New, but old...

Bonjour.  
Je m'appelle David W.

I am, sorry for the need to write English, as my French language usage is now much poorer than when I visited your beautiful country and studied some history there. As you can tell from my 'name' it was 1984! I can understand 'military French' reasonably well after studying so long, however a translator is a most useful tool, sometimes.

I copy from a previous members entry as his summation is also mine...

• Je m'intéresse a l'histoire militaire depuis très longtemps....
  
• Je lis beaucoup et suis toujours à la recherche d'informations sur la Grande armée
  
• Je fais un peu de maquettisme/ jeu de guerre !
  

So yes, one of those annoying gamers! I used to play everything, but that was too difficult and I retraced my steps to concentrate 100% on a model army based on Austerlitz; Soults IVCorps d'armée and a support group of stars! It is made with a mixture of venerable Miniature Figurines (UK) 25mm and a large subset of customised figures for 1805.

That decision is now 40 years old... then 30 years ago I decided I could not ignore the enemy (as no-one around me had proper troops) so i adopted a sliding scale of creating them, the Austrians, and in the last 4 years, expanded to a few Russian units. These latter are in the 28mm realm, starting with Wargames Foundry and Eureka etc, livelier more animated soldiers!



However, I continue to delve deeper and deeper into the "rabbit hole" that is Napoleonic truth! I have enjoyed browsing your site but admit my need for more... validation,

I look forward to sharing and discussing subjects once again,
regards   davew
Auckland New Zealand

BOnjour et bienvenu

Bienvenue David
J'apprécie vos interventions sur TMP !
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Welcome David
I appreciate your interventions on TMP!

Thierry MELCHIOR a écrit:Bienvenue David
J'apprécie vos interventions sur TMP !
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Welcome David
I appreciate your interventions on TMP!

Merci, I appreciate the welcome.
I am searching for the secret places... Paul Lindsay Dawson is uncovering much material I can only dream about... my meagre visit of 6 weeks or so research inside Invalides etc. so distant now...
davew

Six semaines, ça m'impressionne ! Je n'ai fait qu'une courte visite quand je n'étais qu'un gamin !
Mais j'habite près du musée Napoléon de Brienne-le-Château où j'ai travaillé pendant quatre ans.
Si un jour vous revenez en France prévenez-moi, j'ai une chambre d'amis !
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I'm impressed with six weeks! I only made one short visit when I was a kid!
But I live near the Napoleon Museum in Brienne-le-Château where I worked for four years.
If one day you come back to France, let me know, I have a guest room!