The League of Augsburg
Scales, Dyes and Miniatures
Jim Masson - For those of us who collect, paint and ‘game with miniature figures there are as many styles and techniques of painting as there are painters…
The vast majority of us spend an inordinate amount of time researching the correct colours for uniforms, flags and equipment before committing brush to metal (or plastic), a process which, if like me you choose obscure periods or theatres, can...
The vast majority of us spend an inordinate amount of time researching the correct colours for uniforms, flags and equipment before committing brush to metal (or plastic), a process which, if like me you choose obscure periods or theatres, can...
My Blenheim Project - Wood's Brigade of Horse
Ray King - Wood's Brigade of Horse...
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Major General Wood
Painted by Paul Armer
Wood's Regiment of Horse
Lt.Colonel Commanding J.Featherstonhaigh (K.I.A.)
Raised in 1685 and in 1751 renamed the 3rd Dragoon Guards.
The 1704 campaign establishment was 25 officers & 288 men (2 Squadrons)
Painted by Paul Armer
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Lumley's Regiment of Horse
Lt.Colonel Commanding Thomas Crowther.
Raised in 1685 and in 1751...
One man's story.. Building the Saxon Army for the Great Northern War Part 1
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| Herr Heim's GNW Saxons in all their glory |
Günter Heim - First, there was nothing... no, that is not correct! There was already the thought it should be a country which no one has modelled so far.
The Pre-History:
I am by birth a half Austrian-half Saxon. My mother’s parents are from Bohemia and my father was born in Dresden, Saxony. In the early days of my...
The Controversy of Defeat - The Collapse of the Jacobite Left Wing at the Battle of Aughrim, July 12th, 1691 - Part Five
Michael McNally - The question which remains to be answered is quite simply was the Battle of Aughrim lost as a result of the ‘fortunes of war’, of one commander being luckier than his opponent? Or is there a darker element that needs to be considered – was the battle lost through the supposed treachery of one or more Jacobite officers?
Firstly we need to look in greater detail at the composition...
The Controversy of Defeat - The Collapse of the Jacobite Left Wing at the Battle of Aughrim, July 12th, 1691 - Part Four
Michael McNally - For St. Ruth it did indeed seem that the area around Kilcommodan Hill south of the small village of Aughrim was indeed a sign of Divine Favour – bounded to the south by the Tristaun Stream and to the north by a narrow causeway that traversed the waterlogged Melehan valley, the position was seemingly perfect for the Jacobites to deploy on the higher ground and invite attack. In...
The Controversy of Defeat - The Collapse of the Jacobite Left Wing at the Battle of Aughrim, July 12th, 1691 - Part Three
Michael McNally - Over the intervening centuries commentators have spilt an effusion of ink in discussing both St. Ruth’s conduct during the siege of Athlone and setting forth a number of theories that would presuppose that his subsequent desire to fight a pitched battle was based upon a fit of pique rather than any strategic consideration.
Athlone, like many Irish towns was effectively two...
FEATURED REGIMENT: Jönköpings Regiment
Bart Vetters- When I started my Great Northern War Swedish collection, I decided to initially paint up (at least one battalion of) each of the five regiments that ended up with General Roos seperated from the main force. I did not know it a the time, but the Dal regiment was the only one of those five regiments to look like what everyone pictures in their mind when talking about Swedish infantry:...
The Controversy of Defeat - The Collapse of the Jacobite Left Wing at the Battle of Aughrim, July 12th, 1691 - Part Two
Michael McNally - By the end of 1690, although much of the country east of the Shannon lay in their hands, the Williamite forces – despite all of the propaganda – had failed to secure the decisive victory that would bring the war to a successful conclusion. Indeed given the dual nature of the War, it could be argued that the French victories at Beachy Head and Fleurus, the latter being ironically...
My Blenheim Project - Palmes' Brigade of Horse
Ray King - Here are the first of the horse and dragoon regiments...
Brigadier General Palmes
Painted by Paul Armer
Cadogan's Regiment of Horse
Major Commanding Robert Napier
Raised in 1685 and in 1751 renamed the 5th Dragoon Guards.
The 1704 campaign establishment was 14 officers & 135 men (1 Squadron)
Painted by Paul Armer
Wyndham's Regiment of Horse
Lt.Colonel Commanding Francis Palmes.
Raised in 1685...
The Controversy of Defeat - The Collapse of the Jacobite Left Wing at the Battle of Aughrim, July 12th, 1691 - Part One
Michael McNally - Given Ireland’s political history it has, over the intervening centuries, become the norm when discussing the Williamite War, to cite the Siege of Derry and the Battle of the Boyne – in 1689 and 1690 respectively – as being the turning points of the war. But these assertions are based on the political considerations of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and fail to take into...
Beneath the Lily Banners in 15mm
Ray Rousell- Back in 2010 my pal Richard suggested a joint painting project, he quite fancied the Nine Years War. Now here’s where I have to admit to knowing absolutely nothing about this great period sandwiched between the more well-known English Civil Wars and the Wars of the Spanish Succession. So a quick look online and in my pal Posties book “From Pike to Shot” and I was hooked. Richard...
My Blenheim Project - Ferguson's Brigade
Ray King - This brigade was the third line of Lord Cutt's troops, but were the 2nd brigade to assault the village of Blenheim.
Ferguson's Regiment of Foot "The Cameronians"
Lt.Colonel Commanding Alex Livingstone (Wounded in Action).
Raised in 1689 and in 1751 renamed the 26th Foot Regiment.
Their 1704 campaign establishment was 40 officers & 692 men.
Painted by LoA forum member 'Me Paints Good".
The...