Wednesday 17 July 2013

Rule Britannia!

Yesterday, I hinted at my new project. Ok, I just said I had a new project in mind. But what will it be? I've more or less always be tempted by the 19th century  wars. Why , I can't say. But, until recently, I never really knew what to game. I finally chose an era which could be practical figures wise, and yes, it involves the British army (come on, I live in London).

Hier, j'ai rapidement evoque mon intention de demarrer un nouveau projet. Pour le moment, c'est juste du virtuel, mais il a le potentiel pour se concretiser. J'ai toujours ete plus ou moins tente par les guerres du 19e siecle, meme si je ne saurai dire pourquoi. Ce n'est toutefois que recemment que j'ai trouve mon bonheur. Il faut que cela soit pratique au niveau fig, et donc cela implique le Royaume-Uni.




Therefore, I've chosen to game the Crimean War! It will be interesting, since I will also do the French forces, whose uniform was more or less similar until 1870... I will need first some sources, and then choose the rules and the scale.

J'ai donc decide de ma lancer dans la guerre de Crimee. Cela promet d'etre interessant, car je compte bien evidemment faire les Francais, dont l'uniforme a assez peu change jusqu'en 1870. Il va donc me falloir travailler avec de la doc, et surtout savoir avec quelle regle jouer et a quelle echelle.




18 comments:

  1. A splendid era Seb, plenty of units and scenarios to capture your imagination; cavalry charges, sieges it has it all!

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  2. There's not a lot to choose from in 15mm, Posties got stacks from Minifigs, they're kind of an old school figure, but you can't beat the selection of figures in the Minifigs range,
    Check out the link below its one of our batreps using the Minifigs figures.
    http://onelover-ray.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/battle-of-mackenzie-heights-1854.html

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    1. I know Ray, your batrep was very decisive ;)

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    2. If you are looking for 15mm, do not forget the superb Eureka range !
      Benoit

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  3. A splendid era to game Seb. I recall a quote (possibly apocryphal) from one of the British commanders "Gentlemen, the enemy* are on our left flank. Our opponents, the Russians, are directly ahead".

    *referring of course to the French ;)

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  4. Seb drop me an email with a postal address I have a CD-ROM of the uniforms of the crimia (another era I was going to start)

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  5. Looking forward to it Seb, I've enjoyed my time gaming the Crimea with the Rejects.

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  6. The Crimea is a great period and I look forward to seeing the results

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  7. Sounds like a nice project! In scale 1/72 you can find these sets: http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/PeriodList.aspx?period=27

    Greetings
    Peter

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  8. Really interesting choice of project Seb. I thought for a moment you might be doing the Sudan though!

    Looking forward to the results.

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  9. I know very little about this era so I'll follow closely and learn a thing or two!

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  10. Excellent choice sir. You can't better the 'the thin red line'

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  11. What ?????? There was no French in Crimea !

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  12. Very nice. I do like this period a lot.

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  13. Joli projet; Ce lien peut t'intesser : http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=309225

    Il évoque les figurines de chez Eureka dont voici quelques photos :
    http://thewargamorium.6sided.net/2012/12/08/crimean-war-1854/

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