Tag: Napoleonic

Black Powder, Napoleonic Wars 1789-1815, Painting & Modelling, Stage-by-Stage Guides

Painting: Napoleonic British step-by-step

Warlord’s Dave ‘Boycie’ Lawrence shows how he paints his Napoleonic British… Dave: I’m a big fan of the Napoleonic Era. My first ever wargaming army was a British Napoleonic Army using Minifig models. Twenty-odd years later, with the release of the Black Powder rules, the Albion Triumphant supplements and our expanding range of Napoleonic plastic…

Black Powder, Focus, Napoleonic Wars 1789-1815

Focus: French Chasseurs a Cheval Light Cavalry

Easy-to-build Napoleonic French Chasseurs à Cheval! View in Store A single Chasseurs à Cheval (light cavalry) plastic trooper compromise of only six parts each: a 2-part horse, rider body, head, arm and sabretache/sabre scabbard. You’ll have these great-looking plastic horsemen on the tabletop and be harrying your opponents flanks in no time!   View in Store Formed in 1743,…

Black Powder, Napoleonic Wars 1789-1815, Uniforms & History

History: Napoleonic Artillery of the Peninsular War, by David Matthews

“In battle they [British gunners] display judicious activity, a perfect coup d’oeil, and stoical bravery. … English troops take few guns into the field with them …” – General Foy Thanks to the writings of Mercer and other Royal Horse artillery officers, an impression is given that the entire British army artillery consisted of horse…

Black Powder, Latest Products, Napoleonic Wars 1789-1815

Black Powder supplement – Albion Triumphant: The Peninsular War!

Chronicling the Flanders and Peninsular Campaigns during the Napoleonic Wars, Albion Triumphant covers the battles involving British forces. Of course, it also looks at the French, Spanish and Portugese in depth too! This full-colour 112 page supplement is full of army lists, scenarios, and background! View in store As you’ve come to expect from Warlord…

Black Powder, Latest Products, Napoleonic Wars 1789-1815

New: Napoleonic Waterloo campaign starter armies

European tension grows as Napoleon marches through unhindered, England and her allies have mustered everything they have to end Napoleon’s reign…finish it with the new Napoleonic Waterloo campaign starter armies! British Waterloo campaign starter army View in Store 72 Plastic and metal British Line infantry in Belgic Shakos 24 Plastic and metal Hanoverian infantry 12…

Black Powder, Napoleonic Wars 1789-1815, Uniforms & History

History: The Battle of Waterloo – part 3

Cavalry Charge and Counter-Charge Lord Uxbridge, sensing the danger, unleashed the Household and Union heavy cavalry brigades commanded by Major General Edward Somerset and Major General William Ponsonby. The finest mounted cavalry in Europe pounced on the unsuspecting formations of the French. The Household Brigade led by Lord Uxbridge negotiated the sunken lane and moved…