I have been painting quite a bit lately and formulating some plans. I have been painting 28mm Crusader
Cuirassiers as Bavarian Taxis
Cuirassiers for the Seven Years War Convention. I have nearly completed
Cavenderi IR-Owens as Old Glory 15mm figs and have started painting 10mm Old Glory figs as the
Reichsarmee. I have also painted up some 15mm Old Glory Egyptians for my Sudan blog but I digress.
I have been
threatening to play a game for a long time but never manage it. Therefore, a plan must be put into place.
1.) I have four sets of rules that I wish to play with escalating bases needed for each system.
2.) I can paint 10mm figs the fastest usually painting up 10 figs or one 30 x 30 mm base during my lunch hour at work.
3.) I have complete reference materials for most historical
SYW armies,
Pengal and Hurt,
Biles, Osprey and web sites.
4.) I have a pretty good relationship with my old glory
distributor.
Step one.
Might and Reason Sam
Mustafa: only requires two (2) bases per unit, i.e. brigade that means I can reasonably paint up three (3) units a week and should be able to paint up two (2) small armies in a month. So my plan is to play a game of Might and Reason around the first of March.
Step two.
Piquet Field of Battle: requires four (4) bases per unit. i.e. brigade, so if I repeat the exact same painting plan as the month of February I should have enough units to play a game of
Piquet Field of Battle by early April.
Step three.
Die
Kriegspeil: I just purchased this set of rules and have read through it, looks as if most units require six (6) bases per unit i.e. battalion, so I can sprinkle in some grenadiers and follow the same painting scheme allowing me to play a game of Die
Kriegspeil in May.
Step four.
Fire and Fury for
SYW, large units are required for this game, if I follow my same painting output I could generate eight (8) bases per unit by June.
I have selected the
Reichsarmee to paint up as this will let me paint many different uniforms and flags. I think for the allies I will paint up the
Hanoverians and
Brunswickers. Additionally, I intend to play some additional rules sets when able, Pro-Gloria, Warfare in the Age of Reason, both of which I already have and probably purchasing BAR and
Koenig Krieg.
I will attempt to update daily during this run if not at least weekly. Looking forward to this project. I also hope to catch up on some of my old projects, the documentary of the Reich Duke
Wilhelms visit and
Cavenderi fiction, the fate of poor
Dukas has been suspended for some time.
Hope everyone is well.
ciao,