The Chauvinistic Blog

A deliberately tongue-in-cheek title for a blog dedicated to the Napoleonic era, from the point of view of a Napoleonic history 'buff' and wargamer. "Reddition d'Ulm, 20 octobre 1805" from Wikimedia Commons

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Historic wargames

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Battle of Abensberg (north), 20th April 1809


Scenario based on north of Battle of Eckmühl, 22nd April 1809


Scenario based on action around Laichling, 22nd April 1809


Battle of Salamanca, 22nd July 1812


Battle of Liebertwolkwitz, 14th October 1813

Initial report, Conclusion, Umpire's report & conclusion


Battle of Quatre Bras, 16th June 1815


Naval

 Battle of Cape Finisterre, 22nd July 1805

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  • Solo Slow Wargaming
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    Hougoumont at 1:3 scale - a late report - *West Country Hougoumont* There were such a lot of photos on this game that it took me over 18 months to get round to doing a proper report on my blog. Ja...
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  • Obfuscation
    This is the second 'rant' post in a week. I shan't make a habit of it, I promise. This blog should be about figures, books, his...
  • Great Wargaming Survey 2025
      Jonathan over at Palouse Wargaming Journal alerted me that the 2025 edition of this questionnaire is now open. I am a serial 'data po...
  • Book review: l'Infanterie de ligne 1796–1810 by André Joineau and Jean-Marie Mongin
    I love uniform books ; especially Napoleonic and particularly about the French army (doubt that I am alone in that amongst readers of this b...
  • Developing the love of two
    French 9e cuirassiers at two scales. A few comments on my recent 'update' post lead me to check when I first purchased some 2 mm fi...
  • Battle of Cape Finisterre, 22nd July 1805
    Yesterday Julian hosted a fine naval game , the culmination of months of recent planning and testing of the rules , based on the Battle of C...

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Solo Wargaming

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1/72 (20 mm,; 1/32 blogs and more

