The Les Higgins Project

 Having played most of my recent Napoleonic battles using the Command and Colors (C&C) rules, I have decided to try something new.  I like C&C a lot and my brother, nephew and I have spent a great deal of time over the years adjusting the rules to suit our needs. However, I wanted to play some games not using a hex based mat.  I think my aim is to try and relive some of the simple games that I played in my youth.  To that end, I have taken a look at the rules by Neil Thomas, which offer up small fast moving games that do not need a great deal of troops.

To fully adopt these rules requires some adjustment to force levels.  I did not want to start rebasing my existing armies, so, over the past few months I have been accumulating 25mm figures by Les Higgins.  Units consist of 16 foot figures, eight light and 12 cavalry. I am going for British and a French armies (as they are the only figures produced by Les Higgins).  Most of the figures have come from a collection sold on eBay, but I have also had some very generous donations from friends.

I started working on the French army, which for a bit of colour will include some German units.  I would like to stick to Les Higgins figures, but some figures seem hard to find, especially French cavalry, although I now have lots of lancers. As an interim I have used some plastic figures to make up numbers.

Here are the first of the French coalition army:

Grenadiers:

French light infantry

Saxon line infantry

Saxon light infantry

French Guard Lancers

There are more French on the way, as well as a number of British units.