Some random 10mm Napoleonic eye candy...

Hi all!

Thought I would just share a few bits of eye candy from a recent photo session... always love to look at oodles of toy soldiers!:)

 

Some 10mm Napoleonic photos from a game with my son!

Hi all!

Whelp, I played a fairly simple 10mm Napoleonic game with my son, so I thought I would share some photos!

He was the French, I was the British.  He initially had two of his infantry divisions come onto the field together, and began to advance towards the fields and forest in front of him.

Here are his men advancing, Guard in the lead!

His cavalry and artillery came on in the center of the table, and his cavalry immediately began to move towards the center.

Meanwhile I had a single infantry division arrive and take up position in the woods... the rest of my men hadn't come to the battle yet!

Here is the French marshal, contemplating his next move!

Finally another British infantry division, my elites, entered the battle, but at the far end of the field!

The French cavalry advanced, forcing some of my men into square.

The French cavalry then turned and threatened my newly-arrived elite division, forcing them to halt and (after this photo was taken) get into square.)

The rest of the French infantry arrived to support their attack on the woods.

The attack on the woods was fierce!

And while my few infantry fought, they couldn't hold off basically the entire French army.

My cavalry then came to the field, and harassed his cavalry, chasing them down and killing many of them to let my elite division advance.

The French press the woods, with a newly arrived division of Brunswickers trying to support the British.

One French cavalry division tried to break the British squares, but couldn't.

You can see the fight for the woods on the near flank, and in the far corner you can see the elite British infantry push the French cavalry away.

Another shot.

The French pushed the British out of the woods and began to swing through them to engage the British in the center and the oncoming British elite division, while a British cavalry brigade moved behind them, forcing many of the French into square.

I brought my elite division up finally, but there were simply too many French left, so I had to retreat!

Here is what was left of my son's French army at the end... he whupped me good!

10mm Napoleonics - Alain Valley, Part 2

Hey all!

Well, a friend came by last night, and we got in the second piece of the Battle of Alain Valley!

As you can see above, there are two corps involved, three divisions apiece.  On the left of the photo (British point of view) one French division is about to cross the river to hit the fragile Spanish division.  In the center, the French Old Guard are advancing up to (and over) the hill to meet a large British division head on.  On the right, the British and Brunswick brigade tried to turn the French flank, but the attack has stalled as the British cavalry support was routed.

The Old Guard advance a bit in the middle, but run into the British firepower.  The British stay in line to maximize their firing power, whereas the French get into column to maximize their morale.

Meanwhile, on the British left flank, the French columns begin to cross the river, harassed the whole way by Spanish skirmishers.  One Spanish brigade forms up on a steep hill, prepared to meet the French.

Here is a table shot of the next turn.

On the British right, the Brunswickers form line and exchange fire with the advancing French columns.

On the British left, the Spanish begin to pour fire down into the French columns as they advance up the hill.

And in the center, the Old Guard get a little packed in, and the front columns of the advance begin to take horrific casualties.  They do manage to stay steady, but the commander begins to question his advance.

Here is the next turn.

The French attack on the British left continues, and the two sides pour fire into each other.  The Spanish, who are rather brittle, manage to inflict some casualties on the French, but it doesn't seem like enough.

Nearer the British right, the Guards Brigade advances, looking to split the French line in half.  The French pour fire down the ridge at the advancing British.

And here is the next turn!

In the center the British continue pressing forward, and the Old Guard begins to pull their right flank back a bit, worried that their second Guard brigade advanced too far...

And the center becomes a mess, as the commander of one British brigade (the one in column on the right) surges forward, ignoring the orders of the Duke of Wellington and charging his men forward!

Here is the last turn.

The French center is under such pressure that Napoleon himself comes to the edge of the wood, to urge his Old Guard on!

And while in practice that doesn't have any game play impact, it sure seems to work this time!  The ENTIRE left flank of the British attack collapses under the fire of the Guard!  Three battalions of British infantry rout, despite the fact that they haven't taken terrible casualties yet, while the Old Guard stand fast, despite the fact that two battalions have taken horrific casualties!

Meanwhile, on the British right, the cavalry is finally forced to charge the Brunswick square securing the far flank of the army... otherwise they might be sitting the whole fight out!  Dozens of Brunswickers are dead and dying, and the square begins to falter...

And here is a shot down the table at the end!

It looks like it will take one more day to finish this one up... and I'll take photos when we do!

Last few money shots of the 10mm Napoleonics

A few more shots of the Napoleonics!

Here are a few Divisions and Corps of French infantry!

Above is the Guard, marching to war!

The Guard again.

The French line battalions advance...

... and the British prepare to open fire!

More Miniature Eye-candy!

Hi all!

Thought I would post a bit more from the 10mm Napoleonics!  

Some French defending an olive grove.

The voltigeurs were entrusted with the large Spanish farm.

The British advance.

French line on the attack, with their cloud of voltigeurs covering them.

British squares prepare to receive cavalry!

And more of them!

Woof.  That's a LOT of horses.