New Napoleonicist episode:

The Portuguese Army - The Forgotten Files!

Bob Burnham chats to me about the Holy Grail of documents of the performance of Portuguese troops during the Peninsular War which have lain forgotten in an archive for years.

https://t.co/GL22heGeCE

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Napoleonic French guard on the digital drawing board this morning.

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Divine Intervention (wind conveniently blowing out a burning fuse) saved a castle in germany from demolition by napoleonic troops, according to folk tales

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What is the best war game on the Napoleonic period?

Asking for a podcaster planning a month’s worth of war gaming content … 😉

Black powder by Warlord Games?
Napoleon Total War?
Waterloo 1815 Board game?
Hundred Days 20?

All just suggestions before anyone bites my head off!

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Yeah I guess you could say I'm into too...

Napoleonic Foreign Troops 😏

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Vernet's Dog of the Regiment Wounded, now in the Wallace collection. And "Poodles of the Napoleonic Wars" is one my special subjects....

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Dogs in Napoleonic paintings 🐶

“Two Grenadiers”/"sacré temps"

By Horace Vernet

*Are there anymore you know of??*

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Dogs in Napoleonic paintings 🐶

Dog licking plates at a sutler's tent by William Henry Pyne. (pub. 1797)

An important part of camp life, there are accounts of the bond between soldiers' and their dogs (often 'found') abroad.

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Dogs in Napoleonic paintings 🐶

Poor puppy.

Horace Vernet, The Dog of the Regiment Wounded, 1819 (P607).

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We have updated the product details for Napoleonic French Military Uniforms 1798-1814 to include a list of all the plates by by Horace and Carle Vernet and Eugène Lami that form its core content. View the list and order the book here: https://t.co/fvzHIu3mhw Some examples below.

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Heres some of their art, sourced form obscure sites:

You can see 30 pages of Napoleonic uniforms here: https://t.co/YVcwujOkcF

14 pages of obscure mid-19th century german uniforms (all Germanies!)
https://t.co/KYU0v19REv

(some) of his Herbert's work:
https://t.co/Z4uHBfuavH

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Most played of 2021:
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In 2022? I'll be playing 1815 that should be released soon, and ... 😏

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The Greatest Austrian Field Commander of the Napoleonic & Revolutionary Wars, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, who defeated Jourdan and Moreau during the former, repulsed Napoleon at Aspern in 1809 only to be defeated at Wagram the same year.

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So 2021 started with us deep into a virtual ACW SP campaign which of course meant some new ACW cavalry on the painting table. We then switched to a Napoleonic campaign with a what-if French invasion of England. And that led to some Napoleonics and sailors.

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Happy new year! Didn’t keep count but looking at this years posts I painted 300 infantry/artillery and 26 vehicles. Mostly WWII but also some Napoleonics. Next year I will move into 10mm and Warmaster!

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Christmas means glitz, and for many of us that means the flamboyance of Napoleonic Cavalry, and for many that means Marshal Murat the fairy on top of any Napoleonic Tree.

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Simpsons references in my Napoleonic flintlock fantasy military-slice-of-life? It's more likely than you think!

Lack of drawn texture means the linen and wool uniforms are visually identical...

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I just want you to know that all these people exist in the same universe. the fish people, levitating women, 9 foot tall grandmas with death gauntlets, anemic napoleonic war soldiers, psychic worms are all in the same storyline and trying to kill each other

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man i still love the look of a bavarian hussar from the napoleonic wars. that's an outfit you can really fuck in

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