military powers are included including France, Russia, Austria, Wurtemberg, Saxony, Poland, Sweden, Italy or Naples, as well as foreign supporting units (Irish, Portuguese, Swiss, Croats…). Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 5,871 articles in the main category, and specifying |topic= will aid in categorization. It’s heads where the kit just suddenly overwhelms you with options, and particularly for someone into Napoleonics and historical wargaming generally, the head sprue had me cooing over the little details of the kit. While the bodies are definitely French inspired, the heads are perfectly on theme. You have proper, almost perfectly historically accurate Grenadier Guard heads in bearskins complete with front plate and cords, Napoleonic line/Young Guard Shako heads, with modelled Eagles, plumes and pom-poms, Kepi-equipped Foreign Legion or Franco Prussian war infantry and a perfectly modelled WW1 Adrian helmet.

http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/IMPERIAL_GUARD_infantry_1.htm#frenchtheyoungguard Guardsmen also had access to their emperor unlike other soldiers. On campaign, Bonaparte enjoyed chatting with his Grognards at every opportunity and reportedly knew many by their first names. He joked with them, shared their sorrows and listened closely as they brought their personal problems to his attention. In one story, a guardsman complained to the emperor that he’d not yet received a citation that was promised to him months earlier. Napoleon not only remembered the trooper’s name, he could recount the man’s heroism before pledging to have the late honours finally bestowed. In another account, a guardsman by the name of Jean-Roch Coignet was entrusted with guarding emperor’s own infant son at the Château de Saint-Cloud near Paris . The soldier recalled in his memoirs how a nurse once asked him to hold the toddler, at which point the young prince tugged on the plume attached to his bearskin hat. Coignet considered it as one of the proudest moments of his life. A guardsman cares for a wounded comrade. (Image source: WikiCommons) They fought and died bravely In addition to the impressive AI structure, Les Grognards also models the combat itself in impressive detail. All combat losses are calculated using complex mathematical models which take into account factors such as the geometrical arrangement of the physical unit formations, their training, their combat abilities, their fatigue, and their morale. Unit Morale itself is modeled to a great degree and affected by such diverse elements as the presence and status of the Army commander nearby, proximity of friendly units, fatigue, weather effects, sustained losses, and much more!All parts in this set are also compatible with the Les Grognards infantry box to give you even more poses and options. With all that said about Elan, there was only really one choice for this army. I feel too weird about high Imperial Britain on the tabletop to go with the home nation, Prussia and Austria have colours I don’t like painting, and I already have a 28mm Russian force (only a century and a half later at that). It has to be France. I want to roll dice and shout toujours de l’audace, and have generals called things like the Dear Child of Victory.

By 1812, soldiers wishing to join the vaunted Old Guard had to have at least 10 years of service. They were also required to be a minimum six-feet-tall and in top physical shape. Typically in their 30s and 40s, soldiers in the Old Guard were seasoned veterans of as many as 20 campaigns and had fought for Bonaparte since his earliest battles. By 1815, the average age of a soldier in the 1er Grenadiers and 1er Chasseurs was 35. Promising recruits without years of service were sent to Bonaparte’s elite but junior Middle or Young guard. An Old Guard grenadier. (Image source: WikiCommons) They were dressed to kill Les Grognards also provides you the tools to make your own massive battles and even construct your own Armies! This is accomplished via the three different editors included with the game.

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From his blog, Boardgames, Wargames, and Miniatures, Tad presents this video unboxing. Sometimes you have to drop everything and open a box. Disbanded in 1814, elements of the Old Guard would reform the following year as Bonaparte escaped from exile. Yet despite their final defeat at Waterloo 100 days later, the Old Guard would go down in history as one of the most famous fighting units to ever set foot on a battlefield. Here are 10 essential facts about this storied unit. The Consular Guard of 1799 would evolve into the Old Guard. (Image source: WikiCommons) They were with Bonaparte from the beginning Napoleon bids farewell to his Old Guard before going into exile. The elite corps was Bonaparte’s answer to Caesar’s Praetorians or the Persian emperor’s Immortals. (Image source: WikiCommons) “Despite their final defeat at Waterloo, the Old Guard would go down as one of the most famous fighting units in history.” The team began with a core of Napoleon’s Young and Old Guard from Waterloo and later were reinforced with troops from the Western Front of the Great War and decades later from the jungles of Vietnam. Over the centuries, their shared French language and culture (and trades by owners) have brought them together as a combined team on the Death Fields circuit. Even after centuries, the elite members of Les Grognards go to battle with the cry: “Vive la France!” campaign editor allowing the player to define a theater of operations where battles were linked and where outcomes weighed heavily on subsequent battles [2].This Plasma Weapon looks like a proxy Lascannon to me. A Plasma Weapon Weapons Team. See any heavy vehicles to take out? This team has it covered. The Quad Ball Turret Alexander Klein from The Players Aid, plays this first game in the Good To Go series from RBM Studio. He concludes that the game is fun, short (15 minutes), and difficult to win. Paint an absolute shedload of 28mm Napoleonics for the Imperial Guard, enough to put the fear of God into the designers of any mass battle system, and dabble in some other scales as well Famously devoted to the Emperor, [5] who even referred to them as "my children"; [6] the members of his Old Guard were selected based on physical traits, most notably above-average height. [3] [7] Their imposing stature was likely impressive to foes and allies alike. Awards as well as veterancy were also taken into consideration when selecting troops for the Old Guard. [3] [7] Old Guard infantry [ edit ] Wearing their distinctive bearskin caps, Napoleon's Old Guard was the most celebrated and most feared elite military formation of its day.