The Lost Voltigeur

Yes Russians from 1812 onward and in 6mm to boot!!! So how is this supposed to help me stay on focus and complete the stuff for the 1809 campaign? Well it made sense when I was painting them let me explain: I want to buy more figures, because I always see something cool and want to buy it which I think is a common ailment in this hobby. So to stop the unpainted lead pile from increasing to a level where I need a new apartment I made a deal. I can buy new figures if I paint 50% of the unpainted stuff I have!!!  I pulled out my box of shame and thought those Russians look nice. And there we went, last week they got painted and based. These are all Baccus 6mm figures with the exception of the commanders (Czar Alexander and some Russian general), which are from the Adler Russian command pack. These are really nice figures and a joy to paint.  So now I need to get this army or so done? And I can't buy more figures. Luckily I have the cavalry and some artillery in the box and even I...

Once in a while I like to take a look at my progress on a project by laying the army out and taking some pictures. Last night was one of those times and I got the Austrians out. This is the Wargame Company ESR part of the army, the hope is to eventually merge these with the Pendraken Austrians to have a a larger force.  Thinking about it I should have started with an order of battle and built from there but I did not. I just bought a bunch of the figures. One of my problems, other than always being sucked in by nice looking figures, is even though I am using ESR figures I am not sure I want to play those rules. In 10mm based on 30mm bases I do not even know if I should be aiming at brigade sized fights or entire battles? I figure as the collection grows I can start laying them out and getting a better feel on how much room the battalions take up. Hope you enjoy the force to this point. A bunch more are base coated on the desk and I hope to update progress soon.   

 Some years ago I began finding myself spending increasingly more time looking at the Eureka AB webpage, in particular the 18mm Napoleonics. I am not going to lie, I was intimidated!!! The figures looked amazing and the painted examples online even better. How could I paint these guys? I am happy to report that about a year ago I took the plundge and began collecting the 18mm Revolutionary French and Austrians.  I have always been interested in the French Revolutionary period and the early Napoleonic period however, the push to start collecting figures really came from a podcast called The Age of Napoleon. Type this in to wherever you get podcasts if you have any interest in the period at all or even just history this will not disapoint. These books also helped me understand the period and want to give it a go: Both books are very interesting and easily available on Amazon. So I currently have two Napoleonic projects going; 10mm 1809 and 18mm French Revolutionary and early Nap...