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“Where is Grouchy?!” – Some French Units for Waterloo
And so to the French… While I already had a pile of French troops for Waterloo, quite a few were looking very tired and in need of refurbishment or replacement (most notably my ancient 1980s-vintage Battle Honours artillery and Guard … Continue reading
“Vorwärts!” – Some Prussian Units for Waterloo
As discussed here, we decided in 2015 to refight the Battle of Waterloo as part of the Bicentennial commemorations. However, we still needed to paint ‘a few’ units (in reality a surprisingly large number of units…). Thankfully, I already had a … Continue reading
“Long Live The House of Orange!” – Netherlands Troops at Waterloo
In my last article, I showed off the British and KGL units I had to paint for our Waterloo Bicentennial game in 2015. However, I had an even greater deficiency in Netherlands troops! However, from my involvement in organising a Waterloo … Continue reading
“The Scum of the Earth”: Wellington’s Army at Waterloo in 15mm
As discussed here and here, in 2015 we decided to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Waterloo by refighting it in grand style. Although I already had a lot of British, French and Prussians (mostly AB Figures), there were still ‘a few’ (actually rather a … Continue reading
“Great SKOT!” Some Warsaw Pact APCs in 15mm…
Those of us who like to wargame the ‘Cold War Gone Hot’ in 15mm (1/100th scale) are truly living in a Golden Age of model-availability… It’s not so long ago that the choice was limited to QRF, Skytrex and Peter Pig, or the … Continue reading
“Á l’eau c’est l’heure!” – The Sailors of the Imperial Guard
The Marins de la Garde Impériale were originally created by Napoleon in 1803 as part of the Consular Guard. The Marins (i.e. ‘Sailors’ or ‘Seamen’, often mis-translated in English as ‘Marines’, which they were not) were raised from naval personnel and … Continue reading
“In Dixie Land I’ll Make My Stand”: Building a 10mm Confederate Army (Part 1)
Heth’s Division at Gettysburg Following on from my recently-painted Union I Corps and 1st Cavalry Division, I’ve finally completed my first major Confederate formation: Major General Harry Heth’s 2nd Division of A.P. Hill’s III Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. Heth (pronounced … Continue reading
“Glory, Glory Hallelujah!” (Part 2): Buford’s 1st Cavalry Division in 10mm
As discussed in the previous article in this series, I’m presently building 10mm armies for the American Civil War, starting with the orders of battle for the 1st day at Gettysburg (1st July 1863). The latest formation to be painted … Continue reading
A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire: Armoured Reinforcements
Well I’m back from Partizan, having had a blast playing Pete Barfield’s wonderful VBCW game and seeing an array of incredible games. The Partizan report will follow, but here are some AFVs I painted last week, after finishing off the reinforcements … Continue reading
The Baroness de Loutson Marches on Newark!
The Baroness de Loutson and the Cadet Corps of Slebech Castle College For Young Ladies will this week be marching on Newark, to reinforce the Royalist forces in Pete Barfield’s ‘A Very British Civil War’ game at the ‘Partizan 2018′ … Continue reading