Ouch !

 

The Author after his operation ! (or man with a case of 'man flu' ),. So I've been for my operation to have my gall bladder remove (having been bothered by gall stones the last couple of years) , it was a day op at my local hospital (if there wasn't a hill and trees in the way I could see it) - everything went smoothly , there at 7.30am , op at 9.00 (first up )  key hole surgery and home for 4pm , due to the anasthetic I was sick on any food taken and extremely tired - but up at 6am this morning "up and not crying" as the Norwegians say , had my breakfast and going to have a little walk - take it easy but don't be a couch potato was the message I was given . So a bit sore but no pain , I must once more praise the NHS, everything went smoothly , highly proffessional and very careing - we in the UK are VERY lucky in having this service even with all it's problem . Back to wargaming matters soon .

Prussian High Command .

 

Before I start on the next Cavalry units I thought I would treat myself painting the Command bases for the two armies . Here we see the Prussian High Command , these are Tradition figures from their 1871-1919  Imperial German range 

They are beautiful crisp figures , not expensive although the postage from Sweden is a bit eyewatering , but very quick . Next up the French .

Wargaming humour No. 21

 

Found on the interweb ....

 

Toy Soldiers in Art No. 32

 

Found on the Interweb , a hand tinted (?) photo , (not of myself explaining to Mrs K why I need more toy soldiers) I would guess post WW1 perhaps the 20s/30s (?) the figures seem to be French as the standard carried seems to be a Tricolour and they don't look like Britains . I would guess they are 54mm but I don't recognise them I'm afraid.

Same figures, different rules - end game .

 

Under heavy artillery and rifle fire one of the Prussian Infantry Regiments failed it's morale test and fled back a move .

The French capitalised on this and swung round one of their units  and the two Regiments poured fire onto the remaining leading Prussian unit.

On the other flank there was a seriesa of Cavalry clashes , the French retired under the protection of their guns as the Prussians where whittled away by their fire.(the Red heart signifise that the unit has passed it's first morale test - if it passed it's next it would automaticaly pass all other tests)

At this point The Prussian General decided to call off the attack as his Cavalry was weakened and the Infantry had suffered substancial casualties . It was interesting playing with historical forces rather than my Balkans Imaginations and I think I will use these rules again with some of the special rules/personalites added . The double size units looked good and although dishing out double casualties, they have of course twice the figues to kill before unit morale kick in .  

Same figures , different rules.

 

I normally play the classic Featherstone rules with my Irregular 28mm Franco-Prussian war figures but I wondered if I could use them as well with my beloved 'Gentleman's War' . 

Having cleared up the figures from our last game I thought I would set it up again using the Irregular FPW figures . The only difference I have had to do is add two figures to each Infantry unit (hence the painted figures in the last post) to make moral checks easier to work out (my 40mm/54mm are in 12 figure units) so these will be in 24 figures . 

As in the last game the forces are the same as is the scenario , with the Prussians having to capture the bridge . The Prussian General has been dealt an impressive hand of cards to start the game ! 

And he uses them - swiftly deploying his infantry Regiments ready to attack. I will report back how the game plays out .

First fruits of the year .

 

After all the Christmas / New Year shenanigans I've finally got around to painting again . I've got these FPW figures that were started in December done and they are now ready for varnishing . Have not got any plans for new gaming projects but we will see what happens as the year turns.