Leave your baggage behind

Long road to war.

In the Napoleonic wars there was a considerable logistical effort when moving hundreds of thousands of men. Even the French, who "lived off the land" and foraged as they went, had a considerable collection of wagons and stock following behind. Generally baggage trains were out of the way of the battle, but can play a interesting role in scenarios or campaigns. In the 1815 campaign, the wet Belgian tracks were gridlocked between battles. Part of the delay in British and Allied troops arriving at Quatre Bras were due to a baggage train jam.

In the larger scales (15mm and 28mm) baggage trains can be expensive to collect. In 10mm they are far more affordable. There are a few different options available. Old Glory, Pendraken and Irregular Miniatures.

These figures are Irregular Miniatures from Eureka, beautifully detailed. A loaded wagon and pack horse. They were undercoated brown, colours blocked in then magic washed. Only an hour or so after dinner one night. The marching soldiers were left over from previous units. They will join the Old Glory wagons I painted 18 months ago. I'll use them as fillers in the Artillery parks.

Where is Bo-peep?

I saw a great 6mm battle of Borodino at CANCON that featured some sheep as part of the terrain. There were from Irregular miniatures, who also made them in 10mm. I ordered a bunch of miscellaneous 10mm livestock from Nic at Eureka Miniatures, who very kindly included a couple of surprise additions.

So far I have only painted the sheep and cattle and a couple of wolves (the surprise). Still to go are some horses, oxen and some pack horses. They painted up very quickly and are a nice little addition on the table.

Lets get the flock out of here

Big bad wolf and his brother

Lets get moooooving

Nice collection of livestock

10mm sheep on 30mm discs

Undercoated