Author Archives: jemima_fawr

“Vorwärts!” – Some Prussian Units for Waterloo

Posted on 23rd September 2018 by jemima_fawr

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 →

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“Long Live The House of Orange!” – Netherlands Troops at Waterloo

Posted on 20th September 2018 by jemima_fawr

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 →

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“The Scum of the Earth”: Wellington’s Army at Waterloo in 15mm

Posted on 19th September 2018 by jemima_fawr

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 →

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“Great SKOT!” Some Warsaw Pact APCs in 15mm…

Posted on 5th September 2018 by jemima_fawr

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 →

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“Fortes Fortuna Juvat”: The Jutland Dragoons at Wulfsfelde, 1984

Posted on 30th August 2018 by jemima_fawr

Fortes Fortuna Juvat ‘Fortune Favours The Brave’ (Motto of the Jutland Dragoon Regiment) The Warsaw Pact’s Northern Front crossed the Inter-German Border yesterday, rapidly breaking through the forward units of the German Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command and surrounding the 71st Heimatschütz … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg Revisited

Posted on 24th August 2018 by jemima_fawr

We were back in Gettysburg again last week!  Following on from our highly successful first game of Fire & Fury 2nd Edition last month, my mate Skippy was persuaded to give the rules a go, so I decided to re-run the same scenario. … Continue reading →

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Operation Colosseum: Angola 1986

Posted on 12th August 2018 by jemima_fawr

First apologies: As you know, it’s been a very slow couple of weeks on the blog.  This is primarily due to the arrival of a new Hairy Land Shark Under Training here at Fawr Towers, accompanied by constant demands for attention … Continue reading →

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“By God, That’ll Do!” – The Battle of Salamanca, 22nd July 1812

Posted on 1st August 2018 by jemima_fawr

The Battle of Salamanca 22nd July 1812 Following the French retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras in 1811, Wellington once again secured the Allied position in Portugal with the capture of the Spanish border fortresses of Ciudad Rodrigo and … Continue reading →

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“There’s The Devil To Pay” (First Clash at Gettysburg): Our First ACW Game

Posted on 27th July 2018 by jemima_fawr

Things have been slow on the painting, wargaming and blogging front just lately due to a wedding, an eye infection and tropical heat (anything better than ‘damp’ is considered tropical in these parts), but last week I managed to play … Continue reading →

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“Á l’eau c’est l’heure!” – The Sailors of the Imperial Guard

Posted on 12th July 2018 by jemima_fawr

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 →

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