Category Archives: 15mm Figures

‘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 →

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Cold War Polish Infantry

Posted on 27th September 2018 by jemima_fawr

As mentioned in my recent article on SKOT armoured personnel carriers, earlier this year I picked up a load of 15mm Polish Cold War infantry by a Polish company called Oddzial Osmy.  At the time, these were only available in the … Continue reading →

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“Where is Grouchy?!” – Some French Units for Waterloo

Posted on 25th September 2018 by jemima_fawr

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 →

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“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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