Before I went on my recent cruise I had begun the process of tidying up my toy/wargames room, and today it seemed like a good idea to look at rationalising my figure collection. I began by opening the storage draws where I have been storing my collection of 25/28mm Napoleonic wargames figures ... and then things came to a grinding halt. The mistake I made was to think that it would be a good idea to empty each of the draws to see what was there ... and then I thought it would be a good idea to take some photographs of my collection ... and by the time I had done that, the afternoon was nearly over!
So here is my collection of 25/28mm Napoleonic wargames figures, starting with the French ...
... then the British (actually the Anglo-Dutch-Belgian-Brunswick Army) ...
... and finally, the Prussians.
Having got all these figures out of their storage boxes, it seems a pity to just put them back. I have an idea forming in the back of my mind ... but for the moment I must return them to their boxes.
PS. These figures were all acquired from Del Prado; they were included with a part-work magazine about the Napoleonic Wars in general, and the Battle of Waterloo in particular.
So here is my collection of 25/28mm Napoleonic wargames figures, starting with the French ...
... then the British (actually the Anglo-Dutch-Belgian-Brunswick Army) ...
... and finally, the Prussians.
Having got all these figures out of their storage boxes, it seems a pity to just put them back. I have an idea forming in the back of my mind ... but for the moment I must return them to their boxes.
PS. These figures were all acquired from Del Prado; they were included with a part-work magazine about the Napoleonic Wars in general, and the Battle of Waterloo in particular.
I had no idea you owned these chaps in such profusion!
ReplyDeleteTim Gow,
ReplyDeleteFrankly, neither did I!
Now that I have realise what an asset I have, I am definitely going to have to use them somehow.
Watch this space ... and think South American Independence ... Viva Cordeguay Libre!
All the best,
Bob
Bob,
ReplyDeleteSome work has been done (publically at least by Ross Mac) on doing a variant of your portable rules for the 18th/early 19th C. I would think your figures could be used for that, putting maybe 3 infantry or 2 cavalry or a gun in a square (or hex). They would also work for TableTop Battles on the same basis.
Gosh, talking about toy soldiers rather than hooligans is a lot more fun!
Best regards,
Chris
Didn't realise Del Prado did 28mm figures - look good !.
ReplyDeleteChris,
ReplyDeleteIt is almost as if you have been reading my mind!
I have already cut out the bases and intend to glue the figures to them tomorrow morning. Once that is done, wargaming can begin!
All the best,
Bob
Mosstrooper,
ReplyDeleteDel Prado published the part-work series some five or six years ago. The figures still come up for sale on eBay every so often. I had hoped that Del Prado would either repeat the series of magazines and figures or bring out another compatible series. Such a series was released in Europe (it covered the Austerlitz campaign) but it was never published in the UK.
All the best,
Bob