The Road to Waterloo: From Both Sides of the Atlantic By Les Mansir and Richard Caldwell We left Richard and Les preparing for painting, with the familiar dilemma of how to paint the remaining balance of the 1800 troops in the remaining six months? At Richard’s usual leisurely pace it would take him 24 months…
The Road to Waterloo: From Both Sides of the Atlantic By Les Mansir and Richard Caldwell “Years later, the surviving French and British soldiers who faced off at the walled farm of La Haye Sainte will call it….”La Hell Sainte” La Haye Sainte was in the middle of the battlefield at Waterloo – Wellington prepared…
Introduction Napoleon needed infantry in droves. Far less glamorous than the cavalry, less respected still than the artillery, the massed battalions of infantry were in fact Napoleon’s battle-winning weapons. As a result, budding collectors of the French will need them by the bucketload, and over the course of this tutorial I’ll be teaching you some…
We recently put together a handy army building tool in the Warlord webstore for some of the nations covered by our ‘Bolt Action’ World War Two range, which not only gives you a simple method of putting together a bespoke army package via a series of drop-downs, but also offers a FREE TANK! If you’ve not…
We recently followed our esteemed leader on his tour of Waterloo for the 200th anniversary (See previous article) a Wargamers Paradise! Here is our fearless commander in the enemy camp checking out the French Ambulance (probably on the prowl for French nurses…). Great inspiration for our fantastic Baron Larrey and his Flying Ambulance View in…
It’s your last chance to snaffle our excellent Sizzling Summer System Starter Deals – throughout July, we’ve offered a chance to grab a rule book from any Warlord game system and get a single free, yes FREE, plastic box set of your own choice from that system. But alas – today is the last day of July –…
Our esteemed leader, freshly back from Waterloo, has been inspiring us with his photos, so what better than to peruse our fine Soldiers of Napoleonic France. Of course with a constantly growing range to add to the ranks of the ‘Nightmare of Europe’ (Bonaparte, not John. Well, then again…) our painters have been kept somewhat busy, check out the results…
The Hanoverian plastic troops are optimised to add to the forces arrayed against the tyrant Bonaparte this week as our brave Hanoverians are now available as a single regiment of 24! Previously a boxed set of 36, we realise that for many of you 36 strong units are a daunting proposition to paint hence this more…
With the battle of Waterloo still fresh in everyone’s memories due to the bicentenary commemorations, Perry Miniatures have a timely release with these fabulous plastic British Light Dragoons… View in Store This box of 14 mounted plastic figures contains all you need for a complete Black Powder Regiment During Wellingtons Waterloo campaign the Light Dragoons (who made up…
We are a few days away from arguably the largest historical wargames show in the USA, as the Fredericksburg Expo & Convention centre once again opens its doors to over 3,000 gamers, modelers and collectors – Historicon 2015 END OF EMPIRES – 3,000 BC TO July 16, 2015 This year’s theme takes a look at…
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