EPIC BATTLES BLACK POWDER | Waterloo | JOHN ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS!

[@WGRevival]

Thanks Mr Stallard. Here is a "yes please" to an epic Borodino box

[@tylera3438]

The possibilities are endless for epic scale! I hope one day Warlord will do an epic scale pike and shotte box.

[@warlordgames]

Yeah that would be fantastic! And, theoretically shouldn't be too difficult to do,

[@anaetachandler8699]

Definitely agree

[@mikkelespersen8749]

Agincourt and other medieval battles would be cool too

[@stephenhowe859]

I would live that as well.

[@maxxon99]

Definitely would go for that, nappies and ACW are not my thing.

[@StevanEC]

Great news. Hopefully we can have next a Hail Caesar Epic Scale

[@StevanEC]

A Hail Caesar Epic Battles: Roman Civil War would be nice and easier to produce since there are the same models on both sides.

[@claymore2of9]

we expected the Prussians would turn up late

[@Darthvegeta8000]

I'm more an Austerlitz fellow. The market tends to be saturated with Waterloo and the Spanish Campaign. Still glad to see more Napoleonic love!

[@eikmaster8947]

I am super interested in Epic Battles. Love the scale and line infantry. Would love to see Battle of Nations (Leipzig) set one day.

[@eddw7650]

I received a free sprue of the British Cavalry with Wargames Illustrated Magazine this month, and I just wanted to say I am really, truly impressed with the quality of these new Epic plastics. They're all nicely detailed, sturdy and well proportioned. Once my Bolt Action Italian Force is painted (It arrived last month!) I shall definitely be saving up for one of the starter armies! Thank you for the video John and the Warlord Team :)

[@vanpallandt5799]

regardless of what people think of the scale - i have various friends who have 10mm and 6mm so say they wont go down the Epic path - i think the free sprue idea is masterful as without a doubt it will get people to start armies who wouldnt otherwise

[@scottsharp7589]

We would have killed for this 25 years ago. We have thousands of ACW and Napoleonics in 15mm. However, seven years war would be awesome. Great work as always.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Fantastic, thank you for answering so many of the community questions. Can’t wait until launch.

[@NicolaiVE]

Thanks John! I love your communication with the public / players! It is fantastic to see you doing Napoleonics so soon afhter ACW, but it's like you said, If the sales go well and the public wants it manufacturers will follow. I wanted to get into Napoleonics for some time now, but already have so much in 28mm that this format just speaks loads to me! Vive L'Empereur!

[@mattcappelli5822]

I can’t say enough how excited I am for this. I’ve been dying to get into Napoleonics and this is the ticket. Really appreciate this interview answering a lot of the frequently asked questions. Ummm Borodino????? Please!

[@joeswift403]

The Peninsula campaign is more my bag... Or so I thought, now I'm all in for Waterloo, how did that happen? Really looking forward to seeing how the range grows too.

[@ramongraf1714]

Im so looking forward to this, love epic lines, especially since they kinda fit well with Black Seas so mixed land/sea battles are possible. Hopefully this gets more support in not only Waterloo but the whole conflict surrounding it. Great work lads!

[@Richard-jp7wz]

I’m all in for Epic scale! Have all the starter sets including the Guard Cavalry. Outstanding kits. Bring on Borodino!

[@jonathanowen9917]

Exciting news! Waterloo is a perfect way to kick off the French Revolution/Napoleonic Wars/War of 1812 period. I hope that you will also do American, Austrian, Belgian, mid-war British and Canadian, Dutch, Revolutionary and mid-war French, German States, Indian, Italian, Native American, Ottoman, Portuguese, Prussian, Russian, and Spanish armies too so we can have Epic Battles across America, Europe, the Middle East, and India.

[@kartchner7]

Thank you John for spending the time to answer the questions and explain some points about them. I have never owned a napoleonic miniature before and am quite looking forward to them!

[@norm977]

Thanks John, I have the French Cuirassiers on painting sticks now (from the free Wargames Illustrated mag) and they look superb and are a lovely size.

[@MayhemGames]

Yes please! Scots, Dutch, Belgian, just, yes please!

[@petercooman1234]

Very interested in these ranges, alas, i always end up noyt buying because i already do the period in another scale. ACW i already had two big armies in 10mm, now napoleonics, i have more than i can ever paint from your 28mm lines. my main interest for a set like this would be ECW, or a battle of Hastings like set!

