Analogue Hobbies: Napoleonic Gallery

(Originally posted on the Home Page on Sept. 2nd, 2012) As I mentioned in an earlier post  these fellas have been kicking their heels on my paint desk for quite awhile, so I decided to tak...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2012/09/austrian-1st-uhlans-schwarzenberg.html

I was going to post some of my first 1914 Brits in greyscale but I really couldn't face any more monochrome this week so I'm going to run with these lads instead - all in their Napoleonic te...

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(Originally posted on the Home Page July 26, 2012) Okay, I know I'm not exactly lighting the world on fire with this post but hey, it is what it is.  Earlier this summer I visited Phil'...

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(Originally posted on the Home Page April 3rd, 2012) For the past few months the excellent Napoleonic forum 'La Bricole ' has been hosting a painting competition focusing on 'bog average' tr...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/portuguese-6th-line-infantry.html

(originally posted to the Fawcett Ave Conscripts blog in Nov 2010) I've been beavering away at the painting desk and here are some completed results to date. The first unit is a oddball battalio...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2012/04/two-french-battalions-neuchatel.html

For those who may be interested I've cross-posted the After Action Report of our recent Austerlitz game to the Past Games section of the blog. Thanks!

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2012/03/napoleonic-scenario-vandammes-assault.html

(Originally posted on the Home Page Feb 13, 2012) As promised, here are a few more Napoleonic French unit/casualty stands. Each of these will attach itself with a battalion to keep track of ...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2012/02/additional-28mm-napoleonic-french.html

(Originally posted on the Home Page on Feb 2, 2012) Here's another Napoleonic casualty marker I've made up. This one depicts a knocked-out French 12-pounder along with an unfortunate crewman...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2012/02/28mm-napoleonic-artillery-casualty.html

(Originally posted on the Home Page Feb 1, 2012) A few months ago I began to play around with developing unit / casualty stands  for my Napoleonic collection. I wanted something that could...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2012/02/28mm-napoleonic-french-cuirassier-unit.html

(Originally posed on the Home page January 22nd, 2012) I've been plugging away at this regiment of French Dragoons since the beginning of the Challenge. These are 28mm Perry plastic...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2012/01/28mm-napoleonic-french-dragoons-18e.html

(Originally posted to the Home Page on January 14th) Work's a little crazy and with keeping on top of the blog I find it's been challenging to keep my own projects moving along.  Useless whin...

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(Originally posted on the Home Page, Dec 15th) I was glancing at my blog calendar just the other day and realized that December 19th will mark a year since I started 'Analogue Hobbies'. Wow...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2011/12/year-in-review-british-and-french.html

(Originally posted on the Main Page, Dec. 11) This is an 1812 period Russian infantry battalion whose colours identify it has having been recruited from the Riazan area of Russia. To b...

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(Post migrated from Main Page) Whenever I think that my painting skills may be improving I pull this old chestnut out from my display cabinet to get a reality check. This Chasseur a Cheval o...

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The first group of these figures (ten, I think) originated from my earlier days in the hobby and I decided last spring  that I wanted to enlarge and rebase them so they better aligned with...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2011/11/1er-regiment-de-carabiniers-early.html

 Here are some new recruits to bolster my British Napoleonic collection. This unit (composed of Perry plastics and a Victrix mounted officer) represents the 2nd battalion of the 66th Regime...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2011/11/2nd66th-berkshires-28mm-perry-victrix.html

Yeah? Oh, so now you want me to create some freakin' battlefield in Austria for you...? WTF. You know man, I have needs too... A while ago I mentioned to my friend Sylvain that I've always wa...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2011/10/28mm-aspern-church-for-aspern-essling.html

' The new lads from the 2nd battalion in all their off-white glory. A mounted officer behind the rear ranks is happily making the mens life a misery ... For those who may have been following t...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2011/10/16th-regiment-of-line-in-1806.html

I've managed to finish another rear area stand to add a bit of colour to my Napoleonic French army. This one's a bit more whimsical, depicting a Vivandiere bringing a tumbler of wine and some...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2011/10/28mm-french-viviandier-and-orderlies.html

I've not been completely idle hobby-wise and have managed to finish this small vignette depicting a group of French infantry who are taking a break from assisting an artillery battery and ch...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2011/10/28mm-french-napoleonic-rear-area.html

Just a short post on a new British command stand I completed recently. Figures are from the Perry range. In order to make the stand less Waterloo-specific, I cut away the 'Belgic' shako ...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2011/10/british-command-stands.html

Like a lot of gamers, I like to keep the tabletop as clean of dice, measuring tapes, rule sheets, pets, soft drinks, etc., but I know that concessions have to be made for marking unit status ...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2011/10/prototypes-for-napoleonic-casualty.html

Below are the participants and final scores for The Napoleonic Spring-Thaw Painting Challenge : JohnM (134) Curt: (124) Greg (111) Paul (67) Sylvain: (9) Tim: (4)  The Challenge ran from...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2011/04/entries-to-spring-thaw-napoleonic_20.html

Good Lord. They look like a 19th century version of U2. Apparently the British army had no barbers (nor enough shakos)... Really, I thought I'd never do it - I thought I'd never crack. I was...

http://analogue-hobbies-napgallery.blogspot.com/2011/01/28mm-95th-rifles-in-battalion-order.html

From 1806-1807, due to a lack of indigo dye, Napoleon issued a new uniform regulation that would see his line infantry begin a conversion from its standard blue uniforms to new ones in white....

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