Welcome to my new blog and the first post celebrating the model soldiers created by Marcus Hinton. As a taster for what I hope will be an interesting canter through my 50 years of collecting, here are some images of a game I've just set up. It's based on the Battle of Ligny,16 June 1815. I've used my entire French infantry and artillery collection on this one and supplemented my Prussians with Dutch Belgians and Brunswickers. You might spot other manufacturers, mostly Kennington, which I have found found to be good compatriots for the Hintons. Enjoy.
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| Seven battalions of the Guard in reserve between Ligny and St Amand |
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| HH Caissonis a Clayton casting |
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Gerard's IV Corp formed up to assault Ligny. Eight of the twelve battalions are HH. The battery in the foreground is Qualiticast. |
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| IV Corps again |
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| One of 3 battalions defending St Amand. Vintage HH figures, Standard bearer is my own conversion |
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St Amand...the river is probably a bit wide as it's described as the "Ligny Brook" but it will suffice and saves some scenic work time
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| Four Prussian Battalions defending Ligny with Dutch Belgians in reserve. All buildings are card models by the excellent Paper Boys. The brodge is a bit large for Ligny but I was determined to use it after much cutting and gluing |
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| The Bussy mill....Prussian and Netherlands batteries with Brunswick reserves to the left. The Blucher figure on the white horse is by Kennington |
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| Another view of the Old Guard and artillery. They were among my first HH purchases c1975. Time now to dust off the rules and measuring sticks... I'll keep you posted. |
You have a splendid collection, with truly old-school 'carpets' of troops marching around your table-top, and all topped off with a scenic backdrop. Bootiful!
ReplyDeleteMeasuring sticks? What rules do you use?
Thanks Rob for being the first to reply and your kind comments! I use Shako rules by Arty Conliffe from 1995 although I don't adhere strictly to the rule book. They work well for me anyway. I'll include a picture of my measuring sticks when I post the next lot of photos!!
DeleteI went through a phase of using Shako for my 6mm Napoleonics (Heroics & Ros), the order arrows are an effective way of managing command and control limitations although having to draw sketch maps was always bothersome. Not sure why I dropped them now.
DeleteThe troops look great Simon well done! Seven battalions of Guard is going some and I particularly like the surgeon at work by the caission. I look forward to seeing more.
ReplyDeleteThanks. The 7 Guards are: 2 each of grenadiers and chasseurs (thanks to Marcus Hinton sending me my order twice!); one Young Guard voltigueur, one Young Guard tirailleur (both Clayton) and one Marines (second hand, probably Clayton and completed just last year) The surgeon scene is by Fine Scale Factory. I'll include a seperate shot of that when I post next.
ReplyDeleteDo post a photo of your Garde Marins, I have some of those in the painting queue. As I'm trying not to stray from my Peninsular focus my Imperial Guard will be limited to: Fusilier-Chasseurs (complete), Marins, a skirmish unit of Voltigeurs (complete), a composite* cavalry regiment, and a horse battery (complete).
Delete[* Chasseurs a Cheval, Mameluks, Chevau-Legers Polonais, Empress Dragoons, Grenadiers a Cheval & Gendarmerie d'Elite]
I believe Marcus never made any gendarmes d'Elite?
Will do Rob....The Marins were my most recent French unit, finished last year. As for the Gendarmes Elite they do appear in my HH catalogue c1973 FN302 Horse FNH2 and reappear in Clayton's so the moulds survived....I wonder where they are now?
DeleteWell this is going to be an interesting game. Would there be massed Prussian cavalry reserves just off table by any chance?
ReplyDeleteYour troops are spectacular. There also seem to be all sorts of clever conversions in amongst them. I do hope you'll tell us a bit more about them all as your new blog develops.
Best regards
WM
Yes, an interesting game indeed....I've decided to keep it relatively simple and leave the cavalry reserves out of this one. I am however itching to do another game with cavalry as I have a few units which have not left the display cabinets yet.
DeleteNow that is a proper way to start a blog! Love all of the massed big battalions. 30 figure battalions? In particular I enjoyed seeing the ammunition wagon. The horses look HH, so I assume the wagon is as well? Look forward to seeing the battle develop!
ReplyDeleteThanks David. I try for 30 figures more or less and 12 for cavalry. Way back I was heavily influenced by theTerry Wise book "Introduction to Battle Gaming" -still on my bookshelf, which suggested 27 figure battalions and 13 for cavalry and I've pretty much stuck with that principle ever since. The ammuntition wagon is indeed HH. I'm now 13 moves in so another post is looming.
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