Warlord Games Black Powder Epic Battles Waterloo/Napoleonic Project Vlog 2

[@gregorjohnston3515]

Been watching your youtube vids since the epic waterloo range was announced. Really enjoy your vids on this range of models.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you 😊

[@ratelmike8825]

That picture of a full battalion on your game mat is just so fantastic and inspiring. Excellent paint work.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you 😊 I love taking pictures like that.

[@mabinogion7023]

Great project. Look forward to seeing some battle reports

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you

[@jamjar3451]

Great video. Those roofs are amazing. Great job. 🦕🦕🦕

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you

[@garybramley9868]

Thoroughly enjoyed this one.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you Gary

[@petermellors6456]

Table looked fantastic

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you 😊

[@BootsontheTable]

Love those buildings…. The battlefield is coming together beautifully

[@MiniatureRealms]

Cheers Dom 🙂

[@timosha21]

I'm a train and I approve this video!!!

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you 😊 😂

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Lovely buildings,nice size aswell

[@MiniatureRealms]

I was very impressed with them.

[@ratelmike8825]

Absolutely fantastic video. Your game mat looks tremendous with the buildings and a bit of trees. Dont apologise Stuart, i for one really enjoy these videos. Osprey books are incredibly useful and Im growing my collection as i continue my own Napoleonic obsession. Peninsular war is still my favourite theatre

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you for the kind words. I can see my Osprey collection getting quite large, I’m hoping I’ll get a few for Christmas.

[@ratelmike8825]

@@MiniatureRealms Indeed. Ive asked for the 3 volume of Osprey Waterloo series...

[@MiniatureRealms]

I need to get that one really, I like my old school one but I’m clearly missing out on a lot of details.

[@grahamfennell7081]

Loving the buildings may get some myself,like yourself busy at the moment 3 grandchildren, if I don't get the chance have a happy Xmas and New year 😀

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you Graham, hope you have a lovely Christmas and New year too.

[@paulbrockhurst8397]

That board, layout, lighting and backdrop look so good I subscribed myself! Beautiful setup.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you 😊

[@julianmhall]

Hi Stuart.. regarding some people not regarding Osprey books as a good source ... I agree with you.. shoemakers.. (I'm sure there's another word for them *innocent look*) Anyone painting / modelling isn't writing an academic paper on the subject. All that's /needed/ is basic information that can be easily and quickly accessed, and that's what Osprey books provide. Yes anyone /can/ spend days researching the ins and outs of a cat's wossname but it isn't /necessary to delve into that level of detail. Do I for example need to know the reasons for either world war to find out what colour uniforms were? Err... No :) Keep up the good work! :)

[@MiniatureRealms]

Absolutely! …and thank you 🙂

[@leonleese4919]

I typed chamfer (but it got altered) the base, I use 3mm hardboard because it’s cheap, also it’s textured on one side which gives a good key to filler or paint it and see how it looks. This makes the building look taller. The other thing is you are looking at the buildings from above, meaning height differences aren’t always that noticeable. I’ve not done any building construction for years but tall buildings with a smaller floor area isn’t new, Charles Grant Sr. Was making them in the 1960’s for use with his 30mm figures.

[@MiniatureRealms]

👍

[@andrewfuller9337]

Here's an idea for flags. The decoration at the top is called the finial. Cut the flagpole in such a way that the finial and part of the pole fit only the top quarter of the flag. Glue the flag around the top quarter beneath the finial, leaving the bottom of the flag as an empty tube. This can then be slid over the pole of the standard bearer. Hope this helps your flag dilemma. Really enjoy your videos for inspiration even though Napoleonics are not my thing (but ACW and WotR definitely are).

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you Andrew. Strangely enough this was my first idea with the flags, but didn’t go ahead with it with my first unit. I’ll need to sort more Finials, as I should end up with more flags than units in order for them to swap around. But I’ll likely do this, or have flags on pins (or a combination of the two).

