@@7thson726 i think bases like this on the table make the difference between "Toy Soldiers" and Men´s Toy, it also brings a kind of "realistic" look on the table,...hope you understandwhat i mean. ;D
Great looking army. Printing a map of Waterloo for the command base takes attention to detail to the next level. Thanks for sharing and happy hobbying!
Brilliant Martin - nice to see it all laid out like that having seen "snippets" of it all on your batreps. Was just thinking "Ooo...I'll comment and say how nice the wood looks on the ambulance" when you mentioned it in the video. Great job!
Thank you amte - sorry for some reason TH-cam marked your comment as spam so i didn't see it straight away. Thanks for the comments on the ambulance, i was quite harsh on myself trying to make it look right 👍😀 as its such a nice model i didn't want to just do it flat brown
Lovely French army Martin. My sole interest is in Napoleonic figures but for some reason I enjoy all your videos regardless of subject. You have plenty of infantry mate so I would suggest speed painting the horses especially when you don't feel like concentrating. I save detailed stuff for when I feel primed for it. Dragoons, chasseurs and hussars are calling you and no real French army could be without them (unless early 1813 counts). I hope you can overcome your distaste for horses, they really can be a joy to paint but most people don't look at them but instead at the rider so no pressure to paint horses to high standards. Have you seen the PDF of the Waterloo Remodelled project? I'd be happy to send it if you like, it is 196 pages. Cheers from the US.
Hi there, thanks so much for taking the time to comment 👍 to be honest i seem to be getting over my hatred for horse painting... Slowly. A few every now and then seems to be the key. I haven't seen that work no, i would be interested but only if its no bother 👍
Thanks mate 👍 have a box here ready to go 😕 ive got my painting sorted for the rest of the month and i have a plan for October. Maybe some time away from cavalry will mean come November i wont have an excuse not to... But I'll keep looking for one 😉
Thanks mate 👍😀 glad you like them The ambulance has worked well, forgot to add we dont allow it to attempt a rally in the turn it moves otherwise it seemed a bit overpowered
Very impressive looking army there dude, just started building up a Napoleonic Force myself after a number of years procrastinating about it. Your videos have helped make it look a lot less daunting!
That is a very impressive french army! When I see this, I just want to start painting Napolionics. But I have one huge project that I need to complete before I even think of antother project. Well done , great video!
I would say sorry but i want more napoleonic players 😀👍 thanks very much mate, im trying to resist 28mm 30 years war at the minute, its getting harder not to haha
Loving the showcases. Perhaps a take of stock before the winter painting months come in! The two armies so far look like they could be a fair fight, but maybe I'm a teensy bit biased
Wow, I'd be very proud if I could put all this on the table. You know what? I'm just the opposite regarding Cavalry verses Infantry. I find infantry very tedious with all their assorted gear and the French are even worse because of all the types and the personal variation of gear ( which I love the variation) between the different manufacturers, but painting in large batches, I always find scabbards or plumes, or water/wine bottles , or whatever that I've failed to paint or failed to paint completely when I think I'm all finished and am involved with the basing process. With cavalry, it seems less likely to happen as often and I have a huge range of variation I can apply to the horses. I can use the contra color to the uniforms facing colors to really make all the colors pop. I love using slightly blue-ish gray or black with slightly blue-ish highlights with lancer or dragoon regiments that have PINK facings. Conversely, I can use variations of sorrels when I'm putting together lancers or whatever units with blue facings. I admit, the heads of cavalry horses are a pain in the ass with all the straps and buckles & reins all over the place but they look so good when you get them right. Thanks for all your work, and thanks too your wife for being such a good sport and giving you all the time to put so much on the table. I'm painting Peninsula war British at the moment so I'll be looking forward to your nest video.
Thanks very much, im really glad you like them and the content on the channel 👍 i know exactly what broke me with napoleonic cavalry, Hanoverian Hussar's, it may be that i did them all in a single session. My wife is a good sport, but then she also likes to play and use them to beat me 😀
@@7thson726 Hussar's in a single session, you must've been wacked! I must say I've done similar addled projects as in and entire phalanx of Renaissance Swiss Pike in one go, to be ready for a big game the next day, in which I was glorified for my painting skills and mortified by my tactical blunders. Best regards. Nevyn
I think you are selling your Old Guard a bit short. I remember one battalion in #4 Breakthrough holding up King's Own, Cornwall & those green deviled unmentionables with rifles plus command pretty much single handed.
