The League of Augsburg

The Battle of the Boyne 1st/12th July 1690. Remembered as a wargame

by augsburgeroberst
 
Williamite infantry crossing the river

A welcome email from my friend Peter A, reminded me of the significance of the date (days and dates now seem to meld in this Covid world, I got up early this morning thinking it was a work day!). How could I have overloooked this anniversary, particularly as I live in the West of Scotland?


A version displayed at a Scottish show


Whether the Old Style or New...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, History, Ireland, Nine Years War, Painting, Quindia Studios, Scenarios, The Glorious Revolution, The War of Three Kings, Travel, Uniforms, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

Great choice for a wargaming force - The Enniskilleners

by augsburgeroberst
Enniskillen companies forward!


It is an ongoing personal mission to make available as much information as possible about the fighting men participating on both sides during the war in Ireland 1688-1691.


Enniskillen infantry in action against Jacobite chevaliers!


Over many years of digging, I have read, compared, sifted, interpreted, dismissed and compiled little bits and pieces of information in an...
Posted in Basing, Beneath the Lily Banners, History, Ireland, Limerick, Nine Years War, Painting, Quindia Studios, Scenarios, The Glorious Revolution, The War of Three Kings, Uniforms, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

The Armies of the Ottoman Empire 1645 -1719 - a review

by augsburgeroberst




It is difficult to know where to begin in describing the importance and value of this book. Bruno Mugnai has created what may become the definitive reference work on a remarkable military machine. The legacy of its achievement echoes across the Balkans and central Europe even to this day.

The Ottomans engendered terror in Christendom. Absorption into their cultural, economic and religious orbit was...

Posted in Book reviews, History, News, Ottomans, Painting, Wargaming

Great work

by augsburgeroberst
The return of Piet van der Valk ...as a brigadier



I have the privilege of seeing the creative work of some of the 17th century gaming community now and again and am happy to share that with Blog members. This post shows work from Nick in New Zealand, Gareth in Wales,Yuriy in Russia and Charles in England. 




Dutch brigadier from Gareth... Warfare Miniatures WLOA20


Below you can see a fantastic piece of...
Posted in Basing, Guest Post, Modeling, Painting, Warfare Miniatures

Now here's a thing..

by augsburgeroberst


I have been delighted by the number of mails and comments I have received regarding my burgeoning interest in 1/2400 - 17th century ships. As always during a surge of enthusiasm for a period or new strand of wargaming interest, I scoured the internet to find alternative options to the Tumbling Dice models of which I have now painted 150+.





Finding such, is not easy. Of the rare options uncovered,...
Posted in 17th century naval campaign, Modeling, News, Painting, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Wargaming

Easter Parade Final Day and your thoughts on artillery.....

by augsburgeroberst




Today is a bit of a consolidation with a commander vignette thrown in. I have other squadrons of Ottoman cavalry on the stocks right now and some riders finished but they are not based yet.




I have been discussing with designers what Ottoman artillery we need. On the short list so far are
a light gun, a field gun, a battering gun and a super heavy gun together with a mortar.





I am considering a...
Posted in Basing, Beneath the Lily Banners, Modeling, Ottomans, Painting, The War of Three Kings, Uniforms, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

Easter Parade Day 3

by augsburgeroberst


This third squadron of sipahis was built to sit behind the first squadron I posted about two days ago. It has more models with the lance in the upright position.




The 75mm wide by 80mm deep bases I use for cavalry allow for the sense of movement to be built into the unit. Two things moved me away from the older style bases I use at the beginning of collecting in this period.





The first is the movement...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, Modeling, Ottomans, Painting, The War of Three Kings, Uniforms, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

Easter Parade Day 2

by augsburgeroberst


I have always preferred to base irregular cavalry, particularly horse archers, on hexagonal bases. I started doing this way back around 1996 or 1997 when collecting large numbers of Huns. An American visitor to Claymore around about the turn of the century made me an offer I couldn't refuse and all of my Huns literally, went west.



Since then I have reprised the basing style for irregular infantry,...
Posted in Basing, Beneath the Lily Banners, Modeling, Ottomans, Painting, The War of Three Kings, Uniforms, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

Easter Parade Day 1

by augsburgeroberst



Perhaps inappropriate that on the eve of such a Christian holiday, I am showcasing some Ottoman troops but, that is just the way the painting schedule has gone over the last few weeks. 






The enforced home stay has been fantastic news for my projects and here is day 1 of a four day run of Ottoman cavalry in their full tabletop glory.




I knew I was going to be pleased with these even before arranging...
Posted in Basing, Beneath the Lily Banners, Modeling, Ottomans, Painting, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

Chinese take- out? VOC v Pirates 1666

by augsburgeroberst
South China Seas action

In my continuing Covid-induced privateer laboratory I decided to blood some ships I had painted a few months back just because I had them. A few packs of Chinese pirate junks which I had intended to use specifically to run out against European vessels exploiting the riches of the South China Sea.


VOC Trading station somewhere in modern day Indonesia


By now you know the form -...
Posted in 17th century naval campaign, Painting, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Scenarios, The High Seas, Wargaming

Ottoman cavalry update

by augsburgeroberst



I have been slowly but surely painting Ottoman cavalry in between other projects and am just about to base the first units.



I had to get at least one of each figure done in the six packs for the shop and seeing them all together demonstrates how nice this range has turned out.




Recent reading and referenceto source material has reassured me that these figures will be usable for the north African...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook, Nine Years War, Ottomans, Painting, Tangiers, The War of Three Kings, Uniforms, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

Second run of the privateer play test

by augsburgeroberst



I considered the first run of this game not a fluke but perhaps a little fortunate for the privateer ship.
So, giving it another go with pretty much everything the same except, the opponents this time were the Dutch West India Company Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie  or GWC.  The ship profiles were exactly the same with Jupiter replacing Elizabeth, Schiedam substituting for Swan and Egmondfor...
Posted in 17th century naval campaign, Painting, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Scenarios, Terrain, The High Seas, Wargaming