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A few years back I had from John P. a couple of hundred (maybe a few more than that) very nicely painted Elite Miniatures French infantry of the Revolutionary period.
I started basing them up, 4 to a 40mm base because it seemed like a good idea at the time. That done, I sort of ran out of steam as I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with them or even what ruleset I liked the look of. Besides, they were just the infantry and needed cavalry and artillery to be added to get them into some sort of fighting shape, so they got boxed up and put away.
However, they always lurked at the back of my mind.
Now, I'm not sure why, but Back Powder cropped up in some wargamey context recently and these fellows started jumping up and down and waving their bicornes and tarletons at me. "Choose us! Choose us!"
So I looked at them, laid them out. Took a good look at the BP unit organisations and thought, "Hm. This could do."
Then I slapped myself on the forehead with the realisation that this was a wargames army that really only needed the fun stuff painted. You know, the units and stands you use as motivation while you crank out the masses of infantry.
I always was a little slow.
3 comments:
Eager to see this project take shape, old bean.
Kind Regards,
Stokes
Your project is of to a flier that's for sure. I like the Revolutionary period, the uniforms are wide and varied and not too far from the earlier conflicts like the SYW. Looking forward to seeing where this project goes.
Thanks Fellows.
I'll start by adding some artillery and some mounted colonels.
Then perhaps a unit of Dragoons.
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