The League of Augsburg
Bit of a clean up.. Ottoman cavalry go for production
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| It took a ong time to clean and inspect this lot! |
This fantastic range has been dogged by little challenges along the way. Some related to design, some to production, others to me actually having enough time to undertake the fairly mammoth task of cleaning up 151 master castings of various shapes and sizes. In order to get good clean production castings a careful job in necessary in preparing...
Terrain and something out of nothing
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| A rough mock up of a North African harbour. Stuff just placed on for effect nuthin' fancy. |
There is nothing more boring than a plain blue cloth for naval gaming. As many Age of Sail fights took place very close to shore, I wanted to model terrain for coasts from Ireland to the Tropics.
I have made a fair old stab at it over the last week and by accident discovered a very useful purpose for what...
Meet the Fleets!
It was with interest, pleasure and gamer's curiosity that I opened the mails from participating blog members concerning the construction of their fleets for the occasional games which will be run and retold here.
The first is chosen by a Dutch gamer who will go under his nom de guerre... Jan Baert or as he is known beyond the Dutch speaking world - Jean Bart. 'Terror of the Dutch' and all round...
The first is chosen by a Dutch gamer who will go under his nom de guerre... Jan Baert or as he is known beyond the Dutch speaking world - Jean Bart. 'Terror of the Dutch' and all round...
More WiP shots of the wagonburg construction - mobile gateway
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| During the evolving construction process |
I fancied making a towed, mobile gateway for my wagon burg. The idea it that this feature guards the main entrance to the wagon fortress and, when necessary, can be towed out of the space it plugs to let troops in our out.
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| Creating a towing bar - probably need a lot of oxen for this beast |
The design had no drawing or plan, it is built from instinct and evolved...
Tales from the riverbank (Medway) - revisiting the battleships
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| Remember these? I moved to V2 for each |
I very much enjoyed customizing the Tumbling Dice models for the large English men o'war 'in ordinary' which I have shown previously in some posts. The more work I do with these 1/2400 models the more confident I get in the scope of conversions.
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| V2s in the rear V1s to the fore |
I was very happy with the versions I did until I thought about simulating their...
Wrecked - sinking and sunken vessel markers
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| A French 1st rate sails past a wrecked English 1st rate |
I wanted to make visual representations of ships that had taken a bit of a hammering during action and used some of the Tumbling Dice wreck markers as made whilst doing some work myself with
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| Dutch wrecks for 4th/5th rates and Fireships |
bits and pieces of other ships which I had cannibalized for various reasons. These all came out quite well. The...
One Saturday at mine... Building 1/2400 terrain
I have been researching how to bring this important campaign to the table top for a while now. That activity has paid off. I originally planned to build the entire river in 1/2400 which would have been a mammoth task however, I have now identified five important stretches:
1.The Mouth/Sheerness
2. Musselbank
3. Gillingham Reach and St Mary's Creek
4. The Chatham Dockyard stretch
5. Chatham to Rochester...
1.The Mouth/Sheerness
2. Musselbank
3. Gillingham Reach and St Mary's Creek
4. The Chatham Dockyard stretch
5. Chatham to Rochester...
Down Medway-way: Dangerous predators or sitting ducks?
The fascinating Dutch raid on the English fleet at anchor in the Medway in June 1667 is full of wargaming potential.
One of the most spectacular incidents occurred on June 13th. Having broken the English defensive chain at Gillingham, the Dutch rounded a bend in the river and were faced with the straight stretch between St Mary's Island and Chatham Royal Dockyard. This strategic installation was...
Back down on the river...... Medway project update
At the weekend I got a chance to push on with the Medway multi scale project. One of the little (appropriate description) pieces I was keen to finish was my very first foray into 2mm figures. I must again refer to Mark Backhouse's 2mm Siege of Portsmouth project as I used this as inspiration and my template for a little experimentation.
These pieces may be deployed for limited tabletop gaming but...
Garrison Point Fort in 1/2400 completion
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| The finished piece is about 100mm square. |
I finally got a chance to build Sheerness today. It's not often you get to type that! Took about 90 minutes to finish the first major piece of terrain for the 1/2400 part of the Tocht naar Chatham (Medway Raid 1667) project.
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| Here is how it all started. |
I used some of the simpler country style buildings from Brigade Models lovely range to to this. These...
Building Garrison Point Fort in 1/2400 scale
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| Rough mock-up shot of Garrison Point Fort in 1667. Van Ghent's squadron attempting to sail past. |
My ideas for the Medway Campaign 1667 involve it being conducted by map, in 1/2400 scale and finally, in 28mm for small land and naval actions.I thought I would begin building the small scale terrain with the first significant defensive work encountered by the Dutch.
On the north western tip of the Isle...
New in the shop from Warfare Miniatures
Some new stuff which can be found in the shop:
A Cossack unit equivalent to an infantry battalion. It contains three packs of Cossacks advancing (COS01) with musket and one Command pack (COS02). Price is £31 ex postage. The flag is not included nor or are the bases.The unit pictured has 18 models but there are 20 models in the battalion pack.
Second up, I have a limited number of the excellent...
A Cossack unit equivalent to an infantry battalion. It contains three packs of Cossacks advancing (COS01) with musket and one Command pack (COS02). Price is £31 ex postage. The flag is not included nor or are the bases.The unit pictured has 18 models but there are 20 models in the battalion pack.
Second up, I have a limited number of the excellent...