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    Christmas - * Wishing all dear friends a safe and peaceful Christmas, whoever and wherever you may be.*
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    'Hammer of Democracy' Christmas bash #2 - My nephew, a burgeoning wargamer, came over for a Christmas game. Now, little did I know that he has been receiving education in 'Advanced Squad Leader'...
    2 days ago
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    1914 Belgians - part 3 - Cavalry involved yet more head swaps. These chaps began life as Italeri ACW troopers which with a 'paint conversion' served in my fictional Balkan-sty...
    2 days ago
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    25cm Airfix WW2 clones - £8 to £9 for 50 tiny warped flashy Airfix copies doesn’t seem much of a good deal but they are very colourful. Supposedly 2.5cm tall Product blurb – “Are y...
    3 days ago
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    Tripods & Triplanes: The End of a Year Game. - It was the last game of the year, so it didn’t need to be serious. We were in a scenario featuring Tripods and Triplanes, imagining a Martian invasion of...
    3 days ago
  • Battle Game of the Month
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    3 days ago
  • Noigrim's Hobby
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  • waterloo-miniatures
    Méthode pour Figurines papier pas à pas(1) - Aujourd'hui, je vous propose ma méthode pour réaliser des "figurines de papier". Tout d'abord vous devrez imprimer un Pdf de chez Paperboys sur votre impri...
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  • Bydand
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    Février 1813 deux frégates s'engagent sur l'Océan au 1/700 -
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    3 months ago
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    Bashkir Cossacks. Art Miniaturen 1/72. - These took a little longer to complete than anticipated, mainly because each figure in reality had to be painted with individual colours and markings. They...
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  • Military Macro
    Police + - Some more of the 3D printed figures, some are the Mexican Federal again while others are USA Law Enforcement…and a few ‘bad guys’ at the end. As before, pa...
    3 months ago
  • Waterloo to Mons
    Poor Old Picton... - On Thursday I played a marvellous wargame at Stryker's "Hinton Hut" using his magnificent collection of vintage 20mm figures. The refight of Waterloo ca...
    4 months ago
  • Philotep's 1/72 Orcs Kingdom
    Basing before packing... - ... Then moving! Within two months, I will be away. Not very far, less than 5 km from here, but we have a lot of stuff to move, including several thousa...
    4 months ago
  • Tom's Miniatures in 1/72
    Orysia and her Owtscherka / Freedom for Ukraine 1/72 - My new 3D-Miniatures for to support an ukrainian NGO for the feed and medical service from streetdogs in Cherkassy
    4 months ago
  • Rod's Wargaming
    New Model Army Completed - As described in a recent post. i have decided to create a wargame setup for The New Nodel Army and the Scottish Army,, based on the Orbats for the Battle o...
    4 months ago
  • Torgau Project
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  • late roman figurines 1/72
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  • Service Ration Distribution (Hobby)
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    Re-basing , the curse of the hobby. - After a few test games I've decided that individually based artillery crew figures just to make it easier to record damage is a bit of a pain, so I'm re...
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  • My Metal Meneken
    THE BATTLE OF OF STALLUPONEN AND GUMBINNEN - 17TH- 20TH OF AUGUST 1914 - Again WW1 but this time 6mm! and the home made rules "Bloodbath" I call them (working title). And the opening fights leading to the Russian disaster at T...
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  • Stan's Armée 1/32 54mm Napoleonic plastic soldiers
    Stansarmee is back! And never left... Let's catch up! Hat 1/32 American Civil War prototypes Marching set 1 and 2 painted in the summer of 2024 - ACW marching set 1 and 2 prototypes A small and fun commission for HaT Industries that I received mid-June last year. After a long hiatus, I am ba...
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  • Umpapa's blog about games
    1:72 / 20 mm pulp interwar imagi-nation Sultanate of Hatay cavalry - HaT 8289 Colonial Bengal Lancers - Hello after a long break. Today I would like to show cavalry of Hatay Sultanate, the continuation of my old project shown here. Witam po dłuższej przerwie...
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  • Sceavus_all_1/72
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    1 year ago
  • A Fist Full of Plastic
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    New Fantasy sets from Alliance - I know, I havent been active for..???..a long time but I keep looking at what´s going on in the world of bods..and today I found these.....Apparently the...
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  • plastic general
    Tallarn - Tallarn troops for the Imperium!! these are 3d scans of the original metal miniatures I got from a friendly guy on facebook. scaled down to 20mm scale.
    2 years ago
  • Toy Soldier Chest
    THE ZENGIDS Seljuk Cavalry Painted Strelets figures miniatures 1/72 25mm medieval arab nomadic crusades wargaming - At last I manage to finish some project, fully, succesfully and completely! I wanted to paint something, and hence I gave a look at my various boxes. Th...
    3 years ago
  • Avon Napoleonic Fellowship
    Book and Figure Review: Images of War: Fallschirmjäger: German Paratroopers - 1937–1941 & 1942–1945, by François Cochet and Airfix 1/32 German Paratroops - In two volumes François Cochet outlines the history of the German fallschirmjäger in the Second World War, deftly combining brief chapters of text with a m...
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  • MOP - MAD ON PLAYMOBIL
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  • The Lone S Ranger
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  • Heroes of the 54mm Empire
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  • Vintage Wargaming
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  • Duncan´s 20mm Colonial Modelling
    Camel Corps continued... - Back to my hobby...apologies for not posting sooner...job...work and all that stuff...plus breaking my wrist in 8 places...nice! So to kick off a new era....
    6 years ago
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    6 years ago
  • military modeling in scale 1/72
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    6 years ago
  • Michael's 1/72 Figuren
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  • collect and paint figures 1:72
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  • A Wash Of Bourbon
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  • PLASTIC WARRIORS
    WIP: German Calvary - While things have been quiet on the posting front, things have actually been limping along in the background. Most of my efforts have been going on label...
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  • Gowan's 1/72scale projects and crazy ideas
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  • The Plastic Pelisse
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    11 years ago
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    2 years ago
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    7 years ago
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    8 years ago
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    9 years ago
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    10 years ago
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    10 years ago
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    10 years ago
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    10 years ago
  • Großbeeren 1813
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    10 years ago
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    11 years ago
  • NAPOLEONIC WARGAMING
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    12 years ago
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    12 years ago
  • 10mm Napoleonics
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    12 years ago
  • Napoleon in Russia
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    13 years ago
  • Sole Member of the Napoleonic Connoisseur's Club
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    13 years ago
  • Les Grognards "Napoleonic Military History"
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    13 years ago
  • Wargames Napoleonicos Napoleonic Wargames
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    15 years ago
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