The League of Augsburg
Guest post: GNW Swedes by Don Crane
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| The Brigade in all its glory |
The Blog has featured the work of several painters over the years and I always enjoy seeing how painters and gamers create and interpret figures and unit construction.
I recently had the privilege of seeing some truly wonderful pieces of work from Don Crane who has been building a GNW Swedish army.
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| Halsinge or Halsingland Regiment (from up north) |
The shots of his force so...
Champions of Pike & Shot 1: Mark Shearwood
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| Siege of Athlone 1691 - wonderful solo effort by Mark |
I decided to highlight the work of fellow gamers who I feel make a significant contribution to the popularity of the period 1660-1720. Mark Shearwood's output is both prodigious and high quality.
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| Meanwhile back in Brixham 1688 - Kidnapping King James |
Mark has produced imaginative and inspiring games which have appeared at various shows mostly in...
Surely there can't be more?: Warfare Minis Guest Gallery 4
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| Joe North's Vatican battalion - genuine I believe |
One of the more unusual units we have seen is a battalion which I believe was raised by the Vatican and was painted by Joe North.
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| Dutch Brandenburg Regiment by Kris Allsop |
Kris Allsop painted these two battalions the Dutch Brandenburg Regiment (which may well have been German) and...
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| Sir John Hanmer's Regiment from Kris Allsop |
Sir John Hanmer's English...
And, there's more! Warfare Minis Guest Gallery 3
Never did I realize when I started this little review how many painters have actually sent me pictures of there work with Warfare Miniatures.
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| Dannie Fogleman's Saxons - I think he painted every darn one of them! |
I should really be surprised because we've sold about 20,000 packs since we started so there are a few out there in Wargames Land.
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| Dannie's Swedes - Forward the Blues! |
Yet more nice work chaps! Warfare minis Guest Gallery 2
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| Mark Allen's work of art - King William III |
I enjoyed the first compilation of Warfare work by other painters and knew I had plenty of other examples so here is a part 2 to this little series of work by gamers and painters I admire and which show off Warfare Miniatures and the period with both imagination and creativity.
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| Dave O'Brien's wonderful - Kirke's Lambs for Tangier |
Dave O'Brien (DOB to the...
Nice work chaps! Warfare Minis Guest Gallery 1
Note: when I first got the idea to do this post I thought it might be a one off. In the end I had enough photos (with many left over) to do a series of 5 posts. I really enjoyed looking at what gamers and painters have done with range.....
I thought it would be nice to show off some of the lovely work that other painters do on Warfare Miniatures and so this post...
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| Swedish Kalmar Regiment by Jim Masson |
I thought it would be nice to show off some of the lovely work that other painters do on Warfare Miniatures and so this post...
Guest post: On the trail of the Jacobite War in Ireland Part 3 - The Fort
Friend of the blog Peter A shares his some of his Irish campaign experiences from Kinsale 1690....
The Fort – Kinsale
Kinsale at 7.30am on a Sunday morning. Clear, bright, cold. Sun rising over the remains of the old James Fort. The harbour still and quiet – waiting for the day.
That peace – an enchanted moment – the sea and the shape of the hills is a view untouched for a thousand years – any modern...
Guest post: The Williamite Wars in Ireland - Part 2 - The River
Friend of the blog Peter A - wanderings in ancient Ireland – part two
It is along road from Kinsale to Limerick. But much harder on foot or on horseback than by car. The first tough haul is the twisty, tortuous undulating road up to Cork – that caused Marlborough’s men so much trouble in bringing his heavy artillery down to take part in the siege of Charles Fort, Kinsale.
Once beyond Cork, we head...
Guest post: Williamite Wars in Ireland Part 1 - The Walls
Friend of the Blog Peter A takes us with him on part one of his three part odyssey following the Williamite Wars in Ireland - The Walls, the River and the Fort – wanderings in ancient Ireland
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| Arms of Cork - a safe harbour for ships |
1. This report is in 3 parts. First, the siege and taking of Cork – the breach and destruction of its medieval walls - which were unfit to resist determined late 17t...
A weekend with the League of Augsburg…..
With another Weekender looming on the horizon Mark Shearwood shares his view of some wargaming Rock n' roll...
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| Mark's first killing ground near Taunton.. lucky he was defending! |
I have followed the reports of previous weekends with interest and I must admit a little envy, so when a thread appeared by Barry on Fighting Talk on the Monday following Salute 2016 putting out feelers for a autumn weekend...
William of Orange - Warfare Miniatures by Mark Allen
Mark Allen was one of the main influences on my obsession with the period which has given its name to this Blog. I drooled over Mark's inspirational figures and games photographed so carefully by Duncan Macfarlane as far back as 1991 when they were a staple of Wargames Illustrated. His series on the armies of the period is still a go to resource for me and I am certain, many others.
It therefore...
The Battle of Aughrim 1691-2016 325th Anniversary
I am delighted to feature a post by Alan Larsen explaining the role his Re-enactor group 'The Troop' played in the commendable commemorative event which took place in the Summer of 2016.
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| Photo: John Finnerty (By permission) |
As many readers will know, Aughrim tends to be the forgotten major action of the Williamite Wars in Ireland. This is quite remarkable given that it was a larger and more decisive...