A Foray into Napoleonic Wargaming

A short first post to summarise where my collection stands at present.

I spent a little time last year planning on what exactly I wanted to collect, being drawn the most towards collecting a Peninsula British force. There are a large number of different mini ranges for Napoleonics in 15mm. After a lot of looking at various blogs and websites, I decided to use models that are more 18mm rather than ‘true’ 15mm, as I liked the variety and quality of minis at that size.

My first models were some British line infantry from Campaign Game Miniatures, painted as the 61st South Gloucestershire regiment. The flag came from GMB flags.

I was pretty pleased how they turned out, especially as a learning process on painting models at this scale.

I then had a slight digression away from British infantry after grabbing some French Cuirassiers from ebay. The models were again CGM, and were mainly an experiment in how best to tackle the horses. Again, quite pleased with the end results.

After the cavalry I returned to British infantry, this time trying my hand at some skirmishing riflemen. Figures are CGM once more. The green jackets came out a little brighter than intended, but I was happy with the finished look.

That takes me up to where I am at present. I’m currently working on a second British line regiment (24^th Warwickshire Regiment of Foot), with two lots of Highlanders to follow. I struggle with batch painting huge numbers at one time, finding it a little dispiriting even if there are greater times efficiencies. I have settled on tackling about 12 figures at a time as a balance I’m happy with.  I’ve adopted a campaign look for the infantry with mixed colours for the trousers, with helps with mixing up the batch painting further.

I’m aiming to post at least monthly updates to document the slow building of my collection.