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The 1939 Polish army in 20mm and for Rapid Fire! rules
Still on the Hastings battlefield, it´s time to show you my Polish army for the 1939 campaign. This one was possible when Hat industries released its infantry and artillery and FirstToFight started the job of producing in a very comprehensive way the vehicles and artillery of the Blitzkrieg period. There is also the help of 3D prints and the usual scratchbuilding, particularly the Smialy armored train. Lastly, the Polish air force is also covered as you can find in plastic virtually everything Poland had in 1939.
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Rapid Fire! Spanish Civil War armies in 20mm
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Still far from finished - this one is one of those that will never be finished - you can see here a few models that are enough for some battallion sized RF games on the SCW theme. Together wilth my usual conversions based on Revell, Airfix, Esci and Zvezda there are plenty of proper Irregular Miniatures and some BUM figures. Tanks, artillery and armored cars came from FtF, Minairons, Panzer Gar...
The Prussian army at Waterloo for AOE (Age of Eagles) rules in 28mm
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This one was possible when Warlord and Perry released their Landwehr and Line infantry plastic boxes. Even so you can see plenty of my usual conversions based on the 28mm Hat figures and many metal officers and characters. Still no artillery, that will come from Perry, but some cavalry and all the infantry are here.
The French army at Waterloo for AOE rules in 28mm size
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This is one of the three Waterloo 28mm armies I´ve been slowly building since the cheaper plastics from Victrix, Perry, Warlord and Hat started to arrive. These plastics were coupled with some metal from Perry, Victrix and Irregular Miniatures. Perry Miniatures gave a lot of life to this period with plenty of characters of many of his top brass officers, specially for the French side (and that ...
The battle of Hastings, 1066 in 20mm size for Impetus Rules
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This video shows my aproach in making the two armies on the field, the Saxon and the Norman, using plastic Revell figures. Some Italeri and even some Robin Hood Airfix were used. Of interest there may be the way to make Norman cavalry using Revell foot soldiers and horses from other brands. Also plenty of Saxon infantry got spears instead of swords as these were much more expensive. The shields...
The German 'Specials' at Market Garden for Rapid Fire! rules in 20mm
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These German relatively rare vehicles and with different markings makes a funny addition to a late German force and were also a pleasure to collect. They came from a number of origins namely (better writing them due to my Portoenglish even if the video is an highly professional job with lots of hand movement): - Char B1 Flamethrower - Matchbox conversions - R35 w/ 47mm gun - ShellHole Scenics -...
The Arnhem/Oosterbeek houses for Rapid Fire! rules in 20mm size
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This is a group of the most famous houses of the Arnhem/Oosterbeek battles in September 1944 between the British 1st Airborne and the defending/counter-attacking Germans. Most of them are scratchbuilt in heavy duty card and wood for the bases. I used reusable putty for the roofs to be open. The biggest help came from the Then and Now two big volumes on the battle were you can see many of these ...
RFR/Able Archer - The Portuguese Brigada Mecanizada 2008-24 in 20mm size
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This Brigade is one of the three of the Portuguese army. It's made around a powerful group of Leopard 2A6 and infantry on M-113 under the fire protection of M-109 A5. The models came from a number of different brands like Die-cast Altaya, Riich, 3d BPM and many conversions. The infantry are plastic US, NATO and German figures with cut in weapons for them to look like the G3.
The Portuguese campaign of 1895 in Mozambique in 20mm
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Years ago, after finishing my Anglo-Zulu War figures, I started another campaign were I could use once again the Zulu army without many changes. It was from the idea of reusing the Zulus that I started the actions around the uprising of the Landins and Vatuas (Shangane, for the British) of Mozambique against the Portuguese rule during the years of 1894-95. These African tribes were affiliated w...
RFR/ Able Archer- The Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade of the 2022/23 Russian invasion in 20mm size
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In this one you can see a good part of the heavy ground weapons of the Ukrainian Mech Bgde in three periods: - the initial ex-Soviet and indigenous Ukrainian equipment; - the big lot of equipment from eastern NATO countries used in the Kharkiv/Kherson offensives - the latest batch of western NATO type of equipment used in the 2023 summer offensive. I forgot to mention the three BMP-1U Shkval co...
The battle of Isandlwana 1879 in 20mm
