New WSS 'Classic' 28mm range from Warfare Miniatures

 I like the look of these. You?

We are delighted to offer a preview of our all new, 28mm scale 'Classic' range of War of Spanish Succession miniatures. These models are created in poses best described as traditional wargaming style, extremely popular with many gamers.

The range includes British, French, Dutch, Imperial, Brandenburger, Spanish, Bavarian, Swedish and Russian troops. It offers Foot, Horse and gunners. The models are resin printed and highly detailed. Stunningly crafted and easy to paint. They will be available as battalion or squadron packs. The models are fully compatible with our extensive range of metal miniatures. More soon!

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OLIVER CROMWELL- Peter Young 1969

 Do you remember this book? I had it was probably my first ECW book after the Ladybird Cromwell. There was a Charles I one which I also had.

Country Life article

 

Four centuries on, it remains almost perfectly preserved — save for the musket hole that killed the young man who wore it.

At Doddington Hall, the buff coat and armour of John Hussey — aged just 21 — still bear the mark of the shot fired at the Battle of Gainsborough on July 28, 1643. The musket ball pierced both leather and breastplate, with no exit wound, offering a chillingly precise record of a life cut short in the English Civil War.

As John Goodall discovers, the survival of Hussey’s coat, helmet, gloves and boots is extraordinarily rare — and quietly revealing. The mismatched, slightly antiquated armour hints at the improvised reality of even wealthy Royalist soldiers, while a family connection to Ferdinando Fairfax may have spared the house from destruction.

A poignant reminder of how civil war divided households as well as nations.

Read the full story: https://country-life-magazine.visitlink.me/hrorVq

Feldmarschall Pappenheim

 Feldmarschall Pappenheim - Zeughaus Verlag GmbH

Gottfried Heinrich, Graf zu Pappenheim : nach Geschichtsquellen und Urkunden bearbeitet

 Been looking for books on Pappenheim and only found this one in German. 

"I know my Pappenheimer"

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• In German the phrase "I know my Pappenheimer" (Ich kenne meine Pappenheimer) referring to a person acting as expected in a negative sense. Originating from Schillers Wallenstein plays, though there meant in positive way.^[6] In Dutch the expression retains its positive meaning, though it can also be used ironically.^[7]