With the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo just weeks away, we’ve been concentrating on our growing Napoleonic range. We’ve been releasing brand new kits like the plastic Chasseurs à Cheval and the Old Guard Grenadiers, reorganising sets to make them more manageable by gamers and even repackaging our fantastic Napoleon’s Berlin Carriage model into a splendid new box!…
Having listened to feedback from the Black Powder community, we’ve decided to amend the content of our Napoleonic regiment sets. Our Napoleonic French Line Infantry 1806-1810, and British Line Infantry (Waterloo) boxed sets are changing from 36 down to a more manageable 24 models. Napoleonic French Line Infantry View in Store This choice hasn’t been taken…
He’s been at it again! – Andy Singleton of Volleyfire Painting Services has been hard at work churning out a seemingly endless stream of beautifully painted models – this time, he’s been showing off a set of our 95th Rifles. From Andy’s Blog – Having been a Napoleonic reenactor for 10 years or so, to me the Chosen…
Following last Friday’s new wave of Peninsular Napoleonic British artillery releases, Warlord writer Sam Phillips wanted to shed a little more light on the history and capabilities of the British guns! The common tactic of having your cannons placed on the high ground is usually what people think of when it comes to placing artillery…
God save the King! His most Imperial majesty has, in his infinite wisdom, seen fit to grant heavy firepower to his forces fighting on the Iberian Peninsula. Taking the form of the 5.5 inch Howitzer, 6-pounder, and 9-pounder of the Royal Artillery the fresh troops will give Boneparte’s lackeys something to think about – huzzah!…
Following the tremendous success of our Waterloo and Peninsular British plastics last year, we’re following-up in 2015 with plastic Portuguese (and more!). Wojtek has been hard at work (or so he tells us!) putting together the 3-ups, and they’re looking really rather nice! We didn’t want to keep this to ourselves, so – take a look!…
These two books are just in from the printers, and we’ve edited in the errata so these new editions are completely up to date and ready to play! Albion Triumphant Volume 2 – The Hundred Days campaign The Battle of Waterloo became a true landmark in military history, one that will never fade, and nothing…
More reinforcements have arrived for Wellington’s forces in the war against Napoleon – King’s German Legion Luneberg Light Battalion skirmishing: View in Store The Skirmishers add to our existing KGL 2nd Light Battalion packs – one armed with muskets and the other with rifles: View in Store View in Store The King’s German Legion (KGL) was a British Army unit…
The tactics of the Austrian army was to be modified considerably to face the onslaught of the modern French army under Napoleon. In 1798 the army fought much like those in other forces at the time, in strict formation and stalwartly advancing towards the enemy. The light infantry were the exception to the rule for…
Bolster Wellington’s big guns with the addition of the Royal Horse Artillery 5.5 inch Howitzer – just the thing for bombarding those dashed Frenchies! View in Store Here’s just a few of the Napoleonic British sets available in the webstore: View in Store
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