This event has been cancelled due to lack of Registrations.

For those who may be interested the full details of the competition are now up at the BattleCry 2012 website.

The NZ$35 Registration ends Midnight on the 31 January - it increases to NZ$40 if you pay on or after 01 February. BUT YOU MUST STILL REGISTER BY 31 January even if paying later! If you are interested in participating in Lasalle at BattleCry please make sure you register in the next 2 weeks.

Note 31 January will also be when the army list points value & points system for the competition will be locked in place; or if there are insufficient registrations for the tournament it will instead be cancelled.

Disregard the questions I asked. You did say, "I used the Strong Tone AP dip".

Doc T, they look great. Did you use Minwax Polyshades or the Army Painter for the dipping? I hear they are one in the same just different labels.

What color dip did you use?

For the dipping method, I'm found of the Minwax Ployshades "Tudor" color. However, of all the colors, this one seems to be the hardest to find.

Wow, Nice work. I have never used the dip method, but now I see it is really effective on 28mm figurines.

That is a great job, I particularly like restrained colour of the pink and yellow facings.

Really look sharp.

John

After a 30 year break from Napoleonics I saw the Lasalle rules, excellent Victrix plastics and decided to use my "dip" method (developed on Hordes Skorne) to produce these fellas:

I was pleased with the effect, especially considering I didn't use any white or black on any of the figures (other than the white undercoat) and it only took 7 weeks to paint 150 of them! I used the Strong Tone AP dip with no highlighting other than P3 paints "Menoth White Highlight" on uniforms and "Umbral Umber"/white highlight mix on the grenadiers bearskins.

Dipped French in campaign greatcoats next!

Great! You guys pick the scenario, sketch out the OBs, any special scenario rules, etc. and give me whatever sketch map you like, at whatever scale you've chosen... and I'll make it pretty.

This level of service might even earn you a place in the Notables Hall of Fame....

I don't see why not. :-)

Would you guys be interested in authoring a scenario for the book? It doesn't have to be Blenheim, but it could be, if you want to refine that one and formalize it.

I've already got a smallish scenario from the AWI. And I'm going to do a mid-sized one from the WAS or SYW. So we could use a big WSS battle.

Our third game was a historical refight of Blenheim - see Blenheim 1704 - A Maurice Experience.

Following on from our first two games (see Maurice - First Game Impressions) Cam & I had a crack at a historical refight - you can read it here on my blog: Blenheim 1704: A Maurice Experience.

2nd game report very interesting and I recommend as its a great read :-)

Second Game Report & More Thoughts.

:-)

Some nations used "Lieb" quite a lot. Whether they indeed were elite or not is the problem. The same is true for the French Imperial Guard or the British foot Guards too, at times they were beaten by regular line regiments.

Great!
Best regards
Rafa

Been having a little discussion on the TMP thread.

:-)

Just a reminder for those in NZ (or AU) interested in attending BattleCry the next registration cut off is 31 January - cost is NZ$35 and you get a bonus additional raffle ticket for the big BattleCry raffle.

After 31 Jan registration goes up to $40 and is solely at organisers discretion, etc (i.e. not guaranteed).

Very much of interest great AAR and outline of the rules system

Cheers
Gary

I've posted my first impressions on my blog.

Hopefully of interest… :-)

Cheers,

John
Wargaming.info

Looking Good Tobi!

Hi Everyone,

I'm happy to report that this project is finished - my 28mm British core army for Lasalle was completed today. For more details and pictures see my Blog:
http://paintpot.ulmer-strategen.de/

Thanks for your support and advice.

Best regards,
Tobi

Just a quick reminder for those interested that today is the last day for early bird $25 registration for BattleCry 2012 - you can register Electronically on the BattleCry website and the site will email you details to make electronic bank deposit. You must pay by tonight to get the $25 rate (and you also get 2 extra raffle tickets, the "special secret gift", and a chance to win a free BattleCry 2012 T-Shirt).

From tomorrow (16 November NZ time) registration is NZ$35

:-)

Hussars Valiant Amateur
Uhlan Reliable Amateur
Avante Garde Reliable Amateur
Line Shaky Amateur

But what of the Leibgarde Max - are you suggesting they are just shaky line! And you'll have Cam up in arms with all these 'non-shaky' Brunswick units...!

Very interesting discussion John.
MHO
Hussars Valiant Amateur
Uhlan Reliable Amateur
Avante Garde Reliable Amateur
Line Shaky Amateur

Thanks Michael & Max.

