venerdì 5 aprile 2019

Flank attack... again

Finally some game time! With little time available I replayed the Flank attack scenario (n.6) from OHW, this time inverting the army composition.

Therefore, the French now had 4 Infantry units, 1 Light Infantry unit and 1 Light Cavalry unit. Their opponents, this time Austrians, had 3 Infantry units, 2 Artillery units and 1 Light Cavalry unit. I only took 1 picture towards half of the battle.

Mid battle situation

The Austrian deployed one arty and 1 infantry units as blocking force, while the rest deployed on the flank but north of the hill. The French therefore had to both face artillery fire during their advance and couldn't "outrun" the flanking force, which was able to support the blocking force effectively. This forced the French to use half their army to screen the flanking force - but this left too few units to broke through the blocking unit. In the end they were unable to move 3 units out of the trap (only 1 could do it) and were defeated.

I liked how this scenario run better than last time. Force composition can really influence the outcome, as well as smarter deployment by the flanking force. The troops trying to break through instead should really be aggressive or they won't be able to exit the 3 required units.

mercoledì 3 aprile 2019

Painting update March 2019

Still almost no gaming and just painting... However, I'm fairly satisfied with my painting: I could still do better both in quality and speed, but somehow I manage to paint 4 bases/units each month (barely), which is the fastest I've been in years (I know I know, my standards were really that low...)...

Last units painted since last Christmas have been 3 units of French Line Infantry and 1 of Russian Line Infantry (all ESCI), 2 of French Guard Artillery (Esci) and 2 of Austrian Artillery (HaT). All based for my version of Grande Armee.

2 units of French Line Infantry

1 unit of Russian Line Infantry (left)
and 1 of French Light Infantry (right)

Artillery units "mixed" by my kids

A more "martial" view of the 2 Austrian (left)
and 2 French Old Guard (right) artillery units


Currently on the painting table are

The Austrian Cuirassiers are the easiest and quickest to paint, while the Voltiguers are a real challenge due to the excellent Zvezda sculpting that brings out lots of details. Looking forward to finish them all!