New Quatre Bras Project - Nuovo progetto Quatre Bras

The Duke of Wellington and the first group of miniatures
for the Quatre Bras project.

I'm doing the Anglo-allied army of the Duke of Wellington who fought the battle of Quatre Bras, June 16, 1815, a prelude to the more famous Battle of Waterloo.

The idea is to recreate (with the 28 mm) the most representative units of the Anglo-allied and French armies with the help of friends Federico (French) and Daniel (British).

The project aims to re fight Quatre Bras at 1:100 or 1:125 scale (1 figure = 100-125 real men).

My collection for now, includes the units in the list below.

Sto realizzando l’esercito anglo-alleato del Duca di Wellington che ha combattuto la battaglia di Quatre Bras, il 16 giugno 1815, preludio alla ben più famosa battaglia di Waterloo.

L’idea è quella di ricreare in 28 mm le unità più rappresentative dell’armata anglo-alleata e quella francese in collaborazione con gli amici Federico (francesi) e Daniele (britannici).

Il progetto prevede di ricombattere Quatre Bras in scala 1:100 o 1:125 circa (1 figura = 100-125 uomini reali).

La mia collezione, per ora, comprende le unità dell’elenco sottostante.

The first British regiments.

BRITISH-ALLIED ARMY, JUNE 16, 1815 (28 mm)                                                                           

Unit	Facings	Company	Stand	Figs
GENERALS
Duke of Wellington	Blue	Victrix Min.	1	1
Sir Thomas Picton	Blue	Victrix Min.	1	1
Sir Rowland Hill	Blue	Victrix Min.	1	1
33rd Mounted Colonel	Red	Victrix Min.	1	1
69th Mounted Colonel	Green	Victrix Min.	1	1
Prince of Orange	Red	Front Rank	1	1	To paint
Lt. General de Perponcher	Red	Front Rank	1	1	To paint
Prince of Saxe-Weimar	Red	Front Rank	1	1	To paint
INFANTRY
1st Regiment of Foot Guards	Blue	Front Rank	6	24
30th Regiment of Foot (Cambridge)	Buff	Front Rank	4	16	To paint
33rd Regiment of Foot (1st York West Riding)	Red	Warg. Foundry	4	16
69th Regiment of Foot (South Lincoln)	Green	Warg. Foundry	4	16
79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders)	Dark Green	Warg. Foundry	6	24
95th Regiment of Foot (Rifle Corps)	Black	Warg. Foundry	2	8
Hanoverian Bremen Field-Battalion	Black	Perry Miniatures	4	16
Hanoverian Verden Landwehr Battalion	Blue	Perry Miniatures	4	16
7th Belgian Line Battalion	White	Front Rank	4	16
27th Dutch Jaeger Battalion	Yellow	Front Rank	4	16
2nd Nassau-Usingen Infantry Regiment	Black-Yellow	Elite Miniatures	6	24
Brunswick Leib Battalion	Light Blue	Perry Miniatures	4	16
Brunswick 1st Line Battalion	Red	Perry Miniatures	4	16
CAVALRY
6th Dragoons (Inniskilling)	Yellow	Front Rank	4	8	To paint
5th Belgian Light Dragoons	Yellow	Front Rank	4	8	To paint
ARTILLERY
RFA Battery (6 x 9 pdrs)	Red	Perry Miniatures	1	4 + 1 gun
RFA Battery (6 x 9 pdrs)	Red	Front Rank	1	4 + 1 gun
RHA Battery (6 x 6 pdrs)	Red	Perry Miniatures	1	3 + 1 gun
RHA Battery (6 x 9 pdrs)	Red	Front Rank	1	4 + 1 gun
Dutch-Belgian Foot Battery (8 x 6 pdrs)	Black/Red	Front Rank	1	3 + 1 gun

British Infantry

British Infantry (28 mm miniatures)

Highland Infantry

Nassau (Duth-Belgian) Infantry

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W la Repubblica italiana! - W the Italian Republic!

June 2, 2014 - Republic Day
Italian armed forces march on Via dei Fori Imperiali avenue in Rome during the military parade marking the country’s Republic Day, 02 June 2014. Italian armed forces celebrate the 68th anniversary of Italy’s birth as a Republic.

