Monthly Archives: November 2018

French Napoleonic Reinforcements

Posted on 29th November 2018 by jemima_fawr

Since getting back into my first wargaming love of Napoleonics in 2015, thanks to our Waterloo Bicentennial games, I’ve been steadily working my way through the lead-pile.  In 2015 this stood at around 2,000 unpainted 15mm AB Figures Napoleonics. Thanks to painting 1,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Napoleon's Battles (Rules), Napoleonic French Army, Napoleonic Wars, Painted Units | 9 Comments

‘Going Dutch’: Building a Cold War Dutch Battlegroup (Part 2)

Posted on 24th November 2018 by jemima_fawr

This week I’ve been painting more Cold War Cloggies!  As discussed in Part 1, I’m adding a Dutch force to my 15mm Cold War collection and am presently building up models to create an Armoured Infantry Battalion or Tank Battalion Battlegroup circa … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Battlefront: First Echelon, Cold War, Cold War - NATO Armies, Painted Units | 9 Comments

Refighting Operation ALAN: The Welsh Victory, 22-29 October 1944

Posted on 19th November 2018 by jemima_fawr

From 22-28 October 1944, the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, with supporting elements from 7th Armoured Division, 79th Armoured Division and 33rd Armoured Brigade, won a remarkable (and now largely forgotten) victory at the Dutch city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The city (whose … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Battlefront: WW2, Bovington Show Games, Games, Scenarios, World War 2, World War 2 - Netherlands & Germany Campaign 1944-45 | 12 Comments

A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire: The Battle of Robleston Hall

Posted on 4th November 2018 by jemima_fawr

Regular readers of this blog will remember that we were following the major actions of the Very British Civil War in Little England Beyond Wales 1938.  To recap, the King’s control of west Wales collapsed in 1938, with massive Welsh Nationalist and … Continue reading →

Posted in 28mm Figures, Games, Scenarios, VBCW - A Very British Civil War | 1 Comment

Some Napoleonic French Foreign Legions (AB Figures 15mm)

Posted on 2nd November 2018 by jemima_fawr

In my last post I looked at a few armies that were allied to Napoleonic France.  However, the French Army itself also contained quite a number of foreign Regiments and Legions within its ranks, raised from Germans, Italians, Swiss, Dutch, … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Napoleon's Battles (Rules), Napoleonic French Army, Napoleonic Wars, Painted Units | 10 Comments