[@TheCommunistColin]

Very much considering picking some of these kits up when I've got more money at my disposal, I've been an ACW and Napoleonics nut since I was like 12-13. If you're looking for ideas for future boxed sets to do, I'd gladly recommend Leipzig. It's close enough to Waterloo that you could probably reuse some of the French and Prussian models from the Waterloo box, and the battle also involved Austrians, Russians, Swedes, Poles, Saxons and other Germans, just tons of armies big and small.

[@anaetachandler8699]

Excellent product as always. Looking forward to getting more Warlord games next year. Ie Black Powder Bolt action Beach Assualt which I will be modeling as 2nd BN 2nd Regimen which saw service starting from Guadalcanal to present day. ( I served with 2/2 in the late 80s.

[@greywulfslair]

Thank you John, much appreciated. Very excited for this and can't wait to see this grow, and love to see what you have planned for the future. Bring it on!

[@mattiasgamin9640]

With some Russians the Six Days Campaign of 1814 would provide some great gaming, including the Imperial Guard in battle.

[@3dWargamer]

Mr stalard great to see you come out and talk to the community. Thanks very much for answering the questions.

[@3dWargamer]

Stallard

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Yep. Very much appreciated!

[@giantorres3352]

Epic battles Navas de Tolosa would be amazing. 4 Sprues needed. 1. Christian Infantry including some spearmen, armored spearmen and archers. 2. Christian cavalry including light lancers and heavy knights. 3. Moor infantry. Including light spearmen, armored guard and arches. 4 Moor cavalry. Including Horse archers, heavy lancers and some scouts.

[@squigs1917]

Thanks for this excellent update and the personalities look great

[@maxhaas4535]

I cant wait for the prussians! Want to replay thebattles of wavre and namur 1815

[@puddingboys9923]

Killing it with these napoleonics!

[@BootsontheTable]

Nice Q&A. You can never satisfy everyone all the time but great to hear plans and thoughts. Not sure I will buy in but great to see Warlord expanding the player base for Napoleonics with a relatively cheap and easy to collect range

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

The operating word there is “relatively”. Lol.

[@MiniatureGameMontage]

Excellent community engagement! Thanks for sharing!

[@alexc8209]

6mm is the absolute best for Nappies. thankyou for doing this.

[@kelvinhawkins9535]

I'm so excited for my pre-orders to come through. I absolutely love this period and I can't wait for the Arthur and Napoleon minis? Top work all!

[@davefielder4411]

If only they were ready for Christmas Day .... I remember opening Airfix boxes in my youth on the 25th December, that kept me busy all day.

[@martynhulland6252]

Oh the memories of the Airfix OO range ...I had thousands in all periods... great memories!

[@onusbray6034]

Would love an epic medieval. Looks amazing.

[@hexesandsoldiers6032]

Excellent communication. Greatly appreciate the information and cant wait for this to start shipping.

[@welshwargamer2066]

Made my day this

[@ratelmike8825]

Thank you very much John, it was fantastic to see what you have coming up and have planned. Thanks to the Black Friday sale I just bought my very first Black Powder supplements that Being Albion Triumphant volumes 1 and 2 in preparation for Epic Napoleonics. I was delighted to hear a Peninsular War sprue as this is still my favourite theatre of the Napoleonic wars. I was also chuft to bits to hear combining the Skirmish 95th with the Highlanders. Thank you for all you and the rest of the Warlord team are doing to bring us the great new era in gaming Napoleonics on a big army scale!!! I only had one question. Will the main commanders come in faction packs, British Commanders or French Commander s?

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Great stuff!

[@hailhydra7959]

Good luck with these! I’ve a few friends picking them up and I’m looking forward to hopefully seeing Austria in the future!

[@davidcollins2648]

Amazing job on sculpting the details on these 12mm figures. Were I just entering Napoleonics I would gladly adopt the epic scale. Sadly I still haven't finished my armies I began 5 years ago yet, but there's always the future! Best of luck.

[@VonBek2009]

He said Belgium ! 😜 So Hyped for the Prussians!

[@davidoman5172]

Hi John, When will your personality figures such as Wellington, Picton, Uxbridge and Napoleon be available? What about Aide-De-Camp figures for the various armies? Look forward to hearing from you. Most impressed with your excellent figures. One needs Aide-de-Camps when using Dave Brown's rules General de' Armee. Dave Oman

[@manofaction1807]

Lets get a Sharp figure, giving a two finger salute!

[@TheRendar]

Great video, absolutely love what your doing! Can’t wait for all of these to come out. Keep up the great work.

[@provjaro]

Really great stuff, Committed to other scales myself but brilliant to see.

[@andrewlemaire2636]

Looking forward to getting these in Australia!! I'd love an Austerlitz set!!

