Awesome, I sure wish I could read French.[:)][:)]
Major General Ed Blackburn
Commanding Second Div, II Corps, AAA
3rd Bn / 1st Regiment of Foot Guards
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| Author: | Al Amos [ Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:04 am ] |
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http://www.darnault-mil.com/Galerie/index_galerie.htm For those who remember painting miniature Naps these books were golden. Colonel Al Amos 1erè Brigade Commandant 2ème Division de Dragons |
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| Author: | Bill Peters [ Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:11 am ] |
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I never got my hands on these until long after I had finished painting miniatures. I used the Hippocrene series. The 1812:Retreat from Moscow book was like gold to me as was the Napoleonic Wars one they put out. Had the Waterloo one too but never painted 1815 figures. Owned a few prints as well as the Osprey books. In particular the Russian volume was helpful when I painted a Russian army for the Melee rules (house published at our local store). Used them for Bowden's Empire II rules later on. Painted up X Corps - MacDonald from 1812 and then some other odd units (Vistula Legion). There are so many rules sets out there now. A group I used to play with now uses Napoleon's Battles by AH. I have heard that Fire and Fury is good as well as its successor, Age of Eagles. One of these days I may paint some figures for Napoleon's Battles ... I really enjoyed painting ... Did up some Landsknects for French Wars of Religion using the WRG rules. Was working on Swedes when I quit. And also painted up a ton of Johnny Reb ACW stuff too. Colonel Bill Peters Armee du Rhin - V Corps, Cavalerie du V Corps, 20ème légère Brigade de Cavalerie, 13ème Hussar Regiment HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram, Jena-Auerstaedt and ... more to come) |
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| Author: | Ed Blackburn [ Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:07 am ] |
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Awesome, I sure wish I could read French.[:)][:)] Major General Ed Blackburn Commanding Second Div, II Corps, AAA 3rd Bn / 1st Regiment of Foot Guards
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| Author: | Richard [ Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:07 am ] |
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I've had an English language version of these (in 2 vols) since 1976, when I was still a schoolboy! They've been read though quite a lot over the years ... Lt.Col. Rich White 4th Cavalry Brigade Cavalry Corps Anglo-Allied Army |
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| Author: | Al Amos [ Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:20 am ] |
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Paco, Here you go. al |
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| Author: | Sean Turner [ Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:05 am ] |
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Great find! I have the books (and Elting's 4), but nice to have another source - especially one that can't be smudged, ripped or torn! [8D] Lt. Col. Sean Turner 1er Dragons 2ème Division de Dragons Ier Corps de Réserve de Cavalerie l'Armee du Nord |
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| Author: | Colin Knox [ Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:08 pm ] |
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I still have a copy of one of them on my bookshelf! Thanks Al. Good reference for those of us who still paint figures occassionally. General de Brigade Knox Baron de l'Empire 2e Regiment Gardes d'Honneur (the regaled pheasants) La Jeune Garde CO. 1er Brigade, III Division Cavalerie Legere, III Corps Armee du Nord http://www.aspire.co.nz/colinknoxnwc.htm 
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| Author: | Bill Peters [ Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:25 am ] |
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I have these books in text form but this helps the "mod" makers in putting together the Units.bmp files. Funcken books were the premier source for a long time. Dean Beecham found a set of CDs that has a lot of great prints on it. Contact him if you want more details or maybe he will post the URL here in this thread. Colonel Bill Peters Armee du Rhin - V Corps, Cavalerie du V Corps, 20ème légère Brigade de Cavalerie, 13ème Hussar Regiment HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram, Jena-Auerstaedt and ... more to come) |
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| Author: | GC2A [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:07 am ] |
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amazing to see that those books were so wwell known & appreciated ! ! back from my schoolboy times, I used to get one of them as Christmas present. and now, at the age of 42, they are still in good position on my bookshelf. the full collection is organized as below: WWII (3 vol.) WWI (2 vol.) Napoleonic ("1st Empire" 2 vol.) Renaissance (" war in lace era" 2 vol.) Middle ages ("Chivalry " 2 vol) ACW (2 vol) Soldiers of all times (2 vol. roughly: from ancient egypt, assyria, greece, rome ... to 60's)Tthe latter being the oldest ones, they belonged to my father & have been printed in 1966 & 67 respectively. Of note, each chapter has text explaining military organization, uniforms & units color codespolitical context, weapon & upgrades, tactics & strategies etc... - be it for Sherman tank in WWII or roman legion organization !! a must-have 
I wonder if any printing company has ever considered re-printing the entire stuff?? Guillaume AYMONIER-AMELINE Maréchal de France Comte de Strasbourg Duc de Ratisbonne |
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| Author: | GC2A [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:14 am ] |
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precision: it is not just ACW, it is USA troops &uniforms from Independance wars to ACW, Mexican War, Wild West. + another 2 books I missed: XIXth century troops <blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">[i]the full collection is organized as below: WWII (3 vol.) WWI (2 vol.) Napoleonic ("1st Empire" 2 vol.) Renaissance (" war in lace era" 2 vol.) Middle ages ("Chivalry " 2 vol) ACW (2 vol) Soldiers of all times (2 vol. roughly: from ancient egypt, assyria, greece, rome ... to 60's) <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> Guillaume AYMONIER-AMELINE Maréchal de France Comte de Strasbourg Duc de Ratisbonne |
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| Author: | Francisco Palomo [ Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:23 pm ] |
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Al Amos</i> <br />Paco, Here you go. al <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> Thank you!! Paco <i>Maréchal</i> M. Francisco Palomo <i>Prince d'Essling, Grande Duc d'Abrantes et Comte de Marseille Commandant - Division de Cavalerie de la Vieille Garde </i> 
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