More Snappy Nappy Figures Finished!

Got around to finally finishing my 'unit' of French Hussars today and I'm really pleased with them. I painted these figures up to represent the 7th Hussars and even though the uniform isn't 100% accurate (according to some on TMP!) I'm very happy with them... See what you think...

May not be historically correct but they look suitably 'Napoleonic' to me!

So, that's another set of figures down... What to do next?...More painting... Perhaps some scratch built buildings....

Also I'd like to welcome 'Millsy', my 130th follower!

Steve

Hungarian Paint Conversion ... The Result

In my previous post I spoke about the possibility of converting early Austrian infantry figures (wearing the helmet and gaiters as opposed to the later Shako) into Hungarian infantry by purely using a paint conversion. The figures are now finished and awaiting their flocking but I'm reasonably pleased with the affect. Though not completely accurate I think the figures will pass for Hungarian once on the table...

Although the Snappy Nap rule system recommends two bases per 'unit' I have decided to use 'half' bases to better represent unit formations on the tabletop, but more about that in a later post. Anyway that's another unit to add to the collection and now back to painting !

Russian Artillery for Snappy Naps

As promised here are a few pics of the 3 Russian artillery 'batteries' for use with the excellent Snappy Nap rules. (Zvezda crew and HaT guns!)....

This is the first time I've painted Zvezda figures and very nice they are too!

The guns have been left loose on their respective bases so that they can be shown as 'limbered / unlimbered' during play.

Please feel free to leave a comment!

Steve

Snappy Nap: Taking stock

So today I thought I would see just how much of a force I could put together using my newly chosen rule set.  One of the reasons I was drawn to SN was the use of smaller units to represent larger formations and even with my small collection I can still field enough for a decent game ... I think!

The actual number of units can be found by clicking the 'My Snappy Nappy Forces So Far' tab at the top of the page but here's a few snaps ('snaps'....see what I did there?) I took while I was sorting out...

French!

Russian & Austrian

Another view of those Frenchies.

Not a bad start to be going on with but there's still a big pile of plastic to be painted before I'll be satisfied!

Another Rule Set... Another Verdict

I've heard mention of this particular rule set in the past but never properly paid much attention to them.. Possibly because of the rather unfortunate name....

Now I won't go into doing a complete review of how this game plays as I don't actually own a copy yet but I have managed to get a hold of the QRS from which the game system can be relatively easily fathomed out.
Needless to say that with a heavy heart I decided to give them a go. I wasn't expecting a lot but the game promised at least to live up to the 'type' of game (and game scale) that I've been searching for. I prefer the more Grand Tactical approach to gaming and I also prefer to have no figure removal during play and this set covers both these requirements for me. I've played other 'Grand Tactical' games over the past few months including Grande Armee ( long winded), Volley & Bayonet (hated the move distances) and DBN (too 'geometric' in it's aproach for me) .... but these...Now wait for it gentlemen..... Hold on to your hats....... I really, really like this set of rules!

Yes, you heard that correctly, I really like this set.  They're simple yet elegant enough to give a good 'game' and I emphasise the term 'game' as there will be button counters out there that will scoff at this set... and not just at the name.

As I always say, it's horses for courses and although these may not be ever gamers cup of tea... they are mine.

As a postscript, if anyone has a copy of these they wish to off load (or swap for a brand new 1st edition Shako set) then please let me know.

Steve