Category Archives: Painted Units

A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire 1938: Armour of the Fish Guards

Posted on 15th February 2019 by jemima_fawr

Hello. This is Huw Puw, reporting once again for The Fish Guardian. This week I’m reporting from the bustling metropolis of Fishguard; not so much ‘Land of My Fathers’, but more ‘Land of My Aunties’… Regular readers will remember that … Continue reading →

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Stalled Projects #1… The War of Spanish Succession in 28mm

Posted on 10th February 2019 by jemima_fawr

Like most wargamers, every so often I get a rush of blood to the wallet and buy a new army (ARMIES in the most catastrophic cases) and start an entirely new project.  In fact, every wargames project starts in this … Continue reading →

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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 →

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‘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 →

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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 →

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Some Napoleonic French Allies (15mm AB Figures)

Posted on 31st October 2018 by jemima_fawr

Everybody needs friends.  Doubly so if you’re French…  So here are some allies for Napoleon. These are all AB Figures 15mm (the kewl kidz call them ’18mm’ nowadays, but they were 15mm when I bought them.  That’s inflation for you…).  … Continue reading →

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‘Going Dutch’: Building a Cold War Dutch Battlegroup (Part 1)

Posted on 26th October 2018 by jemima_fawr

With the Danes finished, it’s time for another Cold War army; the Dutch.  While the Cloggies might seem like a fairly esoteric choice compared to the ‘big players’ in 1980s NATO, such as the USA, West Germany and the UK, they … Continue reading →

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‘Beware of the Leopard!’ (15mm Plastic Leopard 1 Tanks)

Posted on 17th October 2018 by jemima_fawr

Some reinforcements have arrived for my 15mm NATO armies this week, in the form of some plastic NATO Leopard 1 tanks by Team Yankee/Flames of War/Battlefront Miniatures.  I’ve already got some metal Leopard 1A3/1A4 models by QRF but Team Yankee … Continue reading →

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Happiness is a Large Busch: Prussian Foot Guard Regiments in 1813 (15mm AB Figures)

Posted on 15th October 2018 by jemima_fawr

Over the last couple of years and since getting back into 15mm Napoleonics with our Waterloo Bicentennial Game I’ve been steadily been building up armies that were largely absent from my collection (such as Austria, Portugal and Spain), as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Napoleon's Battles (Rules), Napoleonic Prussian Army, Napoleonic Wars, Painted Units | 7 Comments

We’re All Going On A Summer Holiday!

Posted on 5th October 2018 by jemima_fawr

Right that’s it!  I’m off to Malta for a week! 🙂 More silliness when I get back! In the meantime I must apologies to those who will be unable to sleep until this guaranteed cure for insomnia returns…

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