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In this video you have both the Zulu and British armies at the battle of Isandlwana. Everything is plastic with mostly Esci and a few A Call To Arms and Revell conversions. The Esci Zulus don´t have enough shields on the box so plenty of them were made from Evergreen plastic card. Some corrections: I mention the release of the Esci colonial sets at the end of the 80ies when in fact they were re...
The "Panzer Grey" period of the German army for Rapid Fire! rules and in 20mm
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Another plastic and resin force amassed through decades representing the Germans present at Poland, France and USSR up to February 1944. The brown camouflaged vehicles of the first few minutes give away to more grey as the video overcomes July 1940. As usual some mistakes are said (once "Barbarossa" is mentioned instead of "Blitzkrieg"). Also a few correction: the forgotten brand of Renault ADH...
The Alamo 1836 and its opposing armies in 20mm
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This is one of the most famous episodes of the history of North America portrayed many times in cinema, comics and novels. I made all this around the release of the 2004 movie with the help of the Imex series of the period made a few years before. The Alamo was built using mostly hard styrofoam with details in card, plastics and whatever was suitable. The derelict state of the former Spanish mi...
RFR/Able Archer - The Israeli army for the Lebanon campaign of 1982 in 15/18mm size
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First of all a big thank you to Neil Patterson for reminding me of CMSC and its history, as I forgot the name of this lovely brand in my Syrian army video. Also the "Fabbri" and other nonsense I said in this and the previous video about mystery resin and metal "collectibles" were in fact 1/87th scale Salvat models, as I checked in old posts from my blog. Fortunately I keep on finding them in fl...
RFR/Able Archer - The Syrian army for the Lebanon campaign of 1982 in 15/18mm size
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This another old army that still gets some new models from time to time. It includes three famous units of the Syrian army: the 1st armoured division (of Sultan Yacoub fame); the 3rd armoured division (with the first T-72s to see combat) and the 85th infantry brigade (which defended Beyrouth during the campaign). This post also includes the Syrian air force (SAAF) and the AA army assets that we...
The American army at Brandywine 1777 in 20mm
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The American army at Brandywine 1777 in 20mm
The British army at Brandywine 1777 in 20mm
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The British army at Brandywine 1777 in 20mm
The Anglo Portuguese army in 1810 at the Battle of Buçaco for AOE rules in 20mm size
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The Anglo Portuguese army in 1810 at the Battle of Buçaco for AOE rules in 20mm size
The 1809 Austrian army for AOE/ V&F rules and in 20mm size.
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The 1809 Austrian army for AOE/ V&F rules and in 20mm size.
An early Napoleonic period Spanish Army for AOE/ V&F rules and in 20mm size.
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An early Napoleonic period Spanish Army for AOE/ V&F rules and in 20mm size.
The French Armée de Portugal in 1810 at the battle of Buçaco for AOE/ V&F rules and in 20mm size.
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The French Armée de Portugal in 1810 at the battle of Buçaco for AOE/ V&F rules and in 20mm size.
The British/Empire infantry division 1915-18 and Corps support, Great War Spearhead rules in 20mm
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The British/Empire infantry division 1915-18 and Corps support, Great War Spearhead rules in 20mm
The French Infantry Corps 1915-18, Great War Spearhead rules in 20mm
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The French Infantry Corps 1915-18, Great War Spearhead rules in 20mm
The German Infantry Corps of 1916, Great War Spearhead rules in 20mm
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The German Infantry Corps of 1916, Great War Spearhead rules in 20mm
The German Infantry Division of 1915-16, Great War Spearhead rules in 20mm
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The German Infantry Division of 1915-16, Great War Spearhead rules in 20mm
The Carthaginian army at the battle of Cannae, 216 BC, in 20mm size for DBM rules
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The Carthaginian army at the battle of Cannae, 216 BC, in 20mm size for DBM rules
A way to store and organize wargame models
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A way to store and organize wargame models
The Germans at Mortain, Aug.44, for Rapid Fire! rules in 20mm size. Part 4/4 -17.SS PGD and Pz Lehr
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The Germans at Mortain, Aug.44, for Rapid Fire! rules in 20mm size. Part 4/4 -17.SS PGD and Pz Lehr
The Germans at Mortain, Aug.1944, for Rapid Fire! rules in 20mm size. Part 3/4 - 116. PD and 1.SS PD
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The Germans at Mortain, Aug.1944, for Rapid Fire! rules in 20mm size. Part 3/4 - 116. PD and 1.SS PD
The Germans at Mortain, August 1944 for Rapid Fire! in 20mm size. Part 2/4 - 2.PD and 2.SS PD
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The Germans at Mortain, August 1944 for Rapid Fire! in 20mm size. Part 2/4 - 2.PD and 2.SS PD

