Monday, September 19, 2005
I know you won’t believe me, but there’s more to painting Austrian Napoleonic uniforms than endless seas of white. You can find more details in the uniform guide here.
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Thursday, April 14, 2005
The War Times Journal offers a set of free Napoleonics miniatures rules called Republique.
The War Times Journal also offers orders of battle for Jena-Auerstadt, Waterloo, Busaco, Wagram and Dresden.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005
The Evolution of Napoleonic Uniforms website is an ambitious work. It is not by any means complete (could any project of this scope ever be complete, given the number of variations?), but is worth browsing through.
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Monday, March 14, 2005
Napoleon Guide editor Richard Moore offers some suggestions on the basic things needed to either paint your own napoleonic miniatures figures, or get them professionally done.
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Monday, March 14, 2005
Wargames World has a pictoral guide to painting 6mm Napoleonic Prussian Cavalry.
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Monday, March 14, 2005
Wargames World has a pictoral guide to painting 6mm Napoleonic Austrian Infantry. It’s also a good guide to painting 6mm figures in general.
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Monday, March 14, 2005
Newcomers to wargaming the Napoleonic Wars can be bewildered by the uniform terminology. That’s where the Napoleonic Uniform Glossary comes in handy. This site has photos of various uniforms and identifies the parts.
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Sunday, November 21, 2004
Here's some advice for painting and rigging 1/1200 fighting sail ships. It's a period I've always wanted to do, but right now, its so far down the list I doubt I'll ever get to it.
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Friday, November 12, 2004
This site has some pictures and diagrams from the Sharpe film that centered around La Haye Saint. This is an outstanding resource for anyone wanting to build their own model of the farmstead.
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Monday, November 08, 2004
You're heard rumors. Hushed whispers in the dark. Murmurings amongst your fellows. But it's real. They're here. Someone has created a napoleonics army out of .... RICE. Picture here.
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Poll #1:
Cast your vote and then join the discussion to tell us why.
Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
For pictures, visit the gallery.
Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
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