogspot.fr/ & Le Projet 2020 : https://2020batailledeloigny.blogspot.fr/... Cons se le disent!!! At the top left of each blog, feel free to select your language to translate Her Majesty's Prose! |
Hello, Here's Our first base ! L'Empereur Béte et Méchant vous invite à visitez : Le Blog : https://lempereurzoom13.blogspot.fr/ & Le Projet 2020 : https://2020batailledeloigny.blogspot.fr/... Cons se le disent!!! At the top left of each blog, feel free to select your language to translate Her Majesty's Prose! |
Excellent conversion of the Great War HQ base. Bruce Weigle has produced four sets of mid-C19th rules. They are: 1859 - covering the Franco-Austrian War and also the 1864 Danish War 1866 - covering all fronts of the Austro-Prussian War 1870- covering the Imperial and Republican phases of the Franco-Prussian War 1871- covers mainly other republican battles in 1870 and 1871 The first three books contain not only rules but also a large number of scenarios in various scales, as well as masses of information on army organisation and formations plus extensive bibliographies, and are thus extremely useful reference volumes. The fourth book does not contain as much reference material, although there are twelve more FPW scenarios (1870 has Loigny Poupry, whereas 1871 has both Villepion and Poupry as two scenarios). The main point of 1871 is that it is a revision of the original rules making them smoother, more straightforward and faster to play. You may also be interested in Chris Pringle's rules, Bloody Big Battles, designed for the largest C19th battles. The rule book includes 9 FPW scenarios, including Loigny Poupry. All the above books can be obtained from Caliver Books in the UK. A little goes a long way |
Standard User Posts: 130 ChrisBBB 18th Jan 2018 12:13:22 Bonjour, mon empereur! Since Andy the dour puritan has mentioned the BBB FPW campaign, let me mention this website: http://corlearshookfencibles.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/la-guerre-est-finie.html It's the consolidated photo-reports of the entire campaign, as fought by the Corlears Hook Fencibles (a group of wargamers in New York) over the course of a year. Chris Bloody Big BATTLES! https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/ |
Thanks to you two ! We did not know this rules before and will have a look ! Thanks for the links too ! We love the table with terrain drawing and some elements on it ! L'Empereur Béte et Méchant vous invite à visitez : Le Blog : https://lempereurzoom13.blogspot.fr/ & Le Projet 2020 : https://2020batailledeloigny.blogspot.fr/... Cons se le disent!!! At the top left of each blog, feel free to select your language to translate Her Majesty's Prose! |
Standard User Posts: 130 ChrisBBB 20th Jan 2018 12:26:39 You're welcome. :-) There are also BBB FPW players in France: http://2d6.fr/ Best of luck with your Loigny project! Chris
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Here's the First Imperial Unit ! The Emperor is the best zouave in show ! The Emperor take advantage of the flood of the Seine to publish it here !
L'Empereur Béte et Méchant vous invite à visitez : Le Blog : https://lempereurzoom13.blogspot.fr/ & Le Projet 2020 : https://2020batailledeloigny.blogspot.fr/... Cons se le disent!!! At the top left of each blog, feel free to select your language to translate Her Majesty's Prose! |
Here's the Second Imperial Unit ! The Emperor is allway the best zouave in show ! Let's see the Zouaves Ponficaux here ! L'Empereur Béte et Méchant vous invite à visitez : Le Blog : https://lempereurzoom13.blogspot.fr/ & Le Projet 2020 : https://2020batailledeloigny.blogspot.fr/... Cons se le disent!!! At the top left of each blog, feel free to select your language to translate Her Majesty's Prose! |