Black Powder Waterloo starter set. Unboxing and review. What's in the box?

Jonny B and the Kaiser unbox, review and waffle away about the Black powder starter set for 28mm Napoleonic from Warlord games: Waterloo.
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[@KFK47]

love the history Kaiser keep it up.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Cheers bro, glad you enjoyed it.

[@russellguyver7746]

I do like tanks but my first love is Napoleonics. I met Bernard Cornwell as well at a book signing, great guy. His Sharpe books sparked my love for Naps. I've always liked your historical info sections/tangents on your videos, keep them up. Cheers.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Thanks mate. Keep them up? That's easy, shutting me up on history is always the hard part.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

The latest info was Wavre was a struggle over 2 stone bridges in the town .Grouchy was delayed by burning buildings and long thin lanes with high banks through a forest was what slowed the approach by Prussians and the following French . Napolean learnt of their approach hours earlier , as well as Wellington did

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Interesting. My knowledge of Waterloo is more than 25 years out of date... I had meant to be open about that. Very much abroad brush narrative, rather than necessarily a detailed accurate one. I just hoped to give people a feel for the battle and its critical developments.

[@user-rm9qs4hz1p]

Starting the move into Napoleonics, would like to do earlier French but I find it looks easier to start with Waterloo or the 100days! Nice to see what's in the box!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Go for it!

[@parsivaltrask7453]

Brilliant unboxing. I picked the box up during lockdown, sadly not painted yet. Great video.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Nice one. Good luck with the painting, it sure is a lot of minis.

[@mattcappelli5822]

Always love your videos! And I really liked the mini history lesson. Really told in a fun way. I also bought this set in the states for a ridiculous price of about $75 US. Dirt cheap and do the same thing of paint up a regiment every now and then and slowly build a force. It’s a shed ton of models to paint!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Very cool! I might get them done one day, but it is going to take a long time.

[@7thson726]

Excellent stuff chaps 👍 great set. Get those battalions painted come down, and we'll have gentlemanly game 😀 Alternatively, just come for a game 👍

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Would love to mate.

[@FrostandFists]

Great unboxing as always, gents! LOL, when you said, "Did you break something already" "No, not this time!" I had immediate flashbacks to Jonny B snapping that Victory at Sea ship in half! Priceless! 🤣🤣🤣 Also, I really enjoyed that but if history at the end! Pretty cool to learn! Keep up the great work, gents! ~ Wolfbrother Methos

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

That broken ship may well be out finest moment on camera! Thanks for popping by.

[@WARdROBEPlaysWWII]

Ohhh, stepping out into different eras. I did notice the upside down box and it was a fun little tidbit.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Made me feel super stupid

[@rich_john]

Another really enjoyable video. Great combination of showing the figures and a bit of history context around them. Keep up the good work🤗👍

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Thanks mate. We enjoy making the show.

[@DuncanFx]

Fantastic review, guys. And informative, too! Thanks for sharing.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GamerAddictFrank]

Love the unboxing, but I think I most liked the talk about the history of the battle as well. I always wanted to get into this type of game/time period, but hard to find people in my area wanting to play. Which I think is sad.

[@jbatchelor85]

That is a shame Frank.... It seems so daunting looking at it... And how many dudes you need.... But the reward for putting the effort in I expect is quite spectacular on the tabletop!.... You should get one... Lovingly paint it, then demo it to people...... Create a revolution! The black powder rules don't seem over complex either.... Hopefully can scratch the itch of historical and casual gamers alike.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Very true mate. Finding people to play historicals is a tough gig in a lot of places.

[@Technologicalanimal-gr6ou]

The history chat is great stuff, thanks.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Thanks for listening

[@wargameexplorer]

Love the video. I picked up this kit a month ago and the models paint up beautifully. Haven't tried playing yet (far too many models to be ready for a game yet).

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Great to hear! Let us know how you get on mate.

[@MedievalWargamer]

Great unboxing and review gents! I like the era but I don't dare touch it.. It is a black hole ..😂😂

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Oh for certain my friend. A dangerous project to start.

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

That is a great set. You presented it very well, thanks for that.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Thank you, very kind of you to say.

[@daturtlegamer5231]

Really good review guys. May have to pick this up.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Great value for sure

[@smoothbrush4722]

Nice unboxing, a lot of troops in that box...

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Sure are... who knows, maybe I will get them painted before I draw my pension.

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Cracking review guys

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

cheers.

[@techsaint]

And you need to reread your Waterloo book by Bernard Cornwell. That’ll refresh your memory.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

I met him once, long time ago. Lovely man, he tried to buy my lunch for me.

[@3dWargamer]

nice one guys its a great set

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

This one is totally your fault mate! Watching you guys on a Monday has me buying all sorts.

[@patricpeters9716]

This is basically a great starter set for Sharp Practice.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

For sure. I really need to have a go at that sometime.

[@ElohimJim]

Shame Warlord dont do WW1 stuff, Id love to see a starter set full of lovely greatcoat wearing French vs Germans.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Ah ww1 French, sure you prefer those delicious red pantaloons sir!

[@ElohimJim]

@@ModellingforAdvantage I just want to blow stuff up with massed artillery fire :)

[@wulfmanlupin5864]

Dose the Napoleonic wars work at that scale as clashes between armies then were usually battalion sized at least and at that scale you can't do much larger then company sized engagements.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

By convention, units of 24 or 36 figs are usually battalions, so roughly 1 to 20 men scale. Most games are going to be around division strength, which is small, but believable for the period.

