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Category Archives: Painted Units
The Forgotten Wargames Army: XIVth Army in Burma (Part 6 – XV Corps Armoured Group)
As discussed in the last part of this series of articles, I’m presently looking at the British and Indian armoured units that fought in the Burma Campaign of World War 2. In the last article I looked at the British … Continue reading
The Forgotten Wargames Army: XIVth Army in Burma (Part 5 – 7th Armoured Brigade & 50th Indian Tank Brigade)
The recent 75th anniversary of VJ Day and conversations with our friend Olivia on the Battle of Wetlet thread prompted me to re-read some history of the Burma Campaign and suitably inspired, I thought I’d add another post about the … Continue reading
The Army of the Duchy of Warsaw (Part 4: The Cavalry)
This is the last part of my series on my 15mm Army of the Duchy of Warsaw. In Part 1 I covered the infantry, in Part 2 I looked at Prince Poniatowski and some of his generals and in Part … Continue reading
The Army of the Duchy of Warsaw (Part 3: The Artillery)
In Part 1 of this series I looked at some infantry regiments of the Duchy of Warsaw and in Part 2 I looked at Prince Poniatowski and his generals. This time I’m going to look at the artillery. All models … Continue reading
The Army of the Duchy of Warsaw (Part 2: The Generals)
In Part 1 I looked at some infantry regiments I’d painted for the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw, circa 1812-1813. This time it’s the turn of the generals. These are all AB Figures 15mm models, painted by me. All … Continue reading
The Army of the Duchy of Warsaw (Part 1: The Infantry)
Since this lockdown started I’ve been looking forward to the games I’m going to have once it’s all over and that has served as an impetus to my painting, as well something to keep my mind occupied and positive. Consequently, … Continue reading
Hobart’s ‘Funnies’ – 79th Armoured Division in Normandy
I was half-way through writing another Napoleonic post, when it suddenly occurred to me that I really should do a WW2 post to commemorate the D-Day anniversary. So here’s a look at ‘Hobart’s Funnies’. Following the disastrous Dieppe Raid of … Continue reading
And Now For Something Completely Different: 1809 Chess-Set
A blast from the past appeared on my Facebook feed this week, when an old friend posted some photos of the chess-set I made for him about 21 years ago, based on the French and Austrian armies of the 1809 … Continue reading
‘Active Edge’: Building a Cold War BAOR Battlegroup
My good mate, lapsed wargamer and former Best Man, Gary P was recently browsing this blog. As a long-serving senior officer of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces, a veteran of numerous wars and operations, a Staff College graduate and having undertaken … Continue reading
The Royal Marines Armoured Support Group in Normandy 1944
As it’s VE Day (or at least it was when I started writing this), I thought I’d better do a WW2 post… 🙂 The Royal Marines Armoured Support Group was a short-lived organisation created for the Normandy Landings of 1944 … Continue reading