The League of Augsburg
Jumping the queue!
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| Cossack infantry advancing |
Invigorated by the excellent progress being made on the GNW Supplement for BLB, I treated myself to some painting which was not actually on the very backlogged schedule.
In addition to the painting I did some more reading on Cossacks and found that over the years I had fallen into swallowing a few cliches about them. Perhaps it was too much exposure to the Battleground hex...
Focusing on Sedgemoor Part 3: The Rebel Army
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| A few militia style clothes may have been the most uniformed anyone got in Monmouth's Army |
To describe the rebel forces as an army is probably being somewhat overgenerous. Several of the officer cadre including the Duke himself were soldiers, brave, proven and with battle experience gained in formal, continental wars. There were undoubtedly ex soldiers, deserters from the army, militiamen and...
One to one wargaming: expanding the idea
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| Three 48 man companies of musketeers from the garrison of Derry. A company of Mountjoy's Regt at the centre. |
I was very pleased that the first post on this subject was popular and that visitors were stimulated to consider the implications of frontages, deployment, fire methodologies and movement around the battlefield and its table top imitation.
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| A battalion of Jacobite Foot based for Beneath the... |
One to one wargaming: A visual study in British company deployment 1685-1698
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| Company six deep |
I have been planning this particular post for about three years. Why has it taken so long? I needed to get a run at it. I am fascinated by the compromises necessary in wargaming particularly in relation to scales. Vertical scale distortion, ground scale distortion and finally the challenges in representing the depth of formations relative to their width. This last one has always...
Left field - Christmas surprise: Warfare Cossacks!
Did you just double take? Yup, me too! Although cossacks have been on our agenda in planning discussions for some time we had never actually committed to inserting them in the production schedule until I received a mail from Clib to say - take a look at these!
The first two sets of Cossacks sculpted in very realistic poses and with great character. The fact that they are finished means that we can...
Donnybrook and the Ottomans - Part 1: Who are these guys?
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| A scene from the massive panorama at the Army Museum in Istanbul. Photo copyright Barry Hilton |
The history of the Ottoman Empire from birth in the 13th century till death in the 20th century is an epic chapter in the story of the human race. Since Warfare Miniatures decided to create a range of Ottomans I have read much more deeply than ever before about their culture, inventions, wars, politics...
New Ottoman Command packs
We will be releasing these probably before Christmas. They are quite outstanding sculpts.
Both are designed for generic use with Janissary or non Janissary infantry. Several can be painted as senior officers. The dress styles cover a wide span of time and will look in keeping with Tufeckci, Sekban and Irregulars.
Some will fit well with Janissaries.
This is a sneak preview. They are currently being...
Focusing on Sedgemoor Part 1
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| Royal cavalry approach a hostile Somerset hamlet - the villagers are assembling on the Green |
The Battle of Sedgemoor, July 6 1685 stimulates a variety of responses when discussed amongst wargamers. I almost added - and the wider population but realized how unlikely such an occurrence might be! Who actually knows much about it? (or cares!)
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| Those infamous 'Lambs' Kirke's Tangier veterans used for... |
Six new Ottoman codes - Non Janissary infantry
We are delighted to announce that the next six codes of Ottoman Turks are now available in the online shop: Hooray!
OT007 Tufeckci musketeers firing
OT008 Tufeckci musketeers loading
OT009 Sekban musketeers firing
OT010 Sekban musketeers loading
OT011 Bosniak/Irregular musketeers firing
OT012 Bosniak/Irregular musketeers loading
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| OT007 |
OT007 Tufeckci musketeers firing
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| OT008 |
OT008 Tufeckci musketeers loading
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| OT009 |
OT009 Sekban musketeers firing
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| OT010 |
OT010 Sekban musketeers loading
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| OTO11 |
OT011 Bosniak/Irregular musketeers firing
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| OTO12 |
OT012 Bosniak/Irregular musketeers loading
Story of a show game 5 - Forces : The Ottomans
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| Janissaries in full dress |
Putting the Ottoman force together for Donnybrook required a little thought. Should it fall under the Army Faction or under the Tribal Faction? Categorization under the latter may seem to be bordering on racist bearing in mind the Ottomans were for centuries one of the most formidable cultures and imperial powers in the known world yet, their army falls into an area...
Story of a show game 4 - Forces : The Imperialists
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| This was a hoot! 1693 and riding roughshod over the French but it's 20 years on.. can the Turk be vanquished too? |
I very much enjoyed the German Grand National 1693 game which we ran at Tactica and elsewhere in the first half of 2018. The competition between four German ally states against a common enemy was colourful and fun and even spawned an X rated version which I think was called the W hores?...
Story of a show game 2 - The scenario
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| The Panzer Division will watch from the sidelines whilst the infantry slug it out |
The scenario for CRISIS 2018 is called Brahms & Liszt. It is set in 1713 on the south-eastern frontier or, north-western if you are Turkish! This is twenty years after our previous show effort of 2018 at TACTICA which also involved Imperial forces racing to over run the French in the German Grand National 1693.
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| Prussia... |