[@vanpallandt5799]

you should have said Austrians too - then would have had the 3 Aust beginning words - my wife always mixes up Austria and Australia

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

@@vanpallandt5799 - Can’t imagine how you could mistake Austria and Australia. It’s like confusing a grapefruit and a grape! Then again there are people who mix up Sweden and Switzerland... From your name, I assume you’re Belgian/Dutch - another annoying thing is when people confuse the adjective Belgian with the noun Belgium. Happens remarkably often.

[@vanpallandt5799]

@@sirrathersplendid4825 no..Welsh - its the name of a Dutch 18th century infantry regiment

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

@@vanpallandt5799 - Also the name of the commanders of several Walloon regiments in the 17th century. And possibly related to Van Bijlandt of Waterloo fame?

[@vanpallandt5799]

@@sirrathersplendid4825 yes, possibly .its the one with the impressive black and yellow Colonels flag

[@AtheAetheling]

Haven't had a chance to pre order yet; my house sale is going through in a week or so and I want to be able to order the big collection when I can afford it. Hopefully they don't have a limit on numbers.

[@Lee0568]

If your doing the prince of orange,will you do Sharpe giving him the two fingers

[@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies]

This is cool. However I just started 28mm Napoleonics. Will that still be supported?

[@adrianmcwalter8020]

absolutly love this, cannot wait

[@Noctis1117]

Are you planning on adding the prussians, Russians and Austrians eventually

[@leonleese4919]

Thanks John, as you are backing up “That Article” with all the division commanders / Generals/ Marshals I’m sold. I would have preferred a smaller base for the sprue as 20mm would fit my Age of Eagles rules an probably 4 of your figures per rank would fit on that. 30mm would fit Dave Browns new rules General d’ Armee’. It would have suited a lot more players. About 15 years a well known 10mm manufacturer refused to produce a British Army with the 1812/15 uniform saying there was no call for it as Waterloo was only one battle. I wanted to paint british and French armies for the 200th anniversary. I would have had 10 years to paint them. To keep mysel happy I decided to change from news agent to Spar convenience store I sold up and retired in 2013. In 2017 he produced his first Waterloo figures. So you’re dead right about Waterloo. I’m just deciding wether to buy from the top en £££ or paint and go but. Those specials are very tempting so is the pub and the farm I also need more paint after painting SYW Figures. Living near Rhyl no shops after buying stock for 25 years you would think I could cope but things are changing so fast now. Any way I’m sold the 1” figures just fit and they are big enough to show detail and get twice the battle size than an 18mm army. Mike Leese

[@shadowcat3163]

Cautiously optimistic on this one and am glad they are a bit larger then Civ war to work with other lines of figs. Many have thousands of the metal figs and this allows them to bulk out more. Really want the Austrians though so may have to wait a while.

[@jamesbell392]

Are any imperils guard cavalry coming out soon ? And of course the Dutch Belgian forces ?

[@cazboab]

Epic Antares or Erehwon would be awsome. Historical is Fantastic, but going fictional stops all the stitch counting and that nagging feeling that I've gotten something "wrong" in my army...

[@obrothers6836]

We will see a classic Roman Legions in epic battles?

[@kiwiwarlord8152]

hopefully you guys will du a pike and shotte epic battles. I love the epic scale

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

The 95th wore the same uniforms as the Hanoverian lights and the Grubenhagen line regiment. The shakos varied from Hanoverian regiment to regiment, mind. The Prussians were late to the fight, them arriving late to Epic is rather fitting. When you do the Cumberland Hussars, you only need to show their backs! If you wanted to go truly epic why not 6mm? Not very good in plastic?

[@peezebeuponyou3774]

Four highland regiments at Waterloo, but only three kilted. 14th Foot also wore the old stovepipe. Belgian wings were distinct from those of the British, but you may get away with it in this scale. Brunswick troops at Waterloo sported two different types of shako, both of which were quite different from the Belgic or the French shako.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

It’s not entirely clear how many Brunswickers wore the Russian-style shako. Some certainly did but in this scale you would barely tell any difference. More important are the carrot-shaped plumes for the line and light infantry and the horsehair tail worn by the Leib Regiment.

[@peezebeuponyou3774]

@@sirrathersplendid4825 Yes. I sculpt my own plumes for my 15mm Leib- it's an easy modification. The Avant Garde hat is more problematical.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

@@peezebeuponyou3774 - You say both types of Brunswick shako were quite different from the French shako? Sure the Russian-style Kiwer was quite different, though it’s not at all clear how extensively it was worn. The other type, however, is extremely similar to the French shako, and completely indistinguishable at 28mm, let alone 15mm.