[@MichaelAinge]

Size looks perfect for the scale of figures. Look forward to see the project progress once its all released

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you Michael

[@sagebrother]

Great video. Thanks for the heads up on the Empire At War buildings which look great and like you, I'm strapped for space and these look to fill the table well and go easy on the closet. Keep up the good work on the Napoleonics. Your painting list looks long!

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you 🙂 …the painting list is always long 🤣

[@walkaboutgamez2502]

Table is looking awesome I’m waiting for the mat to come back in stock 👍the geek villain roads are awesome

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you. I might have to grab a set of roads, my only worry is that I wouldn’t cut them neat enough.

[@walkaboutgamez2502]

@@MiniatureRealms they were easy to it with regular household scissors

[@Rusty_Gold85]

My god ironic . I had JTT roof tile sheets sitting in drawer for couple of years . Sat there doing nothing for ages and ages . Pull them out to drop onto some mdf houses I bought 2 days ago . Then your video features same kind of styrene sheet !!

[@MiniatureRealms]

I didn’t realise that Empires at War sold them separately when I was recording, makes such a difference to the buildings.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

@@MiniatureRealms they add the cherry on top . I will aimto get some of them in the future

[@davekitcat8061]

I liked your brief showing of the maps & units at Vitoria & Waterloo. Handy that at least Reille, Drouet (later D'Erlon) and Picton appear at both. Like you I prefer the Peninsular but my gaming group are more set for Waterloo, so an overlapping compromise is what I'm looking for. I'm currently painting up some Perry French at 28mm for a game next week.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you Dave. Yes dual purpose all the way, definitely helps keep things simple.

[@joken-actual]

Re the flag finials - that appear to be the size of a man’s head. I think I’ll chop them off my commands and just top the flag pole with gold paint. That way I can swap some flags around if I need to. Obviously I’ll be keeping the French eagle finials because they’ll have been ‘touched by Old Boney e-self, they have’ as Sergeant Harper might say?

[@MiniatureRealms]

Finial, that’s it, I couldn’t remember the name the other day. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of pinning my flags or something like that, another comment on this video has suggested it too, and it really makes sense I think.

[@Edward-Plantagenet]

I'm sold on those buildings I think. I thought I might hunt around for 10mm buildings BUT I play WW2 in 15mm too and those sets (they also have Normandy stuff) would be useable for that too, even better given that the footprint of Empires stuff seems reasonable. Saves having yet another buildings scale too. One of my favourite books for Peninsular is Uniforms of the Peninsular War from Blandford. OOP now I believe but great if you can get it. I have a few for Waterloo (inc the excellent 'Companion' book) along with a a couple of uniform guides. Staring to get my head round what divisions / brigades I'll do too. Picton's 8th for sure (to get the Highlanders in), 1st Div (Guards), 2nd Netherlands (to get some colour other than red in LOL), possibly 2nd KGL Brigade and also 2nd Inf Div / 3rd Brigade (for ranked 95th). Not easy to neatly just pick one division to get everything in but I'm quite happy with a bit of a mix and match as long as each of the battalions are identifiable as something.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Yes I love Empires of War, I think I may be returning to them soon for more generic stuff. I’ll check out that Blandford book, can never have too many sources.

[@KingMATTtheSuperior]

Those buildings look amazing! The project is coming along well! Great stuff!

[@MiniatureRealms]

Cheers Matt

[@NSYresearch]

Regarding the flags for multiple units ... why not replace the huge plastic flag staffs with metal, drilling out the hole for it to slide into allowing you to change when necessary

[@MiniatureRealms]

That’s a good idea, I’ve been thinking about something like this, it’s also something I can probably go back and do retrospectively as well as I’m going to end up with loads of those flag sheets, and will be ordering for else’s as well.

[@greywulfslair]

I'm impressed! They look terrific (especially with your weathering) and would work just as well for 15mm WWII wargaming in an Italian campaign too, or even certain parts of an ACW campaign at a pinch (especially that chapel). Brilliant set at a great price. Definitely something I've added to my wishlist.

[@MiniatureRealms]

They’re really nice aren’t they, and definitely great for WW2 as well.

