Prompted by Andy's quick fire Napoleonic HotT army, I re-discovered a pile of surplus figures left over from a wonderful Gerard Davey gift (his own surplus figures IIRC). The bulk of the figures created a large Volley and Bayonet army, but there were some figures left over. What better idea than a heroic napoleonic French army. So, here is the first phase of the project completed. There are still more figures to go, and plans for some more 'fantasy' elements yet to come.
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| The army so far |
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| Old Guard - blades |
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| Two line infantry columns - behemoths |
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| Hero General-- the 'ultimate hero'? |
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| Riders on the left, knights on the right |
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| Shooters at the front.. 'legeres' |
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| Hordes.. conscripts. |
My question on the HotT Yahoo group about classification of French line infantry prompted a great discussion, with a range of ideas. Our intention is NOT to fight napoleonic era battles. We use Volley and bayonet for that. But it seems that using French line infantry as spears, or behemoths, could do the business.
Our aim is to fight fantasy battles. This is an era of heroes with weird (almost .. but not quite .. steam punk) devices. The devices are yet to come.
I suspect the plan is clear.. another Big battle HotT army, but a 'quick win because the figures are pretty much all painted already. Just some sorting of bases, a wash to give some depth and job done.
Looks great Robin, and ball and musket can be a lot of fun using HOTT.
ReplyDeleteAt a HotT comp a few years ago, I fronted with a 25/28mm 7YW Russian army. Played it dead straight: no fantasy elements at all. I classified Grenadiers as blades (which seemed more apt than spears) and the line infantry as shooters. An element of Jagers became 'lurkers'.
ReplyDeleteCuirassiers were knights, other cavalry were riders, I think.
From a HotT perspective, a pretty bland army, but I enjoyed the incongruity of it contrasted with the more imaginative armies my guys faced.
I thought if I was invited to another one, I would front with my Airfix Romans, with a huge Roman figure as Mars. Perhaps a 28mm plastic figure I got with a magazine could have been the hero, Horatius - you know: the dude who stopped Lars Porsena and 'False Sextus' at the Sublicious Bridge.
Ion... yes they can indeed play them 'quite straight' as you say .... The hero general makes a 'fantasy' start. Anyone is always welcome to play in those tournaments... just watch the Fb and forums.,.. This year's HotT Winter's Day went well.. will most probably run another next year.. July. See you there hopefully.
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