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Unlucky General: Papelotte: The Mapping Done
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Papelotte: The Mapping Done. Crops, hedges and trees. When the time comes to model the foliage I will have to decide which are crops, types and growth and which are fallow. I will provide for movement through them - probably using removable sections. I just need to think long and hard about what products to use in replicating them. July 1, 2015 at 12:30 PM. July 1, 2015 at 3:14 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). War of the Spanish Succession. Warhammer English Civil War.
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Unlucky General: March 2014
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Sunday, March 16, 2014. Those friends being the wonderful designers at Dragon and the almost instant troop of Challenger 2 MBTs. What an amazing world we currently live in where for the same money as buying a kit, I can have an almost table ready vehicle pre-built and ready to rock-n-roll. Naturally, I still base my vehicles so there is a little work to do. My final touches were drilling and fixing the two main aerials. My photos were taken before fixing the roof mounted MGs. Links to this post. This is ...
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Unlucky General: April 2015
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Saturday, April 4, 2015. Uniform Guide: 10th Hussars (Prince of Wales Own) 1806-1815. Top left are trooper and officer of the 10th from their 1815 issue. I've copied what I have found and assembled them in this post in the hope that what I have found and the decisions I have made in 'my' representation of this famous light horse unit may help others. Richerd Simpkin's illustration identifies this corporal dated to 1812 in Osprey Men-at-Arms 126. Note the sheepskin suggests white vandykes. From 1806 the 1...
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Unlucky General: July 2015
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Friday, July 10, 2015. Waterloo: Weather, Greatcoats and Shako Covers. Demonstrates the previous evening's downpour and electrical activity was nevertheless a shallow trough of low pressure following a scorching previous day. Links to this post. Sunday, July 5, 2015. Waterloo: Papelotte Map Adjustment. I must say, for the wargaming researcher, the internet is a blessing from Olympus. A rapid search through Google Earth and voila; an in-situ aerial view of Papelotte farm house. The roads have not ...There...
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Unlucky General: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Papelotte: The Mapping Done. Crops, hedges and trees. When the time comes to model the foliage I will have to decide which are crops, types and growth and which are fallow. I will provide for movement through them - probably using removable sections. I just need to think long and hard about what products to use in replicating them. Links to this post. Papelotte: My Mini Waterloo Begins. Image c/- Hovels - the completed Papelotte. First stop was my trusty Adkin's Waterloo Companion.
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Unlucky General: February 2015
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015. An ongoing army on-the-side is my Franco-Prussian War Second Empire French army in 15mm. My current collection (mainly unpainted) are Old Glory 15s. And I elected to paint the French ahead of my life-long wargaming buddy Kaiser Grant. As other obsessions loom larger at my painting table, I've turned back to these little fellows as a break from detailing 28mm figures. After my initial rush at a three battalion. Links to this post. Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Well these French...
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Unlucky General: Papelotte: My Mini Waterloo Begins
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Papelotte: My Mini Waterloo Begins. Image c/- Hovels - the completed Papelotte. Papelotte was and remains very much the forgotten and largely ignored stronghold. It is also like La Haie Sainte and Hougemont, a battle within a battle. Scanned image taken from Adkin's incomparable Waterloo Companion. First stop was my trusty Adkin's Waterloo Companion. The contour-only sketch map of my table-top to be. Total calculated area taken from the breakdown dimensions provided on-line. The A...
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Unlucky General: Uniform Guide: 7eme du Hussards 1815
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Uniform Guide: 7eme du Hussards 1815. French Hussars 2. From the 1st to the 8th Regiment). Stops short at 1812 and there is no other edition I can identify in English or French to plug the gap. Sacre Bleu! This article is about what I found which informed my choices of representation. I hope it may prove useful for others. Blue for colonel and green other ranks). Is referred to as green, rather than blue. Philip J. Haythornthwaite maintains in his Uniforms of Waterloo. Osprey Me...
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Unlucky General: February 2014
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Thursday, February 6, 2014. FULL BATTALION: 48th Foot for Quebec. Now I'm back in Canberra where I belong, I've managed to reunite the entirety of my 48th foot and base them - basically. I'm still separated from my possessions and unable to paint or build anything for the next few months but have at least based these chaps - I couldn't wait to see how they look. Anyway, once ensconced in a residence of my own and settle, it will be full steam ahead. Links to this post. 7th Hussars in the Desert. Undernea...
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Unlucky General: March 2015
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Monday, March 9, 2015. A Horse of Course. Years ago I recall a conversation with the proprietor of Peter Pan Hobbies. In Woden Plaza, Canberra (now long since defunct) about modelling trees. His advice (which I took to heart) was 'model a model tree off a tree.' Sounds simple but I apply the same theory to my horse models. Wargaming my Napoleonics these days using Black Powder. By threes, I have gone for Bays, Blood Bays. For the darker schemes and Yellow Duns, Mouse Duns. For the trumpeter which is a co...
