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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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
    Operation Z or planning Operation AI: constructing the Kido Batai (1) - Preparations for recreating the attack on Pearl Harbor in miniature have begun apace; a slow one!Fun with 'pagodas'. The Kongo-class had these crazy-tall s...
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      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
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  • 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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    2 months ago
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  • Torgau Project
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    The Brilliance of Waterloo (1970) - ''In this deep dive, I explore the brilliance of Sergei Bondarchuk’s Waterloo — from its epic scale and historical accuracy to the powerhouse performanc...
    3 months ago
  • late roman figurines 1/72
    Le siège de Rome 537 - La production de figurines, malgré les progrès immenses de l’impression 3D, est étrangement en déclin. Cela s’explique évidemment aussi par la guerre en Uk...
    3 months ago
  • Service Ration Distribution (Hobby)
    1944: Putot Canadian Counter Attack. - Canada played a massive roll in the 2nd World War and it has been under-played and underappreciated because Hollywood gives the impression that it was a ...
    3 months ago
  • General Reeve
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  • HintonHull
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    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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    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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  • 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...
    2 years ago
  • 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
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    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...
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  • 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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    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
  • Towards a 54mm Waterloo Wargame
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    6 years ago
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    6 years ago
  • Michael's 1/72 Figuren
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  • collect and paint figures 1:72
    Hät 8115 -Polish Infantry - W W 2 -
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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...
    8 years ago
  • Gowan's 1/72scale projects and crazy ideas
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    8 years ago
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    10 years ago
  • The Plastic Pelisse
    Second World War comparisons on "World War 20mm" - Piers Brand has recently posted a side by side shot of several figures painted in his inimitable style. They represent a number of different 20mm metal ma...
    11 years ago
  • 1/72 Ancient Wargames
    The Ancient Greeks - After a long while plaing with bronze age, we had a game with Greeks defending their homeland: The zvezda figures are great But see those old Atlantic wi...
    11 years ago
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    1 year ago
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    2 years ago
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    2 years ago
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    3 years ago
  • wargamerabbit
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    4 years ago
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    4 years ago
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    5 years ago
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    5 years ago
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    5 years ago
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    5 years ago
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    6 years ago
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    6 years ago
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    7 years ago
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    7 years ago
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    7 years ago
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    8 years ago
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    8 years ago
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    9 years ago
  • Campaign of Nations
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    9 years ago
  • NAPOLEONIC-SPAIN-MINIATURES
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    9 years ago
  • NapoleonsHQ
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    9 years ago
  • Vive L'Empereur!
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    10 years ago
  • So much to wargame...so little time (or money)
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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
  • Napoleonic Military Modelling
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    11 years ago
  • NAPOLEONIC WARGAMING
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    12 years ago
  • La Belle Alliance
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    12 years ago
  • 10mm Napoleonics
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    12 years ago
  • Napoleon in Russia
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    12 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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