[@peezebeuponyou3774]

@@sirrathersplendid4825 Hello Rather_ I'm not including the basic line infantry shako, which, as you've alluded, would easily pass for a Belgic. Yes, I should have stipulated 'non-line' troops. Light infantry shakos likewise, although how many had switched to the cap by 1815 is open to debate. It's the Guard and Avant-Garde hat I was referring to. Just to repeat so we're all clear on this- it is these two types of headgear which would need to be sculpted. The guards shako is an easy conversion. The AG hat not so much- given that these figures are pretty compatible with Minifigs, I'd just buy their version if you plan on using them on your gaming table.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

@@peezebeuponyou3774 - I do in fact have Minifigs for my own AG rifles. Also have a bunch of HaT figures, which are unfortunately rather poor models, although they are currently restricted to the AG Light Infantry (not the Gelernte Jäger). The style of hat they’re wearing was known as Corsican. BTW, the ‘Belgic shako’ was used by the British. The typical Brunswick shako resembles that of the French.

[@a.e.130]

Well..my guess for the next theatre of war would be the War of Indipendence :)

[@1glenngary]

Looking forward to Boridino!

[@davidcollins2648]

Will you release some "what if" Waterloo scenarios so the battle can be recreated under different conditions? Would be a nice extra for those investing in the starter armies.

[@mattward5418]

+1 for the plastic British Peninsular line troops please 😀👍🏼

[@GI.Jared1984]

Epic stuff

[@greywanderer5935]

Fantastic!

[@johnwayneeverett6263]

maybe two sprues of all the armies.....from 1806 to 1815

[@nickjones2470]

Would you consider Bolt Action in epic scale or too Flames of War?

[@mattbroughton273]

Awesome dude!!!

[@davidmartinez5233]

Please, please add Epic Austrians and Russians... please, please, please..... We want to play the entire Napoleonic period in Epic scale. Marengo, Peninsula Campaign, Borodino, Leipzig!!! We're in the USA and we love Napoleonics!

[@chuckliebenauer3656]

I love the work but where in the states do you buy these figures?

[@ja37d-34]

Great stuff.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Awesome news.

[@Lee0568]

Would you do an indo China epic scale,the FFL and the VC at DBP

[@AyebeeMk2]

7 months later; the only thing I see are Epic price hikes!....

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

I’m already fully invested in a slightly larger scale, but this looks like a great move for historical gaming. And hopefully it’ll draw some people away from all the fantasy/Warhammer nonsense. Bravo, sir!

[@markwarne893]

Great update, and I dont even play Napoleonic's

[@lbwstrategygaming]

I need Russians and Austrians and while your at it, we need epic scale ancients for Hail Caesar. :)

[@craigwashbourne4204]

am in paying for two box set but ill be buying the start set very soon am well in and looking forwards to more of this scale plzs keep up the good work guys

[@matthewtoone4592]

Cracking John!

[@rcspaintserviceandgaming]

Can I swap my 28mm for these????

[@stephenkraft1066]

These look great. Does anyone know when they ship?

[@suburbiapheonix7960]

Sometime in January is all that is being said so far. I do hope it is soon though.

[@wayoutwest7]

Please do Borodino!

[@jamesbell392]

Imperial guard cavalry

[@ConstableGrey]

Confederation of the Rhine army when?

[@manofaction1807]

What size are these figures?

[@hamsternchips]

12mm

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

@@hamsternchips - Are you sure? I heard they were closer to13.5mm.

[@leelowe251]

Epic Samurai please or AWI!

[@francoantonelli7723]

👍🏼

[@michaellee9975]

1812 and 1870 please

[@e-4airman124]

hope you do better on uniforms in Waterloo than you did with Union uniforms in epic civil war terrible

[@TradesmanOutdoorAdventures]

Still waiting for the Russians and Austrians!

[@hamsternchips]

Great games and miniatires but dramatic increases in prices and shipping drove me away from Warlord.

[@horuslupercal9936]

Russians & Austrians please!!!

[@jocebar6451]

My question, Why the 100 days campaing? Why not the 1805 campaing? This campaing as more battle and belligerants. The 100 days is majority Waterloo. Buy a lot of plastic for Waterloo is a little expansive...

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

He explains the choice of Waterloo about 3/4 of the way through the vid.

[@stephenjamieson3833]

The British and French can also be used for the later stages of the Peninsular War

[@Rusty_Gold85]

The whingers give me the irrates. They are such short thinkers . All of what you said John I thought was to come before in some way. God elp them if they had to run a company

[@jego8709]

Very boring...