No Cheese! C'est Impardonnable
Supply Wagons, Camps and Making Merry!
A slight change of plans tonight. My shift was moved and swapped so I have time to post another entry into this project.
The next entry was the most enjoyable part of this project. In most DBX wargames (the ones I know of at least), you need to have a campsite or supply wagon on a slightly bigger base. DBN is no exception to this. This camp serves as a focal point for the enemy to ransack and the owner to defend.
In DBN, you must have one for every 12 points of troops. With the Imperial Guard, I will eventually have 36 points so I decided to build three right off the bat.
Three camps for 36 points of troops.The first is a simple and common supply wagon, probably used by every nation involved in the war. The kit belongs to Italeri and comes as seen in the photo below.
A kit from Italeri.
A frontal view.The next is a French Napoleonic field ambulance from Hat miniatures. The surgeon and his team operating, and the grenadiers carrying the stretcher, are from an old Stretlets kit.
The ambulance is from Hat, the rest are Stretlet miniatures.
Another view.The last is a group of French soldiers making the best of a bad situation with music and plenty of alcohol. All the models in this scene are from the same Stretlets kit as the surgeon above.
It seems they are having fun!
This angle shows the Dragoon relaxing in the cart.I am quite happy with how these little diorama-like pieces came out, and I am quite fond of them. Unfortunately, I have not seen similar kits for the British. This means I might have to do some converting to get a similar result when I get around to doing Wellington’s boys.
That is definitely all for tonight. I only have two more posts to go.
Regards,
NR
Great stuff. I’ve got a French camp set in 18mm that I’ve been meaning to get around to, but keep putting off. These are quite inspiring, and hopefully will help encourage me to get them sorted out.
Thanks @scibbs, I’d love to see something like this painted up in 18mm. Your army is one of those that I envy, because it was what I actually wanted to do – but I wont be painting another French Grande Armee any time soon – way too much work! ?
I wish more games allowed for things like this to exist as an actual part of the army on the table.
Yeah, I agree, they tend mostly to be in historical games.