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  • @vickydunne
    @vickydunne 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    what a pleasure to see 21st panzer set up impressive model collection thank you

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@vickydunne thanks. For me these kind of projects give sense to collections.

  • @DieSuper-Influencer
    @DieSuper-Influencer วันที่ผ่านมา

    Okay, suggestion. You should show your first models so we get some motivation in what is possibel if you stick to the hobby

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DieSuper-Influencer thanks :) these videos are a mixed bag. Sometimes you can see 40 YO models mixed with some made last week. I'll try to point out the older ones in the future.

  • @DieSuper-Influencer
    @DieSuper-Influencer 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I never saw such a big non fast assemby army. How much time did it took? 10 years?😮

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DieSuper-Influencer thanks. Probably maybe some 30 years intermingled with many other armies and projects.

    • @DieSuper-Influencer
      @DieSuper-Influencer 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@joaopeixoto5249 wow impressive

  • @DieSuper-Influencer
    @DieSuper-Influencer 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Amazing. I always like rare units. Very nice

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DieSuper-Influencer thanks. The rarer the unit is the more can converted stuff look better as there is little comparison.

  • @worldwarmini3919
    @worldwarmini3919 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Could you type out the great books you read? I'd like to do some research too.

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      sure. give me a few days.

    • @worldwarmini3919
      @worldwarmini3919 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@joaopeixoto5249 Thanks man! I really love watching your videos, they are both relaxing and surprisingly informative! I would really be interested in some after action battle reports! Keep up the great work and inspiration!

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@worldwarmini3919 My main source is Alain Verwicht Panzer Voran Hors de Série No1 on the 21st Panzer in Normandy. This is a hard to get thing from the 90s but I think you can get it from here : www.sre-editions.fr/e-boutique/panzer-voran/ Other numbers from Panzer Voran came again to 21PD. Another book is Heimdal Caen 1944 with plenty of reports from 21PD in Normandy. There are others and of course you should also use the Web.

  • @MichaelA-ru4gc
    @MichaelA-ru4gc 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What materials do you use to make your flight stands, the clear transparent parts that you use to base your aircraft? they look very interesting

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@MichaelA-ru4gc plastic champagne flutes bought in Supermarkets.

    • @MichaelA-ru4gc
      @MichaelA-ru4gc 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@joaopeixoto5249 interesting, i've never seen that before. How do you attach the planes to them?

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@MichaelA-ru4gc you simply turn the flutes upside down, glue them to a base and the model aircraft will sit on it. As the base of the flute is hollow ( now the base is the base for the model) all raised details like bombs and such will fit on the hollow part.

  • @wargamingchina9174
    @wargamingchina9174 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Out of all the armies you have shown,this was my favourite so far. Well done a great army!

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks mate. Our originals - like this train and your boats - are a big source of pleasure in this hobby.

  • @philRminiatures
    @philRminiatures หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a magnificient army, vehicles are awesome...and I love this (cheap) armored train!

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks Phil. The armored train and the small tractor are my favorites. Far from perfect but at least original.

  • @AyebeeMk2
    @AyebeeMk2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are quite correct about the first to fight vehicle kits, they are very good. The train is wonderfull...... , in England it would run on a Railway, in America it would run on a Railroad. Another great selection of items from your collection great to see it.

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks Ayebee. I think I spoke Portoamerican this time :)

  • @josemendes9535
    @josemendes9535 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍👍👍👍

  • @stompie51
    @stompie51 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow. Came across by accident. You have great stuff here. 🎉🎉🎉

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 หลายเดือนก่อน

      C´mon you should have discovered this blog long ago! You´ve been loosing time 😄

  • @samb2052
    @samb2052 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That’s another beautiful collection with some clever conversions. It’s much easier in 15mm!

