I’m particularly pleased with the way the standard bearer came out and think it was worth the head-swop and reconstructive hand surgery. The flag is an old Revo one for added retro authenticity.
I took a trip to Goya’s house earlier this week to take part in a re-fight of the Battle of Aspern (Aspern-Essling Day 1). Goya had been beavering away creating his own hex table top and scenery and wanted to give them a try out. Goya provided his S-Range Austrians (he’d also painted some plastic Austrian Lanwehr but we won’t mention that) and Tony supplied the French.
We used Tony’s Ramekin Rules that he had refined since our last game. I’m really impressed with the work he has done to produce a game that plays somewhere between Commands & Colors and a traditional wargame. These rules have potential to be used in much larger battles should we ever be able to play one.
For a full battle report see Tony’s blog here.
13 comments:
Always liked their headgear impressive but not very practical .
Just as long as it scares the French!
Absolutely splendid and have no doubt they will scare the French witless.
Very impressive looking unit. Obviously they cannot hold a candle to the Landwehr in a stand up fight - hence the need for a showy hat! Little known historical fact.
The game looks marvellous too.
Hi IAN- good work on your Prussians- well done indeed. Certainly like your Friend GOYA's set up for his Napoleonic Game - looks terrific being very 'Old School'. I do favor Austrians. Cheers. KEV. (Australia).
I followed the link to Tony’s blog for a closer look, those Faller buildings really give it an Austrian / south German flavour, I’m very tempted.
Rob - they are very nice, the church in particular although apparently it's fiddly to make!
They look lovely...
I can’t imagine that hat being easy to wear.
All the best. Aly
Wonderfully colorful! The table too. How in the world did Goya manage to measure and mark out those hex intersections without losing his mind in the process?
Best Regards,
Stokes
Aly - I'm thinking of getting one myself just to try it out!
Stokes - who said he didn't lose his mind?
They're looking brilliant, Ian!
Thanks Matthew, I'm pretty pleased with them!
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