A Grande Arme indeed it puts my two brigade army so shame that’s for sure though I did just get started and I probably should focus on finishing the other three regiments instead of wasting more money... oh man
I was shocked to learn that French Corps were surprisingly low (IMO) in artillery; 64 4-Ibers (Divisional between 4), 2 12-Ibers (Reserve), and 48 4-Ibers (Reserve) 112 4-Iber 2 12-Iber And these are full strength which almost never happened
This is fantastic. Some lovely figures and vignettes to go with the regiments too. The map is a great touch, as is the ambulance! I look forward to the British army as well. Are you using a phone or tablet to record, by the way? Macro and autofocus?
Thanks very mich, im glad you lile them, its taken a while to do all that haha 👍 Im just using a phone but the camera is very good but i forgot to take off the auto focus and the light was a bit poor in that room 😀
I've started building/painting up some of my French. Maybe a dumb question, but does it matter what company the officer/standard bearer are in? Were they always in 1st company? Also, did late-war line infantry always have flank companies? I've seen some people model without grenadiers/voltigeurs and didn't know if that war right.
Awesome, hope you're enjoying painting them up. As far as I'm aware they were a seperate entity however i always model them with the 1st company for ease. I tend to model what i feel looks good. Laye french units did have Grenadiers and Voltigeurs 👍 i think some people just prefer to do them seperate
Thanks very much, really appreciate that 👍 For these bases i use a mix of ground covers and then various static grass. For the napoleonic period as i was basing it around the 100 days i wanted some wet mud in there so i use a mud paste from vallejo. I then finish with a few tufts. I have actually changed my basing quite a bit since i did these but you can see the process i currently use in this video from around the 6.05 mark, hope that helps 👍🙂 th-cam.com/video/Bge0YQjQanE/w-d-xo.html
Hi, thanks very much. I use a base of Ultramarine from Army painter, then shade with a dark wash then re highlight with the base colour then highlight with Vallejo Electric Blue 👍
Hi I'm just getting into nepolionics and need help with uniforms , could you give me the online info as to the site you use to check uniform colours unless you use books in which case can you give me the title of the best book or books to purchase thank you
Brilliant, the more the merrier 👍 you cant go wrong with any of the Osprey books but if its 1825 your after this website is very good, you can search by nation, unit etc centjours.mont-saint-jean.com/
Nice collection mate. What do you use for storage? I think I am going to come across some storage problems as the projects I am doing presently get finished. You did a great job on the Ambulance. I am going to get the perry one one day.
Thanks buddy 👍 i use document box files but i need something else as the lances on the mounted troops are too tall. I've heard there are good boxes at Wilco, keep meaning to take a lool 👍
All those Frenchie's are making me sweat!! 😱 You definitely don't need to paint more cavalry? The Hanoverian hussar's are not keen on another meeting! 😂
Hi, i used this one www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=4073&osCsid=f525dda5d1873ee9631e1330501d8bb0 fhe insert has a whole section on the italians 👍
Great videos overall! I've just gotten into Napoleononics with the Perry set. How did you choose your regiments? Was it arbitrary or selective? I have distant ancestors in the 5th and 6th, but the research seems overwhelming. Any recommended resources for learning more about the French?
This ist what i came for!!!! Great paintings...and great command bases...like the one with the Lost leg
Cheers buddy, thats still my favourite base in a weird way, glad you like the army 👍😀
@@7thson726 i think bases like this on the table make the difference between "Toy Soldiers" and Men´s Toy, it also brings a kind of "realistic" look on the table,...hope you understandwhat i mean.
;D
That's a lovely army dude! Really inspiring. You should be very proud!
Thanks very much mate 👍 you've given me some ideas for all the little odds and ends you can get for the period as well 😀
Great looking army. Printing a map of Waterloo for the command base takes attention to detail to the next level. Thanks for sharing and happy hobbying!
Cheers 👍😀 that map caused me more headaches than the rest of the base haha
Excellent work Martin. I don't mind painting horses, better than painting all the strapping on uniforms.