[@NicolaiVE]

Very nice buildings. Note, you could always use small magnets for the roofs.

[@MiniatureRealms]

That’s a good idea, I’ll see which ones I have

[@mih2]

Top vid matey.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you 😊

[@squigs1917]

Great video, love those buildings and the layout is excellent - geek villain mats are excellent. As I think you’re aware I’m going to use DBN for large battles with 1 base to a battalion and I will mount flags on a small base to fit between the ranks so every base will have standards for a BP type battle I will scale it for a couple of regiments to represent a brigade which I find is a reasonable compromise but I shall wait until I can start laying units on the table. I’ve been printing buildings to 12mm figure scale but footprints of the farms etc are still surprisingly large which will certainly influence how I organise units for the battles. I will be doing Peninsula for certain following the Waterloo project.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you Graham. I like your plan, seems a really good way of getting the most out of those stands, they’re certainly flexible, and ‘look enough like a regiment’ by themselves to represent one.

[@johnclarke25]

Great video again,love the buildings and finished units,as I'm still only half way through the acw I'm not planning to rush into this just yet,epic,12mm,28mm,40mm and 54mm projects still on the go,I'm considering at this scale to use some acw stuff and the napolionic figures to do enough to do the alamo in this scale using a lot of the French for Mexican line and various acw to get the look of the texans, maybe more John Wayne than accurate,but brings back the days I did it with different airfix figures.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you John. I love that Alamo idea, would look fantastic!

[@joken-actual]

So it looks like we’re landing in the same spot at Waterloo. I want to place my British either side of the Brussels road north of Le Haye Sainte. That’ll give me units from Maitland, Halkett, Ompteda and Bylandt with Kempt and Pack to the west. I think this is the sweet spot because: 1. You get to fight around the iconic Le Hay Sainte (it’s a great value model too) and you can hint at Hougoumont or Papelotte with a few walls at the edge of the table. 2. You can fight D’Erlon, receive Ney and even face the Old Guard. 3. You’re at the centre of the Allied cavalry’s glorious start and crunchy end. 4. You’ll have the advantage (?) of fighting through some of the Prince of Orange’s more interesting tactical choices. 5. You can definitely model Wellington and have him steady the odd square when required. 6. You have a reason to buy the Prussians as they feed into your left flank later in the day. 7. Oh and I get to buy a French starter set plus the Old Guard brigade box to take it to the Allies.

[@MiniatureRealms]

This is exactly what I was thinking, but you’re way further along in your thinking/planning, I may have to pick your brains. You’ve mentioned the area of the battlefield you may be able to cover there, what size table at you planning?

[@vonketteringham]

Good vid 👍

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you 🙂

[@leonleese4919]

It’s a pity you can’t buy the command strips separately.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Yeah that would be really helpful, they did with the ACW release but I don’t think we will see the same for this one.

[@leonleese4919]

My old club in Stoke on Trent around 1985/6 started using buildings smaller than the model scale. ie. 25mm figures use 20mm buildings. or 20mm figures use 15mm buildings or 15mm figures use 10mm buildings or 10mm figures use 6mm. buildings Now we have an epic scale 12.5mm figures I will try 10mm buildings but 6mm buildings might well be OK. By using smaller scale for buildings then make a base a little larger than the building then chapter

[@MiniatureRealms]

Seems like a really sensible idea for maximising game space.

[@leonleese4919]

@@MiniatureRealms the reason is ground scale for Age of Eagles is 1 inch = 120 yards so Hugomont including grounds looks more like a cottage. They have fought Waterloo several times and at that scale it fits on a 12’ x 6’ table

[@mattcappelli5822]

Buildings look really good! I’d probably glue the roofs on, too. Can’t see myself needed to get inside the buildings. What size tufts did you use for the infantry? Trying to work out what materials I’ll need so I’ll be ready to go when I get my order. Haven’t done anything in 15 mm before

[@MiniatureRealms]

I’m using 2mm tufts, the ones on both my Epic ACW and Epic Napoleonics are from Warpaint Figures in the UK.

