Bonaparte

Napoleon and his army

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I've stopped updating this thread, please go

here for following the evolution of my French army!

Napoleon has its regiments of line infantry ready in formation.

Behind the first line is a reserve regiment waiting for the emperors orders.

The elite cavalry is also ready to attack and waiting without patience for the battle to start.

Behind the second line is Napoleons most feared weapon: The old guard.

When they are ordered to the battlefield, the enemy knows they must retreat or be destroyed.

Note: This thread already has a rich history and I've been adding updates and new pictures in the first post.

UPDATE 15/01/2007:

Some new pictures of my army as it looks today:

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170x imperial line infantry (10 are not in the pictures and will become part of the 9th regiment of the line)

20x imperial light infantry

20x old guard grenadiers

12x cuirassier (heavy cavalry)

6x artillery

7x officer

8x non-commissioned officer

2x imperial band

1x mameluke guard

1x napoleon

Total manpower: 247

UPDATE 15/08/2006:

The army as it was some months ago...

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Click on the thumbs to see the larger pictures:

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100x imperial line infantry

20x imperial light infantry

20x old guard grenadiers

11x cuirassier (heavy cavalry)

6x artillery

6x officer

2x imperial band

1x mameluke guard

1x napoleon

The first pics: 22/06/2006:

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Aye Carumba! That's more Imperial Blue Coats than I've got! This is an outrage but it is wonderful to see the collection of others! Some close ups of Napoleon would be good! Actually close ups of any of the customised mini-figures would be good!

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Ahhhhh!!! Mr Oo7 has raised an interesting query - from which origins did you amass such a fine army and approximlately how much did it cost you?

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You are right about the colour guard. I'm going to add some Mameluke guards for Napoleon. I hope that by the end of the year my french army will be completly ready. In parallel I have started to build a british army. Already have 21 soldiers and 3 officers. I buy the minifigs on Bricklink, ebay, some markets with old lego. Costs a lot of money *wacko* (like every hobby). The average price for 1 soldier is about $4 - $5. Also the cavalry helmets and muskets are not very cheap.

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Tks for the heads up ;-)

What really interests me is the battle in question: did you do a typo in your title ? Did you mean the battle of I

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I buy the minifigs on Bricklink, ebay, some markets with old lego. Costs a lot of money *wacko* (like every hobby). The average price for 1 soldier is about $4 - $5. Also the cavalry helmets and muskets are not very cheap.

Yeah, I've noticed the price of one soldier is about US$4-$5 and sometimes even more - especially in my part of the world, they usually sell quite well. But in France and Belgium I've seen actions for 5 Imperial Guards sell for under US$10 which is phenomonally cheap.

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I chose the battle of Jena because it was won by Napoleon.

In my timeline the battle of Waterloo never took place ;-) .

Don't want to see my army defeated.

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Indeed bonaparte,

But the Emperor did win many famous battles in Italy (Montenotte, Arcole & Rivoli), Egypte (Pyramides, Aboukir (on land), Mont Thabor & Marengo), Austria (Ulm & Austerlitz - what Trafalgar ?), Prussia (I

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Nice army. Hopefully you are finding a few good deals and can get them cheaper than $4 a piece.

I am interested to see a battle scene with these troops in action. That would be great.

Though this isn't the largest imperial army I have scene it is a big one and the custom leaders are looking great. Having remembered the all the important portions to this army makes this a better one than any large I have seen also.

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Wow this is fantastic... I cant say much on this subject since its not a build, but its an awsome collection and a good way to introduce yourself to EB! Enjoy it here.

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I hope that by the end of the year my french army will be completly ready. In parallel I have started to build a british army. Already have 21 soldiers and 3 officers.

Exactly how big is this "French" army going to be and how big is it now? Or to be more precise: How many blue coat mini-figures do you have?

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Thats a good Phesic question here ;-)

The Napoleon troops were always outnumbered, therefore, the British army needs to be at least 2 or 3 times superior ;-)

Also as for the scenery of the Battle of Jena, you need a nice plateau with grapes ;-)

Also since the slope was too steep, the army attacked WITHOUT the artillery at 6am when the Prussians were not that awake at that time.

*yoda*

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You know French and Grapes...

The fun part is that the grapes did hide the French progression upwards hehe (when we don't drink it, we use it !!). And the artillary finally managed to climb the slope during the battle !!

Maybe this can help you if you want to recreate that famous battle ;-) I will also add some pics ;-)

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Hope that helped ;-)

*yoda*

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You know French and Grapes...

The fun part is that the grapes did hide the French progression upwards hehe (when we don't drink it, we use it !!).

Do you this kind of thing regularly, Armada Yoda?

iena.jpg

Hope that helped ;-)

Yes it has helped immensly! I've been saying all along the blue in those uniforms is too dark and there is too much red so the blue coat mini-figures can't be French!

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Phes,

Do I what ?? You forgot one word (what infinitive verb do you wish to add ;-) ) in your previous post.

Also, if you want I'll be looking for better pics tonight and post them here :-)

*yoda*

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Since this is a Pirate Forum, weren't a lot of the Caribbean colonies Dutch? Like Maracabaibo, Cura

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We've seen Spanish, English and French armies, but they've completely ignored the Dutch.

that's not true, check out this faily recent hot topic and this recent thead, a predecessor of the last one.

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Phes,

Do I what ?? You forgot one word (what infinitive verb do you wish to add ;-) ) in your previous post.

Also, if you want I'll be looking for better pics tonight and post them here :-)

DO would be that verb, Armada Yoda, and it appears to be past my bed time! Yes, I'd be most interested to see other pictures, particularly of the uniforms so I can observe the differences to the British uniform. However, I think the images I have in the other thread already highlights the differences but more images is always good!

Since this is a Pirate Forum, weren't a lot of the Caribbean colonies Dutch? Like Maracabaibo, Cura

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And now Tortuga belongs to Venezuela.

And I talked about "ignoring the Dutch", I was mainly talking about Lego sets, not MOC's.

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Yes, there are a couple of topics about how The LEGO Company neglected representing the Dutch in a sub-theme. Go searching for them if you want and you may find some interesting infromation...

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A most impressive collection of soldiers...if I only had the money ; )

God Bless,

Nathan

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I thought I had a lot of bluecoats.

That is a real nice army there, especially on the intimidation factor haha. How long did it take to come up with those silver helmets for the cavalry?

Sean

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