The Road to Perdition II

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:06 am

Jim,

Thank You for sharing all this informations which I intend to use for my Napoleonics too. The only alteration is the use of long Limberbases, long enough to place the guns and the Artillerymen on it.

Your use of the 12pdrs as 8pdrs has another aspect you may have overlooked:
As your frenchies are uniformed for the time until 1809 your guns are of the old Gribeauval system, therefore cumbersome and not the more modern, smaller System XI that was invented later.
So you have very realistic sized looking heavy 8pdrs.

Thanks again.

Günter

CoffinDodger · Post by **CoffinDodger** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:35 pm

MarechalNey wrote: ...your guns are of the old Gribeauval system, therefore cumbersome and not the more modern, smaller System XI that was invented later.
So you have very realistic sized looking heavy 8pdrs.

Günter,

Thanks for that!

Whoopee!

Jim

CoffinDodger · Post by **CoffinDodger** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:34 pm

33rd of the Line using 10 to 1 Scale

Obviously I will break this down into the 1st and 2nd battalions but I just wanted to see how it would look at this scale. Now, if someone were to write some rules...

Jim

CoffinDodger · Post by **CoffinDodger** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:00 pm

Gribeauval Heavy 8pdr Battery

There is a lot to finish on this one to make up the necessary support group such as more limbers and caissons. I hope to get these done before Borodino.

C'est la Batterie des Hommes sans Peur? Non! C'est la Batterie des Hommes sans Chance.

Jim

CoffinDodger · Post by **CoffinDodger** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:37 pm

The Second Battalion 33rd

Sappeurs and Battalion Officers (FIBUA)

Feeding Time - This one's called Günter

Limber

Gribeauval Heavy 8pdr - This one is Dave 'O

Gribeauval 6" Howitzer - This one is Barry (Short Barrel)

The other two are Toggy and Churchill (The 10" Mortar)

So far so good. I like my wee set of Sappeurs who, together with the battalion officers, are just raring to kick in some windows and generally redecorate someone's wee hooses like La Half Sainte or Les Quarter Bras.

NB: A big thank you to Clarence who showed me how to size the photographs so you don't need a 44" monitor to do them justice. That man has missed his vocation, he should have been a Graphic Artist.

Jim

Churchill · Post by **Churchill** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:43 pm

obriendavid · Post by **obriendavid** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:40 pm

Jim, great photos and I feel honoured that you have named one of your guns after me

Cheers
Dave

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:59 pm

Hi Jim,

Thanks from me too for the honor

I sincerely hope my barrel wont foul up to often....

Best Wishes,

Günter

Post by **barr7430** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:28 pm

My my... Jimbo HAS been busy! They'll all get an outing at Borodino AND if you bring those Sappers they may provide a bonus when you try and assault the Raevsky... if you get that close!!

CoffinDodger · Post by **CoffinDodger** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:05 pm

Merde!

A wee command stand I've done for a friend in the States. It still has some work to be done on the base and some touching up on the flag. The finished article might get an outing at Borodino just to get it bloodied. I mean, I wouldn't want to send him virgin soldiers, would I?

Jim

Churchill · Post by **Churchill** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:54 am

CoffinDodger · Post by **CoffinDodger** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:37 pm

And now for something completely different:

Dual-Purpose Artillery Ammunition Markers

These have been tarted up as usual and show the versatility of the range of RtE markers available from this very site. They can be used as follows:

1. As ammunition markers to keep track of the amount of shots your battery has available at any point in the game.

2. The front one can be offered to the opposing commander if you feel he is being too cautious.

Jim

Post by **barr7430** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:56 pm

There is just no keeping up with your wit Mr O'Neil...... The King of Cojones!

Are you happy for your white coated Frenchmen to guise as Saxons on May 15?

CoffinDodger · Post by **CoffinDodger** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:11 pm

barr7430 wrote: ...Are you happy for your white coated Frenchmen to guise as Saxons on May 15?

Barry,

Absolutely, as well as being very versatile the 33me Ligne are completely bisexual so can represent Saxons as long as you don't let them get too near the Austrian sheep. Günter has told me all about these Saxons.

Jim

Post by **barr7430** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:19 am

Jim,

your splendid Frecnhmen in white will take the field as SAXON GRENADIER battalions at Gorodeczna! Will we be able to make:

3 x 24 or 3 x 30 model battalions??

cheers