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. Im trying to keep most of my armies 20 mil. Sometimes it goes other scales but 20s is my scale of choice.

  • @catweaseloz
    @catweaseloz หลายเดือนก่อน

    An extraordinary collection, thankyou for sharing. Well done on reciting all that. You missed the Shermans.

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks.There were around 20 British and Canadian used by the 21PD in the normandy Campaign. Heimdal books shows a few of them.

  • @montobo_beerus
    @montobo_beerus หลายเดือนก่อน

    Booooooo i wanted to see the fai and othere left wing armys. But stil nice thoo 👌

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Give me time, man, give time :)

  • @richarddababer8493
    @richarddababer8493 หลายเดือนก่อน

    JP sorry if I`m highjacking your post 😏

  • @alexgramm5170
    @alexgramm5170 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love it!! Yaaa!! Currently working on my Britains Swoppets .. AWI. 54 mm. Vintage figs. Have modern plastic American militia which quite good... altho some made in China.... aaargh. But great fun and will post eventually.

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 หลายเดือนก่อน

      AWI is great fun whatever the scale. All the best for your collection were you can place scars on the figure´s faces :)

    • @alexgramm5170
      @alexgramm5170 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joaopeixoto5249 Ha! Alright thank you very much.

  • @ianterencecorrigan8054
    @ianterencecorrigan8054 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow! Another innovative collection!

  • @sirrathersplendid4825
    @sirrathersplendid4825 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Spanish Civil War is one of my favourite periods, but progress on my two 20mm armies is snail-like compared to yours! Interesting to see you mixing old and new pattern uniforms among your Asaltos and Legion. Was going to use dark blue for all of my Asaltos, but that light summer uniform really looks the business!

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. I buy Desperta Ferro magazine and they show always mixed uniforms in all their very well researched articles and paintings.

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joaopeixoto5249 - Ahh, I have four or five Spanish Civil War issues of Desperta Ferro. Will have to give them a closer look!

  • @philRminiatures
    @philRminiatures หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a fantastic army, superb planes and vehicles!

  • @dougc2568
    @dougc2568 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great stuff, as usual. i bought some Irregular SCW figures last week, and was very impressed.

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. Irregular is highly underrated as they have some very nice ranges in many scales. Their problem is having some of the main ranges made many years/decades ago and that shows against some competition.

  • @josemendes9535
    @josemendes9535 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍👍Excelente. As usual.

  • @richarddababer8493
    @richarddababer8493 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the name check too 😁

  • @richarddababer8493
    @richarddababer8493 หลายเดือนก่อน

    superb collection, the guy standing with the Legion standard is by BUM (he is a Brigada - Sgt Major)

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you sure? I believe he’s meant to be a Gastador, that is a combat pioneer. His bushy beard goes back to Napoleonic fashions adopted by pioneers. Certainly an NCO but not sure of his rank, corporal, sergeant, RSM? The pouches at his waist are for Lafitte grenades.

    • @richarddababer8493
      @richarddababer8493 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sirrathersplendid4825 I`m not 100% sure I have one painted up as a standard bearer, the other as a Brigada within my Bandera he does look the part.

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@richarddababer8493 - I have the BUM Legion box too. It contains three such figures. Was thinking one as the Legion standard bearer, one as the platoon NCO, and the third, slightly converted, as the backbone of a Dinamiteros Team in a Republican Militia force. Am using the Chain of Command España supplement as my rule system.

    • @richarddababer8493
      @richarddababer8493 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sirrathersplendid4825 I think my third guy ended up with a head-swoped fez and became Captian of the Pasha of Tangiers bodyguard - I have no shame 😁

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@richarddababer8493 - 👌 perfect! My Moroccans are still a pipe-dream. Have only a recon team of six converted from Strelets Arabs as support for my Legion. Which rules are you using?

  • @wgeffoxdo9719
    @wgeffoxdo9719 หลายเดือนก่อน

    really nice, i love the different vehicles

  • @adoramus
    @adoramus หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great thanks! Eternal memory to all fallen soldiers during D-Day and in Normandy in 1944. May their memory remind us all of the need to maintain peace between European nations and our unbreakable ties with America! Admirable collection.

  • @ZenMiniPainting
    @ZenMiniPainting 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Superb video. I enjoyed the detailed look at everything, a very refreshing style that is not very common these days.

