It’s just that there has been so little to talk about given Hat Industrie’s failure to produce their Austrian sets, and the scarcity of many other critical figure types.
Yes I have bought the odd set, typically either a find on EBay or one of the online shops I regularly check, and very occasionally regular sets where I find a need.
Not going to lie; it’s more than a little depressing to get so far as to have a largely compete French & allied army, and an Austrian army really only missing fusiliers & grenadiers, but with no near-term prospects for those troops to be produced.
If anyone has any contacts with producers they are able to share I would be very grateful. I will reach out to them to discuss producing Austrian sets and how much in sales $ they can count on from me alone. Costing out my needs (Based on Hat’s typical # of figures per set and recent pricing) I estimate my needs to cost somewhere north of $3,500. A not insubstantial amount of sales to be able to count on upfront.
One Napoleonic thing that has been occupying my brain is study of the 1806 campaign against Prussia. Not so much to play it out in 1/54, but to better understand it. In particular what stands out to me is that even with their less flexible army I believe the Prussians, with just a little bit more focus & leadership could have not only done better that historically (It would be very hard to do worse) but could have concentrated their army to beat Napoleon at Jena. More on this later. Cheers