Thanks mate 👍😀 thats true but when it's Hussar's you get both 😭
Very nice collections, great to see the hand of God directing.
Always 👇 😅😁
Lovely collection again. Those many hours of painting had certainly paid off. Totally with you on horses. Hate painting them!
Thanks buddy 👍 i wouldnt want to add those hours up to be honest haha but totally worth it
Outstanding job, love this splendid army, the ambulance and the command vignettes, top notch work all around!👍👍👍
Thabks so mich, thats really great to hear 👍😀 i love making command bases
Glorious. Nothing compares to massed arrays of Napoleonic miniatures!
Cheers buddy 👍 your spot on there, its still in my opinion the best looking wargame period
Brilliant Martin - nice to see it all laid out like that having seen "snippets" of it all on your batreps. Was just thinking "Ooo...I'll comment and say how nice the wood looks on the ambulance" when you mentioned it in the video. Great job!
Thank you amte - sorry for some reason TH-cam marked your comment as spam so i didn't see it straight away. Thanks for the comments on the ambulance, i was quite harsh on myself trying to make it look right 👍😀 as its such a nice model i didn't want to just do it flat brown
WoW that’s a lot , very nicely done, especially the flying ambulance. 🍻
Cheers, its one of my favourite models
Very impressive! The ambulance looks really good.
Thanks very much 👍😀 took a while to do the wood effect but was pleased with how it came out
Sterling work! Really need to get on with more Imperial Guard for mine. Hearing you on the cavalry too - I've so many, and so many left to do......
Cavalry are my nemesis haha 👍
Lovely French army Martin. My sole interest is in Napoleonic figures but for some reason I enjoy all your videos regardless of subject. You have plenty of infantry mate so I would suggest speed painting the horses especially when you don't feel like concentrating. I save detailed stuff for when I feel primed for it. Dragoons, chasseurs and hussars are calling you and no real French army could be without them (unless early 1813 counts). I hope you can overcome your distaste for horses, they really can be a joy to paint but most people don't look at them but instead at the rider so no pressure to paint horses to high standards. Have you seen the PDF of the Waterloo Remodelled project? I'd be happy to send it if you like, it is 196 pages. Cheers from the US.
Hi there, thanks so much for taking the time to comment 👍 to be honest i seem to be getting over my hatred for horse painting... Slowly. A few every now and then seems to be the key. I haven't seen that work no, i would be interested but only if its no bother 👍
Impressive Martin. Yes you definitely need some more cavalry.... lights probably 😀
Thanks mate 👍 have a box here ready to go 😕 ive got my painting sorted for the rest of the month and i have a plan for October. Maybe some time away from cavalry will mean come November i wont have an excuse not to... But I'll keep looking for one 😉
Amazing looking force!
Cheers, glad you like them 👍
7th Son I do. I am starting some French myself so this a good motivator
Lovely looking collection, will be pinching the ambulance idea! Top marks 👍
Thanks mate 👍😀 glad you like them
The ambulance has worked well, forgot to add we dont allow it to attempt a rally in the turn it moves otherwise it seemed a bit overpowered
Very impressive looking army there dude, just started building up a Napoleonic Force myself after a number of years procrastinating about it. Your videos have helped make it look a lot less daunting!
Thanks very much, really pleased to hear my videos have been a help 👍
Nice one mate they look beautiful. Enough to make kens head explode 😁👍
Cheers buddy 👍😀 haha i think he wants to use all of it in our game
@@7thson726 all of it! Thats big game
The Cuirassier looking at the dead/wounded soldier looks really poignant actually. Great job.
Thanks very much, i still think thats my favourite commamd base 😀
That is a very impressive french army! When I see this, I just want to start painting Napolionics. But I have one huge project that I need to complete before I even think of antother project. Well done , great video!
I would say sorry but i want more napoleonic players 😀👍 thanks very much mate, im trying to resist 28mm 30 years war at the minute, its getting harder not to haha
Loving the showcases. Perhaps a take of stock before the winter painting months come in! The two armies so far look like they could be a fair fight, but maybe I'm a teensy bit biased
Haha i think with my rolls the WOTR army could take the french 👍 definitely worth making a to do list for the colder months
Great looking collection mate. It must be nice to set them all out like that. Makes you realise what you’ve achieved. 👍
Thanks mate 👍😀 its definitely rewarding to get it all on the table and as you say, can take stock a little
Very nice. Helped me to further reduce my terrible fear of Napoleonics.
