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Post by grendal on Feb 2, 2019 21:55:33 GMT
Quick question. Don't have a large enough budget to get both sets (early,late) of 6mm Baccus French armies. Want to play it all so what would you get early French or late and why?
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Post by profjohn on Feb 4, 2019 20:53:23 GMT
Welcome Grendel. It's a matter of personal choice of course and I suppose it depends what other armies you have in mind for the future. Personally I'd go for late. Reasons: you can fight the Waterloo campaign; the line infantry uniforms are, arguably, easier to paint; the late Carabinier uniforms are entertaining. But I was wargaming with 20mm Naps in the late 60s and the French were all late simply because the main manufacturers only did late and nobody really minded the anachronisms.
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Post by jon1066 on Feb 6, 2019 15:15:42 GMT
Errr ... middle?
You have revolutionary (funny hats), middle (shakos) and late (post 1812 short coats)
I have gone for middle because I was most interested in the 1809 campaign. The differences to the late uniform are such that I don't think most people would notice if I used them for Waterloo. They are clearly not revolutionary since they don't have bicorns. So what period are you most interested in? I would pick a campaign and go from there.
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Post by bruce on Feb 7, 2019 0:43:09 GMT
I would agree about the middle era, 1809-ish figures. In 6mm the French look okay to me right through to Waterloo. Austrians and Russians are relatively easy to paint as well. Of course there are a lot of details that change during this period for all the armies, but its up to you how much this matters.
These middle-to-late figs allow you to fight two of what I think of as the big three campaigns - 1809, and 1812 Russia. (1813 Germany is almost TOO big and you will need at least some Prussians as well. Leipzig is like the holy grail of Napoleonic wargaming for some.) Campaigns and epic battles on a scale unlike any others and lots of them.
Waterloo I think of as sort of in a class by itself. Your French and Prussians will work here, but you now need British and smaller related allies. By the time you finish painting and playing the three (or four if you count 1814 France) campaigns before this, you may be as tired as the French were! But the high drama of the Waterloo battles are a great narrative that stands on its own. Bruce
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