One of the biggest challenges is how to rate the 1815 Brunswickers. In this game I made them:

Hussar Regiment: Valiant/Experienced
Uhlan Squadron: Reliable/Experienced

Leibgarde Battalion: Valiant/Amateur
Avante Garde Battalion: Reliable/Experienced
6 Line/Light Battalions: Unpredictable/Amateur

I also used similar ratings for the Hussars, Leibgarde, and 4 Line/Light Btns in our Crossroads Game back in May. I'm reasonably comfortable Unpredictable/Amateur is right for the Line & Light Battalions (Cam just thinks the whole force should be Shaky/Amateur) - this game I was fairly lucky and got 2 of 6 Btns as Valiant, 2 others were Shaky, 1 got destroyed while nominally still Reliable, and the last never got tested. In the Crossroads game I think I ended up with 1 Valiant, 2 Shaky, and 1 untested IIRC. While Valiant may seem a bit generous on random occasions Unpredictable does I think, combined with Amateur status, reflect the 1815 Brunswickers well - based on the accounts such as Cavalié Mercer's at Waterloo where they looked always shaky but never actually broke although they were probably not capable of much offensive action I'd argue that in some respects the units were at times worthy of Valiant status just be virtue of remaining intact when raw recruits surrounded by charging cav and being pounded by artillery...

Assuming the above supposition is correct then the Valiant/Amateur status for the Leibgarde (as Sam himself rated them) also seems reasonable, I previously rated them Reliable/Amateur in the Crossroads game, which may be more realistic, however as there is a small chance some of the Line & Light Battalions may get lucky and be Valiant it seems only fair to allow the Leibgarde to be Valiant from the start - it is not completely unhistorical IMO and coupled with Amateur status and only SK1 still leaves them at a disadvantage overall to the their typical French opponents. I can't see Unpredictable working as I'd have thought the high risk of being Shaky a bit unreasonable considering their (apparent) status compared to the Line & Light Battalions?

As mentioned Cam argues they should all be Shaky (scoffing at the notion of the occasional Valiant Brunswick unit) ;-) i.e. the Line & Light Battalions would be all Shaky and then arguably the Leibgarde might perhaps be Unpredictable to allow for the chance of them being exceptional on the day (or at least Reliable)...

The real question though is probably the Avante Garde and the Cavalry, whether Shaky or Unpredictable, I don't think it makes a huge difference for the 7 standard Infantry Battalions. For the Avante Garde I've assumed a certain level of competency - the training for the 2 Light Infantry Companies as Skirmishers, and the type of recruits for the 2 Jäger Companies (independent minded hunters/game keepers/etc) suggests more ability - hence I dabbled with Reliable/Experienced for this, their inaugural outing, but perhaps Unpredictable/Experienced might be a more suitable rating (or even Shaky/Experienced)? I have trouble seeing them as Amateur for the reasons above (when compared to the their fellow Brunswick Battalions) although there is some suggestion at Quatre Bras that although they fought for a prolonged period in and around the wood, they weren't especially effective or aggressive, so perhaps I am being too generous considering Experienced for this battalion?

For the Cavalry I've gone with Valiant/Experienced for the Hussars which again is as Sam rated them originally in the rulebook - and they do seem to have been the best regarded Brunswick unit in the Hundred Days - however perhaps again Valiant/Amateur might be a more appropriate rating (I'm loathe to go Reliable/Experienced as that just makes them seem so plain), but in some ways Amateur doesn't impact cavalry as much as it does infantry so it's more a semantic change? However the key thing is at Waterloo the Brunswick Hussars appear to have charged several times against the French Cavalry and performed well enough to be capable of reforming and charging again, etc, meaning perhaps Amateur would be unreasonable...

The Uhlans are perhaps the hardest to rate, and perhaps also the most deserving of Unpredictable - although once again Cam thinks they should just be outright Shaky! I certainly think that Reliable/Experienced is probably a bit generous (but it was their inaugural outing - not that it helped much in the end), and that in future I'll rate them Amateur for sure, and possibly Shaky, otherwise Unpredictable - but if the Hussars are for example Valiant/Amateurs, then perhaps the Uhlans should be Shaky/Amateurs - as they don't seem to have figured as prominently nor been rated as highly as the Hussars (although many accounts just treat the Uhlans as a squadron of the Hussar Regiment, so don't make much specific reference making it hard to say).

So some slightly revised ratings for their next outing might be:

Hussar Regiment: Valiant/Amateur or Reliable/Experienced
Uhlan Squadron: Unpredictable/Amateur

Leibgarde Battalion: Valiant/Amateur
Avante Garde Battalion: Unpredictable/Amateur or Reliable/Amateur
6 Line/Light Battalions: Shaky/Amateur* or Unpredictable/Amateur

* I'm not sure if they deserve to be rated no better then Poor or Inexperienced Landwehr - I think Unpredictable helps to give them that slight edge as inexperienced Regulars over inexperienced Landwehr.

Very enjoyable. Another AAR featuring the Brunswikers please!

Wonderful AAR.... and I love your figures. I am toying around with a quatre Bras scenario myself. Of course until I get more Brit allies painted my saxons will just have to do..

Thanks Paul & Gary - appreciate the comments...

...useful material on your blog

...Auckland seems to be a wargaming Mecca! :-)

Yes great looking game and Auckland seems to be a wargaming Mecca ! :-)