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You basically could play that battle with the warlord games starter army, the light infantry would be 6 horsemen, I habe played that against my nephew and it was a lot of fun

Please help, im just getting into black powder and I’m a little confused with the army building rules for the Austrians. Under the infantry brigade it says I can’t have more Hungarian than German infantry regiments, is this referring to the whole army or in that particular brigade, I assume it’s for the whole army though it doesn’t say that even though it DOES say it for the cannon and grenza. Another question how is the author getting 34 points for the Abteilung? The example stats that the two hussar regiments could be replaced with up to four small units each, but with the small units being 8 points but that doesn’t work, nor does dividing the hussar unit by 8 out of 51 points. Any clarity would be GREATLY appreciated

I'm using the Wargames Factory/Warlord Games figures to game the Scania War (1675-79) and the Great Northern War (1700-21). I have been able to modify their two basic figures into several additional poses, including pikemen.

Very nice, just staring into Black Powder an I would like to collect either the Austrians or Prussians. I like the base sizes too compared to the 40x40, are they 50x50?

Where do you buy these models from?

my union cavalry boys will go for this colour done 6 tonight

just beautiful

Really nicely done. What size bases are you using?

Decades since I last played Shako (1st Ed.) - a good Napoleonic rule set. Btw, if the figures are sculpted wearing the later 'Belgic' shako, you needn't worry about the pom poms because they are correctly on the side (but if wearing the earlier 'stovepipe' shako, they should be in the middle, as you say).

looks awesome, nice work. Where do you get the grass mat?

Very enjoyable game.

Charging a fresh Union unit which is supported by Union artillery, both of which are getting a defensive bonus for being behind earthworks, should be punished.

Did your wheat field slow the movement of the units moving through it? (I would suggest that it should; that is a way to make a smaller table work better with the rules, i.e. with movement impediments).

I would also paint the white "bottom edge" of your fields in a green that matches you game mat (green).

The rules work just fine for small games. I would suggest that you paint the bases a green to match your mat (on the video they look almost black). They would blend in much better if they matched the green of the table mat/cloth. Nice looking figures.

thanks for sharing, great looking miniatures

The armies look great. Very nice work. I see you found a use for the Team Yankee dice that doesn't require them to roll hits. Mine never seem too!

Very enjoyable, thanks for putting up. I like the way you have modelled the Battlescale bridge onto the river piece. Your decision to go to half size bases does make crossing bridges ‘look’ right.

Please do a battle report.

Excellent battle. I watched it again. Did you modify the rules at all, or just use them as is with smaller units?

Excellent job. It would be fun to see some of the die rolling for fire, melee and the charges (to see how that is done in ore detail). Nice to see Shako 2 being used. I met Arty Conliffe at a wargame convention back when Tactica and Armati were popular.

What did you use for the bases? And how long did it take you to paint them?

Great looking miniatures and terrain!

Nice one mate. Looks great

Fantastic love to see your WSS presentations.

Looks beautiful, I espicially like the mass effect of your armies!

Exactly the rules I will be using for my Epic figures with 40 strong battalionsand 20 strong cav regiments. Also will be trying out General d,'Armee same scale

Hi, good update and a real growth of your forces. Hopefully you will cover the fight as a video - but I know it is a big job to film and edit on top of playing the game and light changes on these shorter days, so even if you just dived in to do some opening commentary at the start, then again in the middle of the scenario to show us how the battle is developing and then at the end of the game as a wrap up, that would be great and might help you manage the workload better. Cheers.

Nice Video Craig, figure look superb. First use of Epic figures I have seen.

What size bases did you use for the cavalry? Looks well spaced with the Epics. Cheers!

What an outstanding set!

I don't see why the British should get VP's until they reach zone 3 as being stuck in a valley under the enemy's guns isn't most people's idea of success! There should also be some Russian cavalry behind the guns to counter charge as they did on the day. Good to watch though!

Great video! As it happens I've just completed the Heavy Brigade myself (Christmas gift from my lovely wife); I now have all the British and Russians to do Balaklava while another club member is doing the French army. I had to convert Austrian Grenzers for British line and rifles, Russian infantry from Tumbling Dice as well as converted Prussian Landwehr from Hat and Strelets. Great work on those figures, we'll have to compare notes!

The British can fire and charge if the enemy is stopped by a volly, remember point blank fire +1, also you need to pick up michael hoppers scenario books

You did a fantastic job on the figures. Are all of them the warlord epic range? Very nice video on the rules as well.

Cracking video mate, lovely table and troops

I think this is the first battle report I have seen for this scale and it looks great!

Great Video! Amazing looking armies all deployed in mass!

Good show keep it up!

Good to dee an update and a game going with Epic - enjoyed, thanks.

The armies look great lined up on the table. Nice video

Very nice. 👍

The half bases look very effective.

Good stuff much like my own choice of halving the bases i am using age of eagles however i bought the complete range upto scots and guard and im not liking the thought of painting my lot lol but yours are giving me inspiration and i thank you for that all best

Looks great!

A fantastic video! I love the very hard work you did on painting the two armies. Very impressive collection. Thank you for sharing this story. Cheers!

Outstanding.

Nice review, thanks for what you do.

Fun stuff! Thanks for what you do!

Fun stuff, thanks!