[@mattcappelli5822]

@@MiniatureRealms nice. Thanks. I’ll have to check those out. 2mm made sense. Wasn’t sure if I’ll do tufts or flock. Decisions, decisions!

[@waynezarycki903]

Great looking building and mat as well. What company makes that mat/map?

[@MiniatureRealms]

The mat is from GeekVillain in the Uk, I’ve got a few of their mats now, very impressed with them all.

[@halfblindbear]

where did you find the pictures of the KGL light battalions and the 95th rifles?

[@MiniatureRealms]

It’s been a while since I did this video so can’t remember what I shared in it now, but there’s a god uniform resource link in the show description.

[@halfblindbear]

@@MiniatureRealms lol, I'm an idiot, I over looked that link. Thank you for what you do

[@aledroberts6580]

Great video and impressed with the buildings, these seem good value and look great on the table :). I have pre-ordered the Warlord La Haye Sainte building, sandpit, roads and river sets. As I am planning on doing a table to use at the club on a 4x6 or could do up to 6x8. So looking forward to seeing if you do a outline of the forces like you did for Victoria. One question about the Geek Villain mats which one would you suggest for La Haye Sainte ? Thanks again for the time you put into making these videos :)

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you for watching Aled, I love doing them. I’ll definitely be picking up La Haye Sainte, undecided on the roads, but they do look good, good chance they will be a Sarissa Precision as well. Not sure for the Mat, there’s lots of different ‘mostly grass’ ones, I think I have a summer one, but as the weather was so bad before the battle, then I guess others would work too. I’d say take a browse and pick you’re favourite.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Cigar Box Battle Mats make a La Haye Saint Mat . I just got a Europe Mat and it has a very nice cloth

[@MiniatureRealms]

I might take a look at that, shipping from the US might be a killer though.

[@aledroberts6580]

@@Rusty_Gold85 thanks I will have a look :)

[@leonleese4919]

If your ground scale is 1 inch = 20 yards then that is 1 inch = 720 inches so your table which is a map of the battlefield has a scale 1/720th. That’s 10 X smaller than a 20mm figure. Epic figures 12.5mm scale but they take up no more tan a 10mm figure on the ground and the epic buildings are half that scale more or less. Black Powder is scaled at 1 figure = 20men but regiment size doesn’t match that because a 3 base Regiment is 60 figures in 2 ranks that’s 10 : 1 for 600 men so some thought has to be given to scales because if your map/table is one scale and your battalion should be 5 to 600 men then you can defend an area too easily with Too many figures.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you Leon, I’ll be giving some thought to this for sure. I won’t be ignoring ground and figure scale completely, I just meant I happy to be flexible, but I agree that I do want it to work as a game as well.

[@joshwrt2029]

Great trees! Where are they from? Thanks!

[@MiniatureRealms]

Most were from eBay, Chinese store so pretty cheap. A few are the N gauge sets that Warlord sell.

[@joshwrt2029]

@@MiniatureRealms thank you so much for the reply! Been painting up my first batch of Waterloo figs. Deffo need to jump to the zenithal contrast method if I stand a chance of finishing the start boxes!

[@Joshbond.]

Where did you get the trees from mate on your table or did you make them?

[@MiniatureRealms]

They’re just cheap ones from China, 60 for about £15, stuck on 2p’s. There’s a few others mixed in, but they’re not expensive ones.

[@Joshbond.]

@@MiniatureRealms Would you be able to share a link of where you got them from please?

[@MiniatureRealms]

I’m afraid it was too long ago now, I can’t find it I’m afraid, was just through eBay.

[@guillermosanchez9989]

Where did you buy that game mat?

[@MiniatureRealms]

It’s from a company called Geek Villian, it’s the Sicily one in fleece.

[@guillermosanchez9989]

@@MiniatureRealms thank you!

[@leonleese4919]

With age of Eagles 15 inches = one mile

[@MiniatureRealms]

Thank you 🙂