The League of Augsburg
Solidifying the Ghost Army Part 5 - How far can you get in a week?
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| A selection of the Ghost Army in the field |
Something I am frequently asked is "how do you manage to be so productive?". The answer is quite simple. I don't have any spare time.
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| Lukas Strom takes an aimed shot |
My day job keeps me away from home about 180 days per year on average. I long ago abandoned my portable painting kit which included about two dozen little Vallejo bottles carried around with my...
Solidifying the Ghost Army 4 - Weathering the Veterans
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| Three steps: Painted, Washed down, Weathered - bases unfinished |
The look I wanted to get with these models was a faded, dirty, washed out effect. They have been in the field for over two years without proper resupply from home. If a parade ground look ever existed in the early 18th century which I doubt, these chaps are as far away from that as is possible. For those interested, a tip I would offer...
Solidifying the Ghost Army Part 3 Åke Öberg’s Vikingar
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| Åke Öberg’s Vikingar - the raw material - two conversions and three 're-equipped' models |
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| The finished unit -Åke Öberg’s Vikingar |
The unit is Veteran under Donnybrook classification and equipped with heavy weapons, in this case battle axes. They are known in my collection as Sergeant Åke Öberg’s Vikingar. His little command are formidable men from the northern provinces of Sweden. Almost inured to...
Solidifying the Ghost Army Part 1 - The BIG idea
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| A preview of four of the conversions for the Ghost Army |
On a recent flight back from New York I hit the creative wall. I intended to use the journey to write something new but found myself simply staring at the screen.. it had been a hard week at the office.
I resorted to trawling through my files of previously written pieces and eventually I came across an almost finished scenario for Donnybrook...
Battle for Britain 1693.. campaigning opening shots
The 1693 campaign season opened with three contrasting scenarios reflecting the differing challenges facing each of the commanders depending on where they found themselves at the close of 1692.
In Scotland Viscount Dundee found himself nominally in control of the country but with far too few troops to effectively ensure the King's...
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| Kilbryde 1693 - site of the conventicle (assembling around the house) |
In Scotland Viscount Dundee found himself nominally in control of the country but with far too few troops to effectively ensure the King's...
Pike less in Falkirk .. LoA at Carronade 2017
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| The LoA GNW game at Falkirk 2017 |
I cannot say the our preparation for the Carronade show in Falkirk was faultless. I spent about 90 minutes the night before the show looking out all the various components from the game we had run at Tactica. Terrain - check, buildings - check, troops - check (sure about that?... yep), trees - text to Toggy - check, rules - check, handout - oops I forgot that, never...
1693 Start of the campaign season
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| On the march once again.. The Army of William III |
Campaign hard facts
As many of these units have gained experience and have featured in the 1693 campaign the information does have some gaming relevance.
Some of the players have I...
Unashamed Williamite Wars LoA nostalgia trip..
Glorying in the spectacle of the game...
I have hundreds, perhaps thousands of gaming images from our many years of gaming the Williamite Wars. Sometimes it is nice just to look and not necessarily to read. Not in chronological order (of the war nor of when they were played), here is a trip through the images if you need some inspiration...
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| 1693 Drax, Battle for Britain campaign played in Dumfries... |
The Battle for Britain 1692... concluding the 1692 story
Here is last year's final chapter, leading into our 1693 adventures....
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| Infamy! The English Life Guards treacherously turn on the Gardes te Voet |
The guile of the Lord Lucan in persuading the venal Kirke combined with the grit of the brave Irish soldiers to serve up a delicious victory in the cause of the true King and the true religion– This is the tale King James’s counsellors would have us swallow...
The Battle for Britain 1692: The story so far, almost completed..
Leading up to the start of the 1693 campaigning season with the climax of 1692..
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| The Jacobite Army on the left delivered a stunning victory at Badon Hill |
The ire of the populace at large has turned like a rabid dog upon prominent men who once had the world at their feet. General Tollemache, erstwhile darling of the army and hero of the battlefield is now become a figure of derision and the corporeal...
The Battle for Britain 1692: The story so far continued..
More of the background tale leading to our April 2017 weekender....
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| Complicit in the Jacobite defeat? St Ruhe's French may have fought hard enough |
Dundee’s own losses amounted to no greater than thirteen hundreds of the total four and one half thousands lost for King James. So, can it truly be believed that the legions of King Louis the Magnificent did not shoulder more than adequate share of the...