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Journals of 1809

by: Michael Scott

After a Napoleonic reading fest over Christmas 2011 the Napoleonic bug struck again. Collections of Napoleonic figures had been piling up over the years: 28mm and 25mm figures, 15mm, 6mm, 20mm, and even 54mm. They went back a long way: 20mm Airfix plastic figures won me a Napoleonic wargames competition at the tender age of twelve; I even bought my first Napoleonic 25mm metal miniature when they retailed for less than 5p. Despite the mass of troops already available, I had been on the lookout for a good range of Napoleonic 10mm figures for a while. Another visit to 10mm specialist Pendraken’s website convinced me to make a fresh start with their new 1809 range – and the new year saw the birth of (yet another) new project!