Preiser Seven Years War

Been drooling over the painted 54mm SYW Preiser figures on the TSSD site. If that inspires you - seeing 1/32 Austrians and Prussians then Hat Industrie are on the way to producing Prussians and Austrians in that scale. We're there dude.

Battle of Bamberg. Thirty Years War. 1618-1648. 28mm Father Tilly

Another nice wargame video from the Herts Volunteers. T

Warburg 1760

This weekend sees the 250th anniversary of this Seven Years War battle. It's being reenacted in Germany. See newspaper item here. Official website with program of events here

Battle of the Boyne - League of Augsburg 25mm

I don't think we've had this before - looks good. Anyone got any of the Front Rank late 17th century figures yet?

Rory Mcgrath 'Bloody Britain; Monmouth Rebellion'

Time: 21:30 to 22:00 (30 minutes long).
When: Friday 20th August on Discovery (Digital Terrestrial)
'Rory McGrath investigates the rebellion of 1685 and learns how to fire a musket and take on a horse in a running race'. He's a comic so I don't have high expectations but I am curious.

The Queen on Flickr

So the Queen has a flickr page. Her Majesty here is inspecting the Honourable Artillery Company - the oldest unit in the British army.

Handel's Water Music

Today in 1717 this piece of music was 'launched' - here's a recent attempt to recreate it.