[@familyofgamers777]

OK, not sure about this game, but I am interested in what you guys will do with it.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Oh mate this is a project that is going to sit under the bed for years no doubt.

[@techsaint]

C’mon get those Naps on the table 😃

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

One day... just not any day soon fear

[@WARdROBEPlaysWWII]

Ow that is ok for assembly. Head to body and pack. I would be ok putting those together. I wish bolt action figures were this easy To put together.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

100% with you there mate. I wish more wargame kits were like this. Some variety, but not too much modelling work to do.

[@StevanEC]

In Bolt Action there are a lot of weapon options, in a squad every model can have a different weapon. In the Napoelonic era there were only a few weapons with regiments wearing the same weapon. That's why they don't made them like these minis.

[@WARdROBEPlaysWWII]

If they’re all in great coats then they should be easier to paint.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Should be, but still, hundreds is a lot!

[@BrushQuill]

A great look in the box. I guess there will be Black Powder on the channel now... No commands in the box. The other thing about the army at Waterloo is that it wasn't the one from the Peninsula, so neither side was really 'veteran'. Can't kitbash the figures...challenge accepted Thanks for the shout out!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

well yeah, I guess you are happy to saw bits off here and there! As to Black powder, we will do ACW 10mm first. Nearly there with those.

[@ElohimJim]

Looks like a cracking lil box for the price, shame I have no interest in Napoleonics :(

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Maybe a blessing in disguise, it is a lot of minis to paint. One project you can stay clear of...

[@timalder8940]

Liked and subbed!! ty

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Awesome thank you!

[@Subcomandante73]

I like the *idea* of Napoleonic wargaming, but I am not sure I would want to paint them. For rules I think I would go with Sharpe Practice rather than Black Powder as it seems SP is more 'story' driven.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

For sure. I really need to find some time to have a look at some Lardy rules.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Reportedly the 11Th Cuirassier had no Cuirass as they went into the Belgium campaign ( ie Ligny , Quatre Bras , Wavre -waterloo ) against the Allied and the prussians

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Napoleonic regiments are full of exceptions... it is the fun and the challenge for many modellers.

[@dominicwilliams6941]

I'm enjoying the reviews. You strike a healthy balance between the gamers who will want a distinct fighting force but won't be wanting to put off gaming,and the purists who will disallow a strip of Soldiers if their water bottles are the wrong shape. But you haven't noticed the elephant in the room. Fair enough it wasn't noticed in the film; hard enough to spot among the carpet-chewing stars of British rep theatre and the method acting giants of Hollywood. You could rely on Sharpe to fail to notice it as well. Although he was with Wellesley I India so you'd think he'd know an elephant when it was practically following him around his somewhat oddly shaped battlefield. The Prince of Orange was practically sitting on the damn thing. Yes, which box contains the Dutch-Belgian army, that saved Wellington's blushes by holding up the French left for 24 hours until Wellington could extricate himself from the Duchess of Richmond's party? (MY GOD, HE'S STOLEN A MARCH ON ME!) The Dutch Belgians he been fighting Ney all night. Picton's Division arrived late in the afternoon of the 16th, allowing Perponcher and Bylandt and the rest of the Brigade Commanders to ignore their hysterical Prince, fall back and reorganise. The excellent dutch-belgian cavalry screened the withdrawal. Wellington gave the credit for this action entirely to the Life Guards and Royal Horse Artillery, but neither of these units reached the battlefield They took over much further up the Brussels Road, and they hadn't been in contact with the pursuing enemy for 24 hours at that point, either - although they did hold off the few troops that were still chasing. Dutch-Belgian units were interspersed with British units all along the Ridge at Mont St Jean. You won't read about them in Wellington's dispatch, and they aren't present in either of the two models so it's no wonder they're absent from the miniature figurines. But they made up 30 to 40% of Wellington's troops (depending on including or excluding reserves and units too far away to be effective, etc.) Without them Napoleon would have had Ney's support against the Peruvians, or just as likely, would have found Picton and the reserve division being swallowed bit by bit as they scrambled down from Brussels in a straggling line. Abba would have had to sing in French!

[@dominicwilliams6941]

Peruvians? Who the hell invited them?

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

We try to give honest and detailed reviews from our experiences and preferred style of play - hopefully it is a bit different from the standard fayre you get on KZbin.

[@Subcomandante73]

Sean Bean is missing :)

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Fact

[@jacobrichards5141]

Great vid, any future plans for 28mm www Japanese

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Very much so, it was all well underway before lockdown, then the schedule got bust up as members of the team couldn't meet up, had to shield etc... The Japanese are all but ready to go. Got the new campaign book as well.. need to work on a board and find some time to do it.

[@jacobrichards5141]

@@ModellingforAdvantage great news hope to see them in the future

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

@@jacobrichards5141 one day, for sure!

[@militarywargaming7840]

We don’t do 28mm for religious reasons...your Batman’s clothing suggests he has been sweeping chimneys...outrageous

[@jbatchelor85]

Someone's got to do it 🤣.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Sounds reasons.

[@markgrehan3726]

That doesn't seem to be a badly priced starter set honestly for seventy pounds.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Yeah, they're starter sets are all pretty decent. To get you hooked!

[@markgrehan3726]

@@ModellingforAdvantage Lol they are pretty sneaky that way aren't they. :)

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

@@markgrehan3726 Truth brother.

[@julianwarren7770]

The white dice must be for the French… 🏳

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Indeed!