Golgotha's Napoleonic - Fistful of Lead - Horse and Musket Game in 1/32nd using Del Prado miniatures

 Herewith, a Napoleonic - Fistful of Lead - Horse and Musket Game in 1/32nd (57mm) using Del Prado miniatures. French versus Russians. We all perhaps have a few Del Prado and or large scale miniatures lying around often merely for display purposes so why not get them wargaming too. Fistful of Lead here seems to fit the bill well for a small-scale skirmish using large-scale miniatures. 

The scenario saw some cavalry engagement as the French were looking for somewhere to spend the night and so wanted to do some reconnaissance of a barn while the Russians were looking out for any French presence in the area. 

Using such large miniatures certainly makes the table look very small so space for such a game could potentially be an issue. The barn here is an old toy and is a rather nice piece - would of course look better painted. More on the trees can be seen here:

https://frictionbmcminiatures.blogspot.com/2020/04/golgothas-model-trees.html

The Russian force, considering whether burning the barn and enacting their scorched earth policy will be best here and deny the French any respite. 

The miniature on the left below is actually an old Airfix model, a Polish Lancer and therefore not a Russian but for the purposes of this game, he worked. I picked him up second hand and I have another unbuilt - so I want to make that one and touch up this one given how much my son and I enjoyed this game. 

The French at this point of the campaign are seemingly still in good order, but they do want somewhere to spend the night...

The barn looks cosy...

I made a dice tray out of an old frame and sprayed it a metallic gold colour works well. 

This chap died in the battle a shot to his back whilst he was retreating - not very heroic. 

The trumpeter likewise got it in the back - twice in fact once with a sword and lastly a death blow with a musket ball. Ordinarily, in the rules, miniatures have a 360-degree rule, but it made sense with the attacks in this game to have a rear to the miniatures. The game effectively got my 8-year old into Napoleonic gaming and he loved the game and is excited that Fistful of Lead can be used for a number of settings. He won as the French. 

The stats and traits used included some made-up traits and house rules - essentially all distances and ranges doubled to reflect the difference in scale and then the trumpeter could inspire his side to move an additional 2 inches and then lances had a combat charge bonus.