Friday, 4 October 2013

Great Northern War figures

Preview for the League of Augsburg by the excellent Clibinarium. What are you waiting for?

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Petite Guerre

If you are interested in the SYW but don't famcy painting lines and lines of troops maybe try the warfare on the fringes - Petite Guerre - the war of outposts.
  It's one of the unique factors of the SYW is that there were lots of units formed for the war away from the main army. Usually these formations were clothed differently than the main army and they would often be led by people with a colourful past and often populated by foreigners. The world of Freikorps and Chasseurs, of picquet companies and hussars and Grenzers awaits you.

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Gmundener Prachtwerk

 I have been interested for a short while on the SYW army of Hanover (Hannover) who fought as allies of the Prussians alongside the British and Hessians. I am not sure if anyone does figures for them. Anyway the  "Gmundener Prachtwerk" is the best place to start an interest in the Hanoverians alongside Reid/Embleton's Osprey Frederick the Great's Allies. Wiki
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Saturday, 28 September 2013

Highlander by Delacour

Not too sure who this is but there are some interesting figures in the background.More Highland pictures on my Flintlock and tomahawk blog

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Trooper Thomas Brown of Bland's King's Own Dragoons rescues the Guidon at the Battle of Dettingen

More about Dettingen and the fight for the standard here
Actually I have just found out that I covered this in 2012 but it wasn't such a good repro of the print so I will leave it up. The perils of blogging over a long period of time.