Carabinieri Horse Regiment music band.

Frecce Tricolori "Tricolour Arrows" (Acrobatic Italian Air Patrol).

June 2, 1946 - birth of Italian Republic

Scenarios for Shako II (2) - Scenari per Shako II (2)

British 1st Foot Guards (painted by Luca of "STRATEGIANOVA")

On January 4, 2013 I played an imaginary battle in 1815 with "Shako II" and 28mm miniatures.

I was a guest of my friend Federico. He created the scenario.
I also enjoyed the cooking of his mother!

Many of the miniatures were painted by Frederick, those of my collection have been painted by the staff of "Strategianova" of Rome http://strategianova.it.

Here are some pictures of the battle.

Il 4 gennaio 2013 ho giocato una battaglia immaginaria del 1815 con “Shako II” e miniature in 28 mm.

Mi ha ospitato l’amico Federico che ha ideato lo scenario e…. mi ha fatto gustare l’ottima cucina della madre!

Molte delle miniature sono state dipinte da Federico, quelle della mia collezione sono state dipinte dallo staff di “Strategianova” di Roma http://strategianova.it.

Ecco alcune foto delle battaglia giocata.

The Prussians

The French

The British (Sir Picton is coming).

The table.

Allied lines.

British and Prussians lines.

Ney attacking

Reille's assault on village.

Allied lines (2).

French and Prussians clash

Prussian Landwehr

French Foot Artillery.

Bitish Foot Guards.

Federico's excellent French Cuirassiers.

2nd Nassau defending against dragons.

British 33rd Regiment of Foot

commander of the French cavalry.

7th Belgian Line.

22nd and 7th Dragoons.

British Guards.

79th Regimento of Foot in the farm.

Scenario for Shako II - Scenario per Shako II

On December 27, 2013, the friends Mauro and Angelo have organized the reconstruction of the battle of Craonne 1814 at Sologiochi of Rome.

We played with "Shako II" by Arty Conliffe and with 15mm miniatures.

Here are some pictures of the game.

Il 27 dicembre 2013 gli amici Mauro e Angelo hanno organizzato la ricostruzione della battaglia di Craonne 1814 presso Sologiochi di Roma.

Abbiamo giocato con “Shako II” di Arty Conliffe e con miniature in 15 mm.

Ecco alcune foto del gioco.

Craonne 1814 - The table

Craonne 1814 - Russian lines

Napoleon I and his Old Guard.

French Old Guard.

Cavalry clash.

French assault.

French final assault.

The generals!

Happy new year!

Italian colonial adventure!

From Strategianova this beautiful colonial scenarios.

Guerra Peninsulare con “Corpo d’Armata” - Peninsular War with "Army Corps"

Some months ago Antonino Di Bartolo, of Wargame Association "Le Grenadier" of Rome wanted to test its Rrules "Army Corps" for Napoleonic wargame in 28 mm.

These are some photos of the game. The miniatures were painted by members of the club and the game was held at "Sologiochi" of Rome.

The scenario, imagery, has suggested a clash between British and French troops in the Iberian Peninsula, around 1808-09.

For the record, the British infantry has rejected the French, while the British cavalry has suffered many losses and has had to withdraw.

Alcuni mesi fa Antonino Di Bartolo dell’Associazione Wargame “Le Grenadier” di Roma ha voluto testare il suo regolamento “Corpo d’Armata” per il Napoleonico in 28 mm.

Queste sono alcune foto del gioco. I soldatini sono stati dipinti dai membri del club e la partita si è svolta presso “Sologiochi” di Roma.

Lo scenario, immaginario, ha ipotizzato uno scontro tra truppe britanniche e francesi nella Penisola Iberica, intorno al 1808-09.

Per la cronaca, la fanteria inglese ha respinto quella francese, mentre la cavalleria britannica ha subito parecchie perdite e si è dovuta ritirare.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

New post on Prussians Blog

 

Prussian Guard Jeager - Jeager della Guardia prussiana

 I finally posted a new post on my Napoleonic Prussian Army's blog: Garde-Jäger-Bataillon

Finalmente ho pubblicato un nuovo post sul mio blog dell'esercito prussiano napoleonico:
Garde-Jäger-Bataillon