18mm Napoleonic: British Part 1

We’ve all done it. Told ourselves ‘“no new projects until I’ve finished this, that, and the other one first”. And then bam – you’re into a new theatre, period, scale, army – or all of them!

I blame Fizzer Johnson. After building out a couple of platoons of Second World War British Infantry platoons, there has been a campaign of covert persuasion. Each time I’ve hit his website, there they are – dozens of cracking Napoleonics, just oozing “go on, Dave, it’s time”!

Enter 18mm Napoleonics.

For now I’m planning a Brigade sized force with some supporting units each for the British and French. Though I expect it’ll end up being a couple of Brigades, maybe a Division. Did I mean Corps?

Here are some of the first figures to arrive, some lovely British from AB Figures. Looking forward to comparing these to the Fizzer Johnson’s Men of Metal.

Well having not touched a Napoleonic figure in about 20 years, I couldn’t resist doing this during clean up.

It’s taken me right back to the heady days of 1000’s of 1/72 plastic Napoleonics in the ‘90s and Carpet Wars, which you can read about in an earlier post here.

Ooh Nappies – it’s been too long!