Haha cheers 👍😀 Napoleonics are really rewarding when you start putting all the battalions out
That is a stunningly beautiful collection
Chesrs buddy 👍
Another very impressive showcase Martin!
Cheers Nik, glad you like it mate 👍
Great looking French army Martin! Very impressive!
Cheers mate 👍
oh I like that ambulance great show case 7th, i got some way to go for my french, great video m8
Cheers mate 👍 the ambulance is one of my favourite bits of the whole army
Impressive looking army. Great work on all of the figures!
Thanks very much mate 👍😀
Looks amazing! The GW contrast paints make painting horses easier.
Wow, I'd be very proud if I could put all this on the table. You know what? I'm just the opposite regarding Cavalry verses Infantry. I find infantry very tedious with all their assorted gear and the French are even worse because of all the types and the personal variation of gear ( which I love the variation) between the different manufacturers, but painting in large batches, I always find scabbards or plumes, or water/wine bottles , or whatever that I've failed to paint or failed to paint completely when I think I'm all finished and am involved with the basing process. With cavalry, it seems less likely to happen as often and I have a huge range of variation I can apply to the horses. I can use the contra color to the uniforms facing colors to really make all the colors pop. I love using slightly blue-ish gray or black with slightly blue-ish highlights with lancer or dragoon regiments that have PINK facings. Conversely, I can use variations of sorrels when I'm putting together lancers or whatever units with blue facings. I admit, the heads of cavalry horses are a pain in the ass with all the straps and buckles & reins all over the place but they look so good when you get them right. Thanks for all your work, and thanks too your wife for being such a good sport and giving you all the time to put so much on the table. I'm painting Peninsula war British at the moment so I'll be looking forward to your nest video.
Thanks very much, im really glad you like them and the content on the channel 👍 i know exactly what broke me with napoleonic cavalry, Hanoverian Hussar's, it may be that i did them all in a single session. My wife is a good sport, but then she also likes to play and use them to beat me 😀
@@7thson726 Hussar's in a single session, you must've been wacked! I must say I've done similar addled projects as in and entire phalanx of Renaissance Swiss Pike in one go, to be ready for a big game the next day, in which I was glorified for my painting skills and mortified by my tactical blunders. Best regards. Nevyn
Lovely collection Martin, again I’ve started collecting naps but not one painted 😂
Cheers buddy 👍 haha, its that initial push, once you start you'll keep going
Great collection Martin.
Thanks buddy 👍😀
Fantastic collection mate
Cheers mate 👍
I think you are selling your Old Guard a bit short. I remember one battalion in #4 Breakthrough holding up King's Own, Cornwall & those green deviled unmentionables with rifles plus command pretty much single handed.
That is very true 👍 i think i just expected more but they did do me proud. Best way is go have another game so they can prove their metal 😀
Impressive collection,very nice 👍👍
Cheers mate 👍
Looks really good!
Thanks 😀👍
7th Son I’m trying my hand at my own but I’m new to painting so they look abysmal lol.
Very nice french army, cheers from 🇫🇷
Thanks very much 😀👍 glad you like them
Outstanding Sir👍
Thanks very much
Fantastic inspired me to buy more french!!!!
Haha you're welcome 😃 probably not to you wallet though
Nothing looks better than mass 28mm napoleonics! A thing of beauty
I have to agree mate 👍
good stuff chap a fine spread
Cheers buddy 👍
A Grande Arme indeed it puts my two brigade army so shame that’s for sure though I did just get started and I probably should focus on finishing the other three regiments instead of wasting more money... oh man
Thanks 👍😀 it soon builds very quickly, im at the stage where i forget what i have
I was shocked to learn that French Corps were surprisingly low (IMO) in artillery; 64 4-Ibers (Divisional between 4), 2 12-Ibers (Reserve), and 48 4-Ibers (Reserve)
112 4-Iber
2 12-Iber
And these are full strength which almost never happened
Thats crazy, especially based on what were led to believe needs to be fielded 👍
Impressiv 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks 👍😀
This is fantastic. Some lovely figures and vignettes to go with the regiments too. The map is a great touch, as is the ambulance! I look forward to the British army as well.
