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Friday, 20 September 2024

Battle of Lobositz & New Moulds

As I'm sure is obvious, I have not done much casting or gaming with the 40mm semi-flats so far this year.

Battle of Lobositz

I did however put on a participation game (back in June) using the Commands and Colors (American!) Napoleonics system to play the Battle of Lobositz. 

The table was 12' x 6', a scan of the battle layout is below. The Prussians are stacked up exiting the valley, and the Austrians partly hidden behind the village and in the sunken road, with Grenz on the hill. We played it twice and the Austrians won both times - as they should😀

The scale was roughly one unit on table equates to a cavalry regiment, two battalions or a 10 gun battery.

Below are some photos, many of which are copied from Aly's Toy Soldiers











New Moulds

Prince August have also been very quiet with regards to the SYW range, Chris Tubb has been working on other projects, such as their 54mm Middle Earth ranges, however I understand that they may be sculpting for some new SYW moulds over the coming months. 

  • Reprint/rescale the Austrian cuirassier to as the current moulds are way too big (3 moulds),
  • Reprint the dragoon heads as they ware currently too small, just a reprint to scale (1 mould).
  • Prussian cuirassier (3 moulds)
  • British infantry (4 moulds) - see post January last year for suggested figures.
  • British artillery crews in coats (2 moulds).
My personal preference would be to do them in the order above so that I can complete my Prussians & Austrians, however I suspect PA would sell more moulds if they did the British first.

7 comments:

  1. Super looking game, looks brilliant.

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    1. Thanks - the C&C system works well for participation games.

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  2. Steve,
    What changes (if any) did you make to CnC Napoleonics?
    Neil

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    1. Not many changes really, I will add a quick post to show what changes we made.

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  3. Hi, I have just stumbled across your blog having recently purchased some PA 40mm SYW figures. What a wonderful sight of beautifully painted battalions. I look forward to seeing more.
    Bob

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    1. Bob
      Thanks - as you can see this has been something of a labour of love for many years.
      I've not been doing much with the 40mm stuff recently, but want a few more units to bring up the cavalry numbers for the Austrians and Prussians - and I do fancy some Russians (which I have cast already).
      I think PA will be doing British infantry next.
      Steve.

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