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Thursday, June 9, 2022

Tired of French Cavalry?

Not yet!  French cavalry for the SYW project continues to muster out from the painting desk.  Another two squadrons are fielded for the growing French horse contingent.  This time, the dozen troopers are from cavalry regiment Bourbon-Busset.  Figures are Eureka Miniatures.

Having recently fielded both Bourbon and Bourbon-Busset cavalry regiments, is it a coincidence that David from Not by Appointment has created flags for these two, very regiments?  I think there is no coincidence but only David can answer this puzzle.  Another excellent set of flags from David by the way.  When I am ready to print off another flagsheet, I will be sure to include these fine works.  
More French cavalry squadrons are working their way through the production queue.  My immediate goal is to reach seven BMUs for a planned WAS game.  By my count, Bourbon-Busset is #4 in this process.  More than halfway to the goal!  Perhaps I ought to announce which regiments are in work so that David can get to work?  Just kidding, David.

Some thoughts this week have returned to examining the data within The Great Wargaming Survey.  Having defined Primary Wargaming Interest as either "Historical","Mixed", or "Fantasy/SciFi" I wonder if my original splits along the Historical to Fantasy/Sci-Fi continuum actually are backed-up by the data.  To answer that question (and a few more), I examine Primary Interest by Favorite Wargaming Periods.  If anything interesting pops out from the analysis, I will offer up a report-out.  Even if the results are not interesting, I suspect a report will still be forthcoming.

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50 comments:

  1. Neil ScottJune 9, 2022 at 12:57 AM

    Another fine looking regiment. You're making great progress on these

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  2. Phil RobinsonJune 9, 2022 at 1:17 AM

    A grand addition to the French cavalry arm Jonathan. Bourbon-Busset sounds like it could be an apple variety 🙂

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 9, 2022 at 5:25 AM

      Thanks! “Bourbon-Busset” sounds like a cocktail too!

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  3. rrossJune 9, 2022 at 3:19 AM

    Lovely paint work as always Jon and what a coincidence that the flags became available for the previous regiments .....LOL!

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  4. PeterJune 9, 2022 at 3:46 AM

    Good looking figures as usual. You fit quite a few figures on a base.

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 9, 2022 at 5:27 AM

      Thanks, Peter. For this project, I pack the battle cavalry in knee-to-knee.

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  5. Michal DwarfCryptJune 9, 2022 at 7:13 AM

    Beautiful work again sir!

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  6. JeffersJune 9, 2022 at 8:43 AM

    Tire of French cavalry? I didn’t think that was possible…

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  7. Aly MorrisonJune 9, 2022 at 8:57 AM

    Very nice indeed Jonathan…
    To paraphrase Dr Samuel Johnson… When a man is tired of French Cavalry, he is tired of life.

    All the best. Aly

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  8. AnonymousJune 9, 2022 at 9:08 AM

    Zut alors! Keep up the good work Jon. How many units are you planning to do?
    Chris/Nundanket

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 9, 2022 at 9:29 AM

      Chris, short-term goal is to field seven French cavalry BMUs so refighting WAS Bassignana is a possibility. Long-term? Is there an upper bound?

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  9. pancerniJune 9, 2022 at 1:27 PM

    If you keep painting them, we will come. :-)

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  10. Lawrence HJune 9, 2022 at 1:35 PM

    More lovely French cavalry Jonathan. I'd love to do the SYW as the uniforms really do look spectacular.

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 9, 2022 at 2:03 PM

      Thank you! At the rapid rate at which you field vast armies, why not dive into SYW?

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    2. Lawrence HJune 9, 2022 at 5:24 PM

      It is very tempting, but I have around forty armies ahead of me in the pile and dare no add to them. I can see myself now started to make an actual impact on the pile and fear that adding any more at this stage would have a demotivating effect.

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    3. Jonathan FreitagJune 9, 2022 at 7:05 PM

      I understand. Forty armies? Unimaginable.

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  11. StewJune 9, 2022 at 3:53 PM

    I won’t tire of the French Cav if you don’t tire of my Dark Ages…Deal? 😀😀

    And I always find survey data discussions interesting!

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 9, 2022 at 7:05 PM

      Deal!

      Glad you find the survey analyses interesting. With your encouragement, I will on.

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  12. Steve J.June 9, 2022 at 11:33 PM

    Lovely cavalry as always and look forward to seeing these with David's flags. I too like the analysis that you undertake, so will be interested to see what you find from the survey for us.

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 10, 2022 at 4:29 AM

      Thanks, Steve! Hopefully, the next slice of analysis will be of interest.

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  13. david in suffolkJune 10, 2022 at 12:41 AM

    How could we tire of such splendid stuff? They look great! It may be heresy but I prefer the look of the 7YW/WAS to Napoleonics. Clearly the influence of Charles Grant at an early age..

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 10, 2022 at 4:35 AM

      David, this is exactly the positive reinforcement needed to forge ahead. I think I may prefer painting SYW over Napoleonics.

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  14. fireymonkeyboyJune 10, 2022 at 3:51 AM

    Excellent cavalry, and I'll look forward to the report. I seem to recall a pretty strong correlation between age and primary interest in the past. Be curious to see if that holds.

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 10, 2022 at 4:45 AM

      Thanks, Markus! Your recollection on the relationship between Primary Interest and Age is correct. This time, I approach Primary Interest from a different perspective by examining period choices across the interest spectrum.

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  15. George AndersonJune 10, 2022 at 4:40 AM

    Another winner Jonathan.

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  16. RichardJune 11, 2022 at 1:19 AM

    Splendidly arrayed cavalry Jonathan.

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  17. caveadsum1471June 11, 2022 at 5:34 AM

    Excellent looking cavalry and I look forward to your data analysis!
    Best Iain

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 11, 2022 at 5:45 AM

      Happy you approve, Iain! Next installment of data analysis coming up soon.

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  18. DeanMJune 11, 2022 at 7:16 AM

    Another fine regiment of Bourbon cavalry, Jonathan!

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  19. Ray RousellJune 11, 2022 at 10:44 AM

    Another damn fine looking unit, keep 'em coming I say!

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  20. Mark StrachanJune 11, 2022 at 10:57 AM

    One can never tire of seeing cavalry Jonathan. Another fine unit.

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 11, 2022 at 11:13 AM

      Very good to know! There are still several more cavalry regiments in the painting queue.

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  21. Mike VellaJune 11, 2022 at 3:01 PM

    Tired? Never!

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  22. JenniferJune 11, 2022 at 4:45 PM

    Lovely figures. Hope I can get in a virtual game with 'em!

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 11, 2022 at 6:16 PM

      Thanks, Jennifer! I expect the game table will have Franco-Austrian armies out until end of June. July may see a return to either WAS or SYW battles. I will put out a call for remote players once a scenario is in place.

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  23. GonsalvoJune 12, 2022 at 6:42 PM

    I concur; they look lovely, and never too many! :-)

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  24. Amtmann B.June 16, 2022 at 1:31 PM

    Did I forgot to write here? Is it possible, that there are other uniforms (white with red cuffs) on the internet too?

    Great unit nevertheless.

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    1. Jonathan FreitagJune 16, 2022 at 1:37 PM

      It is possible that you did not comment but you have now so thank you!

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