Are you using a phone or tablet to record, by the way? Macro and autofocus?
Thanks very mich, im glad you lile them, its taken a while to do all that haha 👍
Im just using a phone but the camera is very good but i forgot to take off the auto focus and the light was a bit poor in that room 😀
I've started building/painting up some of my French. Maybe a dumb question, but does it matter what company the officer/standard bearer are in? Were they always in 1st company? Also, did late-war line infantry always have flank companies? I've seen some people model without grenadiers/voltigeurs and didn't know if that war right.
Awesome, hope you're enjoying painting them up. As far as I'm aware they were a seperate entity however i always model them with the 1st company for ease. I tend to model what i feel looks good. Laye french units did have Grenadiers and Voltigeurs 👍 i think some people just prefer to do them seperate
@@7thson726 Great, thanks for the advice. I'll keep chipping away at my Napoleonics. Keep up the vids!
Awesome army! They look outstanding. What size bases are you using for your infantry? I like the look.
Cheers, im really pleased you like them 👍😀 i predominantly use 60 x 40 mm with 6 to a base
@@7thson726 Thanks!
What materials do you use for your bases? Absolutely fantastic army!
Thanks very much, really appreciate that 👍
For these bases i use a mix of ground covers and then various static grass. For the napoleonic period as i was basing it around the 100 days i wanted some wet mud in there so i use a mud paste from vallejo. I then finish with a few tufts. I have actually changed my basing quite a bit since i did these but you can see the process i currently use in this video from around the 6.05 mark, hope that helps 👍🙂 th-cam.com/video/Bge0YQjQanE/w-d-xo.html
What a nice French Army. Can I ask what is the blue colour you are using for the Soldiers and the Commanders? Cheers
Hi, thanks very much. I use a base of Ultramarine from Army painter, then shade with a dark wash then re highlight with the base colour then highlight with Vallejo Electric Blue 👍
@@7thson726 Thank you 🙏 very much for you answer. Cheers
Hi I'm just getting into nepolionics and need help with uniforms , could you give me the online info as to the site you use to check uniform colours unless you use books in which case can you give me the title of the best book or books to purchase thank you
Brilliant, the more the merrier 👍 you cant go wrong with any of the Osprey books but if its 1825 your after this website is very good, you can search by nation, unit etc centjours.mont-saint-jean.com/
Nice collection mate. What do you use for storage? I think I am going to come across some storage problems as the projects I am doing presently get finished. You did a great job on the Ambulance. I am going to get the perry one one day.
Thanks buddy 👍 i use document box files but i need something else as the lances on the mounted troops are too tall. I've heard there are good boxes at Wilco, keep meaning to take a lool 👍
All those Frenchie's are making me sweat!! 😱 You definitely don't need to paint more cavalry? The Hanoverian hussar's are not keen on another meeting! 😂
Haha but the Hanoverians love the lancers dont they? 😉
Big army 👍🙂 ... i think they are battle ready for a new BP battle report Video ⚔️😝
Haha it is, you're in luck, will be having a game against Ken from Miniature Wargaming Warriors this friday so there will be a report shortly after 👍😀
Which Perry box did you use for the Italians? Was thinking I needed some foreign troops for my French
Hi, i used this one www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=4073&osCsid=f525dda5d1873ee9631e1330501d8bb0 fhe insert has a whole section on the italians 👍
@@7thson726 Thanks - your channel has actually been a big help in getting my Napoleonic armies off the ground
@@ConstableGrey thanks very much, i hope your enjoying the period 👍
With Haley's success with the Brits , get her to do the review for you.
Good idea, we could both give our opinion on what we think if each unit , language may be a bit blue haha 😅
Great videos overall! I've just gotten into Napoleononics with the Perry set. How did you choose your regiments? Was it arbitrary or selective? I have distant ancestors in the 5th and 6th, but the research seems overwhelming. Any recommended resources for learning more about the French?
I based all my original choices on the 100 days campaign but have branched out as I've read more widely 👍
Where do you find these?
The miniatures, mostly from Warlord Games, Perry Miniatures and Victrix Miniatures 👍