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. My painting is pretty old style ( like me, in fact :), black prime; main color; 50%main color +50%white aprox. So no wash and all that modern stuff 😀

  • @Wielands_Schmiede
    @Wielands_Schmiede 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very impressive.

  • @robertgraves8843
    @robertgraves8843 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another good video. I always think there's something enjoyably sinister about the appearance of the Prussians. All that dark blue and black. Great stuff. I get the impression though, that, overall, you prefer 20mm as a scale. Perhaps because they allow more scope for conversion?

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks Robert. Frankly I only did 28s because they became cheaper with hard plastic showing up. And yes, my favourite size is 20mm.

  • @thekameleon9785
    @thekameleon9785 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow

  • @dfedorovich5064
    @dfedorovich5064 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you have any roman/byzantine armies? Would love to see a video if you do!

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have a roman republican army taylored for Cannae and another one for "classic" empire (with lorica segmentata). Unfortunately no byzantines even if I have family in Istambul and i am a regular visit to the place.

  • @sirrathersplendid4825
    @sirrathersplendid4825 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very cool. I’ve long avoided building a Prussian army because the uniforms are so drab. Yet it’s hard to fight the 1813-15 campaigns without them! But with all the wonderful regimental flags and other idiosyncratic regiments that you’ve painted they don’t look so boring at all!

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agree. Also the quality of nowadays Perrys and others help to overcome that drabness :)

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joaopeixoto5249 - Sadly my preferred scale is 1/72, so no Perrys for me :(

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sirrathersplendid4825in fact perrys are the culprits of a large stash of mine of Waterloo 20mm figures. Fortunately many ended up at the Alamo or converted into other Napoleonic periods.

  • @mikesmith2905
    @mikesmith2905 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for identifying the suppliers, I hadn't heard of MiniGeneral, nice range, I will be placing an order.

  • @mikesmith2905
    @mikesmith2905 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Butlers Printed Models do a nice Indian carrier and the early pattern bren and scout carriers. I quite like their models, not too expensive and 'good enough'.

  • @user-hd4oe9rp7c
    @user-hd4oe9rp7c 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant ! How many models did you have there on the tbale both sides ? Another video of more numbers could be good for views, 😊

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. They must be around some 700 figures total. If you want go to my blog jpwargaming.blogspot and enter the folder Alamo 1836 and you can see pictures of all units individually.

  • @josephshanley5222
    @josephshanley5222 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My Father driver over Landmine there August 15 1944

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is terrible. What consequences?

  • @wgeffoxdo9719
    @wgeffoxdo9719 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    looks great

  • @Mittens_Gaming
    @Mittens_Gaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is a very impressive collection of Austrians! I plan on doing an Austrian army based around Wagram, well, one Austrian Corps. Such an impressive and inspiring army!

  • @sirrathersplendid4825
    @sirrathersplendid4825 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome conversion work on the Norman knights. You must have the patience of a monk!

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I´m not a believer :) but yes I have some patience.

  • @sirrathersplendid4825
    @sirrathersplendid4825 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve always had problems with depictions of how the Anglo-Saxon army was deployed. Doesn’t make sense that you’d have both wings of a shieldwall hanging free in the air when facing a cavalry army.

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Apparently there was boggy terrain/small curses of water on both sides of the saxon shield wall which forced the Norman heavy infantry and cavalry to attack head on.

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joaopeixoto5249 - There’s nothing (as far as I know) about boggy land or water in the written accounts of the battle. Also the geography of the “accepted” battlesite has no such terrain. Either the shieldwall was deployed in a horse-shoe shape or the battle took place at a different site where there was indeed boggy land on either flank.

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sirrathersplendid4825 From the History press: "Battle Hill is no mountain, but it is an imposing position and one well suited to an infantry defence of the shield wall. At its top is a fairly flat plateau, some 800 metres long and about 150 metres deep. It is protected on its flanks and rear by a number of streams and areas of marshy ground that fall away, sometimes pretty steeply, giving an attacker little choice but to go for a frontal assault up the slope that stretches away below the ridgeline for 400-500 metres. This is no easy option, with more streams and boggy ground to negotiate at the base of that same slope, before an army then has to struggle up the incline to the summit itself." This kind of statement is found in several publications. If they are true or not can´t say for sure as there is a dispute over the exact place of the battle (Senlac Hill, Caldec Hill, etc) but its normal for ancient and medieval armies, when on the defensive, to look for an area with covered flanks.

