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How much is this set?

Marshals of France Generic Marshal: Murat: Poniatowski: Coming next:British colonial troops. I'll be doing regular soldiers, officers, cavalry and artillery in red and tan, also sepoys, bengal lancers, australian cavalry and some other things. I'll also take requests.

I like them. They make good Belgic shakos, while the regular Lego ones are good for Stovepipe shakos.

I'm fine with the shakos just being the same as Lego ones. I can paint the plumes or stick on badges or cords if I want.

Indeed they are, as well as khaki versions for Omdurman and the Boer War.

Zouave uniform really didn't change much when it was used, and so the Zouave and Turco uniforms are suitable for the mid-1840s up to the start of WW1. The other bodies are "classic" FFL uniforms for North Africa, and date from 1870 to some point in the early 20th century. EDIT: I'll do some marshals next. That picture is an odd one, for every source I have says marshals wore blue. I'll do a generic marshal body, and some specific ones for Poniatowski, Murat and anyone else who deviated noticeably from the standard uniform. EDIT TWO: Here are some periods I know enough about to cover; what would people like?: American Civil War Franco-Prussian War Crimean War Seven Years' War (or French and Indian War for you Americans) American Revolutionary War Great Northern War Italian Wars of Independence British colonial wars Boxer Rebellion

French Foreign Legion Trooper: Junior officer: Senior officer: Zouave: Turco: Coming next: Maybe Franco-Prussian war. I need some ideas.

Woody64's already done some Austrians. I wanted to do some Ottomans, but I currently don't have enough information. But I'll get back to them later.

I look forward to seeing them.

The Cazadores were Portugal's equivalent of the Rifles, and distinguished themselves in many battles. Trooper: Officer: Now, I did say I'd be doing cavalry for Jena next, but I'm finding it difficult to get information on this subject, so I'm leaving it for the moment. Aside from this, this is the Napoleonic wars finished, really. Coming next: French Foreign Legion

I'll get on it in a few days. I have all the reference material I need. UPDATE: by "a few days" I meant "a few minutes" Czar Alexander I:

Spain: Note: Spain played a fairly minor role in the Peninsula, so, unless people want anything else, I'm going to touch on it very lightly. This also applies for Portugal, which is coming up next. Infantry officer: Infantry: Dragoon officer: Dragoon: Musician: Coming next: Portugese Cazadores, Prussian cavalry for Jena-Austerdt

Little update: Napoleon in his "other" uniform sans coat: avec coat: Pierre Bezhukov (hero of Voyna i mir) Coming next: Spanish infantry and cavalry, Portugese cazadores, Prussian cavalry for Jena-Austerdt

The Mamelukes' uniform was red trousers, a sort of red fez with a white turban around it, like Zouaves would later wear, a shirt of red, green, yellow or blue, and a waistcoat of red or yellow above it, and a blue sash above that. They carried scimitars and pistols. Although you used a brown head for your Roustam, most Mamelukes were from metropolitan France, especially later on when the number of Egyptians thinned out.

Russia: Infantry: Light infantry -1805 Light infantry 1812-1814: Officer of infantry: Pavlov Grenadier: Guard cossack: Officer of guard cossacks: Trumpeter of guard cossacks: Dragoon: Uhlan: Hussar: Cuirassier: Mounted jaeger: Senior officer: To Bonaparte: Thanks for putting all my designs in the library. However, I'd be very grateful if you could move my Brunswick lieb body from the British to the Brunswick section. To Norrington: I must apologise, but I've never tried to do faces before, and I just couldn't make one that looked good. I apologise. coming next: War and Peace, Spanish infantry and cavalry, Portugese cazadores

Little Wars Is a book written by H. G. Wells for "players in an inferior social position. It can be played by boys of every age from twelve to one hundred and fifty--and even later if the limbs remain sufficiently supple--by girls of the better sort, and by a few rare and gifted women." It is a set of excellent wargaming rules, and is available at http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/ltwrs11.txt. Reading over this, I noticed that great emphasis is placed on the use of cannons that actually fire. Now, I have no firing cannons for my historical models, and, even if I did, I wouldn't want to fire things at them for fear of damaging them. I then realised that Lego is the perfect thing to use for this game. It makes cannons which fire, and Lego figures will hardly break if you hit one of them with a 1x1 cylinder! So here is an unusual idea for Lego wargaming, and I hope to try it at some point. Also, here is a picture of the man himself enjoying a battle:

That's a great story there. Which reminds me, I really need to play Cossacks 2 again! Also, when I was in Les Invalides, I saw Napoleon's coat, and he really wasn't that small. The confusion comes from the fact that his height is five foot four in French feet, which corresponds to something larger in English feet, but most people take the figure as five English feet four. He was actually taller than the average Frenchman. He surrounded himself with his Old Guard, who towered over him, though, making him seem small. Also, his nickname was "the little corporal". This did not mean he was physically small, but that he got on well with his soldiers, but this has been misunderstood frequently. The Russians are coming soon, also.

Skaforhire: Waterloo is in english. Voyna i mir is strange. Some of it is French with subtitles, some is Russian with subtitles, some is dubbed with English and some is Russian with no subtitles. I really don't know why. Bonaparte: There's no problem with the armies. They are in fact the biggest amount of soldiers ever assembled on screen. I have no idea about the acting, as none of it's in English, but nothing stands out as being particularly bad. As for how I got interested, it was seeing Waterloo on TV many years ago. I already wargamed, for WW2, so it was easy enough to get some Napoleonic models, and things went on from there.

My apologies. By extras, I mean all the fellows who dress up and stand around the crowd scenes. The DVD isn't really worth getting. I had the pleasure of going to Les Invalides last year. Seeing Napoleon's Hat and Coat was the highlight. As for War and Peace, I refer to 1968's Voyna I Mir.

Apologies for veering off topic, but can I ask you all how you got interested in the Napoleonic period? For me, it was the film Waterloo. Bonaparte, may I ask if you've seen it? There really is nothing like it nowadays. The scale is literally incomprehensible. This picture should give you some idea of the scale: It really can be described as epic, with around 20,000 extras. However, this is nothing compared to War and Peace which I picked up last year. The moxt expensive film ever made, and has excellent scenes of Austerlitz and Borodino. The film is eight hours long, and Borodino takes up almost a quarter of that, and features 120,000(!) extras.

Those look very nice, but I don't recognise the one on the left. Is it a French Grenadier?

Thanks. I look forward to seeing this figure. No more torsos for you, but I've just realised that Austerlitz Russians are the same as Borodino Russians torso-wise, which helps. So, with them done, I can move onto Spanish and Portugese torsos, and, after that, the Napoleonic Wars is done, and almost any battle can now be recreated, unless anybody wants some torsos for the minor German states. What era would Eurobricks like me to cover next?

I'm not seeing much love for the one-arm idea, so: Admiral Horatio Nelson: Coming next: Russians for Austerlitz

To Phred: What I meant was would you like Nelson like in the second picture, with one of his sleeves attatched to his jacket, and you use a one-armed figure, representing Nelson later on in his career after the loss of his arm, or just a regular body for his earlier battles? To Norrington: I've never tried heads before, but I'll give it a shot. Order of doing things: Nelson, Russians, Face

How many arms would you like? I can do a regular body, or one with a sleeve pinned to the jacket.