Happy New Year

Photo by this photographer

Kunersdorf GIF

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Scene from Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I"

Marcellus Laroon the Younger (1679 - 1772) Date 1746

Husaren in Berlin 1971

DDR Spielfilm mit Manfred Krug. Am 16. Oktober 1757 wurde im Siebenjährigen Krieg (1756-1763), der auch als Dritter Schlesischer Krieg bekannt ist, eine gezielte Militaeraktion durchgeführt, in deren Verlauf die preussische Hauptstadt Berlin durch Truppen des kaiserlich-österreichischen Feldmarschall-Leutnants Reichsgraf Andreas Hadik von Futak besetzt wurde.

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Portrait of a Gentleman

Artist: Thomas Gainsborough

Completion Date: c.1750

Barry Lyndon 40th anniversary: behind the scenes with Stanley Kubrick

BFI article on the film we all love.

New English Civil War title

The Battlefields Trust

 

'Just published in association with the Battlefields Trust: The Civil War in Wessex. Alan is of course a long-standing member of the Trust and in this well-illustrated little book he gives a fascinating introduction to the key events and places in the region. We'll be launching it at the Willis Museum, Basingstoke at 1.00pm on 9 Jan when Alan will be giving a talk. All welcome!'

Merry Christmas

Read about it here

Sergey Petrov

Russian Cavalry Grenadiers 1757

 This Russian artist has done some really good cavalry portraits, mostly on the march, for the Seven Years War era. See more of them Here

ECW Firelock by R Mitchard

Austrian Cuirassier

Kürassier in Marschadjustierung zu Pferd, um 1750/60 (HGM)

Johann Christian Brand (1722-1795)

Highlanders and Scots designed for use in the period 1675-1698

Great news. From Warfare - here

"From Breadalbane to Brucker Muhl: Scottish Highland Soldiers in Hesse 1759 - 62"

Details and contents here
This book looks interesting - about the highland soldiers of both the British and French - the reactions of the locals and their campaigns in the SYW.

Black Watch in Flanders

Interesting page on the Black Watch in the WAS.

Wargaming Glen Shiel 1719

Article here.  Includes OOBs and info on the Spanish and Dutch who took part.

Black Watch and Pulteney's

Back in the late 90s at Kirby Hall. Good times.

The New Highland Military Discipline of 1757, Etc.

Can't find this on the web - anyone got it?

Dumbarton's Grenadier 1685

Another old image by me.

Monmouth Rebels 1685 by Ralph Mitchard

Found this old picture I did back in the day and thought I'd scan it

Scheck´s Zinnsoldatenkriege

We are militarily inclined gentlemen gamers with 40mm miniatures. We cherish the finer things in life such as wonderfully painted armies, fighting over luxurious terrain and doing so in the sickly sweet rococo period of the mid 18. century.  Here

Sedgemoor Gif

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Prussian Cavalry - in Training and at War

Looking for footage to make GIFs from I found this clip - second half is a battle scene that's not bad - see what you think. I think it's from

Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck

Battle Of Sedgemoor - Sealed Knot Society - 1975

Marlborough scene

Here for a GIF I made

ECW artwork of Graham Turner

On at the moment at Newark Civil War centre - read about it here with one of his pieces. Thanks to Alan Larsen for the heads up on this

Submission of Wroclaw on December 21, 1757

Been looking for thi in colour but I am beginning to think its one of the art treasures lost in WW2.
Read about the siege of Breslau here

David Morier – Private, Regiment of Hussars – 1748

Austrian Hussar officer's sabre 1762

Nice looking repro if you want to buy yourself something this Christmas - details here

Andras Hadikhttp://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Hadik,_Andreas

Thirty Years War

This image is from an Italian Merchant's bill that's in the Vienna Army Museum's TYW collection

Spanish Tercio at the Battle of Rocroi (1643) - From the movie Alatriste (2006)

The Victory of Fleurus 1622

This is a high-res image - pump it up to full screen for the best effect. A lot of 17thc reenactors have started thinking about the 30 Years War anniversary coming up in 2018 - could be worth gearing up for. Anyway this painting depicts this battle by this artist

Prussian SYW Grenadiers 28mm

http://www.blackhussarminiatures.de/

Today's anniversary - Leuthen

Read about it here

Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment Großherzog Ernst Ludwig von Hessen

Bavarians.

Attention Italian Readers

On the 4th of December there starts a unique exhibition in Milan. It's the recreation of the uniforms and equipment of the Maison du Roi. To see what sort of thing to expect check out here

See here (Italian language)

13th Foot and the Regiment du Roi

The Battle of Guastalla 1734

Images from here where there are more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guastalla

Dummy board figure from 1715-7

Details here

Gardes francaises - Seven Years War

Grenadier and fusilier from 1760. Kronoskaf entry

bring back any memories?

15th Light Dragoons from a corn flakes packet 1970

Narva 1700

Today's anniversary - Narva 1700

An historical record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards or Oxford Blues ... By Edmund Packe

This book is worth a look if you like Restoration military. It tells the story of this famous regiment - here being recreated by Waller's Horse of the SK.

Paper Terrain Vauban city walls

Over here for a  look

Siège de Tournai par Louis XV du 30 avril au 22 mai 1745 by Louis Nicolas Van Blarenberghe (1716-1794)