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joaopeixoto5249 - That’s interesting. I’ve not been to the battlefield myself (really should go some time!). But from topographical works based largely on modern Ordnance Survey maps, my impression was that there are no streams or boggy areas to the flanks of the accepted battlesite. There’s a very good episode of the archaeology TV programme Time Team, which suggests a more convincing site for the battle - on a spur of land astride the main road from the coast. Worth watching here on yt.

  • @robertgraves8843
    @robertgraves8843 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great stuff. Interesting comparison with Hat Industries figures. As I understand it, Hat only made a very limited number of figure sets in 28 mm, though I'm not sure how many. I think the 20 mm allow you to adapt your figures a lot more, which is part of the fascination of your videos. But, nevertheless, these look excellent and are full of character, (and a little easier on the eye to paint). I don't know much about 28 mm figure manufacturers. There seems to be a few out there. I saw some online by a company called Calpe. Quite beautiful figures. I hope the Perry brothers have seen this. That was quite an endorsement!

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks Robert. Hat made several 28mm boxes of Bavarians, French light infantry and British cavalry but nowadays I havent been able to catch them. Calpe are the super stars of 28mm as they have loads of French and specially Prussians whose artillery is unmatched by any other brand.

  • @JackSargePainting
    @JackSargePainting 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is an excellent display 👏 I did not realise how suitable the HaT sets were alongside Perry. Thank you for another enjoyable video.

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks Jack. I even place Hat minis within a mostly Perry or Victrix unit, only changing the head and to a good effect.

  • @philRminiatures
    @philRminiatures 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Quelle magnifique armée mon ami!"...Splendid close ups!😍😍👍👍

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks Phil. The quality of the castings help a lot.

  • @theobessiris9681
    @theobessiris9681 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where can one get hold of the Napoleonic Archive books shown in this video?

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are some 20 years old. Frankly I don't remember from where they came but if you ask in a wargames forum of FB Page someone will know for sure.

  • @sirrathersplendid4825
    @sirrathersplendid4825 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Were there any pre-Bardin uniforms at Waterloo? I would say, very likely yes! Each regiment kept stocks of clothing and equipment at their depot, and it in the incredibly rapid mobilisation of the Hundred Days campaign, they would have issued anything they had on hand. Paul L Dawson has done a lot of archival research on French uniforms - published for example in his (very heavy) book on the French Army at Waterloo - and although I don’t have that particular volume, his other works indicate old stocks being issued alongside newly produced kit.

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, that is great news. I remember placing that question is a Napoleonic forum and receiving a big NO from most of the people. But, c´mon if many of the French were issue with a coat only why not distributing old uniforms if there were stocks of them?

  • @sirrathersplendid4825
    @sirrathersplendid4825 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Regarding headswaps to improve compatibility of different ranges: have you tried doing this for 20mm Napoleonics? I have a real problem putting HäT figures anywhere near my Italeri or Airfix units because the shakos are so pathetically small. Would a fat Airfix head work on a hyper skinny HäT body? 🧐

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. Yes they do and I changed dozens of them. My rule though is to use the bodies of Hat, Esci, Revell or Italeri with the larger heads of Airfix and not the other way as they look just silly, specially Hat tiny heads on big Airfix bodies.

  • @hxjay1971
    @hxjay1971 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful army ,the french always look good on masse

  • @AyebeeMk2
    @AyebeeMk2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It all puts my Napoleonics to shame, great collection of figures, when all the manufcturers models are mixed together in big groups it becomes hard to single any in particular out. 'Pigeon loft' is the word your looking for.

    • @joaopeixoto5249
      @joaopeixoto5249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. Already learned something.

  • @michamalinowski8015
    @michamalinowski8015 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks amazing.

  • @goforitpainting
    @goforitpainting 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really cool. 🏇

  • @TonyEmeryPG20mm
    @TonyEmeryPG20mm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very impressive array! Beautifully painted, I love to see nicely painted Newline Designs. I've played a few Cannae scenarios with Lost Battles but my armies were tiny in comparison! Well done!