Friday, February 01, 2019

French Sailors for Haiti - Return of Claude Canard.

Real life had conspired against me this week, but I need manage to get a few odds and ends completed, with the Haiti Campaign gathering pace.... (New Orders will be executed this weekend.) I begain to take a look at some of the figure collections which don't get much table time and could they be repurposed elsewhere, one of these was Ensign Claude Canard and his Friend and mentor Ensign CĂ´telettes de Mouton of the French Sloop "Le Vendeen".... last seen fighting off Arabs in Egypt.
 

In the early days of the slave revolt, the French Sailors were often called on to defend the port areas and supress the slaves. Our old friend Claude is far more likely to see action in Haiti in the year ahead.


Originally based on pennies, I glued them straight on to Warlord bases and built the bases up to hide the raised area. With a number of the colonial powers opting for detachments of sailors, I am now thinking I might just have to reinforce them for the campaign.


The French need a suitable General to lead them into battle, OK so Napoleon is a little bit OTT but he should inspire the troops in the Battles ahead. He needs some addition flocking but should see some game time very soon.


12 comments:

  1. Inspiring stuff Stu - will your "marins" always be land based, or do they have a vessel to fight from occasionally in the Haiti campaign?

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    1. One of the guys has a reasonable size Brig and between us a collection of row boats, etc. In terms of campaign movement if you have a unit of sailors or Marines you can use row boats and the like to follow the shoreline.
      Cheers
      Stu

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  2. Diversified and beautiful minis, well done!

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  3. Always great to be able to use your minis across different 'periods' and rulesets:).

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    1. The only challenge Steve is that I now definately need more Sailors, I can feel an order to Brigade coming on.
      Cheers
      Stu

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    1. Thanks Fran the campaign is certainly driving the paint table activity.

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  5. Great update of new troops. Love it!

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