The League of Augsburg

Looking from the Jacobite left the size differential in forces is clear - but what about quality?

It's been over a year since Dave, Bob and I gamed at home and we chose to play test BLB V3 a little more with a scenario set in the late summer of 1689 in Ireland.

A pro-Williamite Protestant Irish force meets Richard Hamilton commanding a Jacobite Irish force around Reunion Priory, a ruin set in Co...

Oh no! minus 3 on morale we are under attack from REAL Guards!

The dreaded 'G' word is the cause of many an animated disagreement amongst the wargaming fraternity. It is interesting to consider why it creates such polarization of opinion. It is most likely to be a shortened version of body guard and probably dates back to ancient times with units such as the Praetorian Guard who protected important...

WLOA58 Mounted dragoons in hats

Here is a detailed overview of Warfare Miniatures' new mounted dragoon code of three troopers. The models are sculpted with hats.

This relaxed and natural pose is a nice change

Horse size works very well

The new horses are really well proportioned

The horses are of a size representing the inferior mounts of dragoons. There are four horse variants and three of the four...

WLOA60 Mounted dragoon Command in hats

The first mounted dragoon command code features models in hats. Included are an officer, a guidon bearer and a drummer.

Guidon bearer

Guidon bearer

Guidon bearer on alternative mount

The models are mounted on smaller, dragoon sized horses.

Dragoon drummer

Dragoon drummer

Dragoon drummer

I have added a field sign to their hats and painted them as Colonel Albert...

The chap in the cap was the finest King James we had! Historicon 2010

With a recent post focused on our play test of Beneath the Lily Banners modifications I got to trawling my archive for previous efforts at recreating the Battle of the Boyne. I have a few!

Adding lots of troops on the north bank made it look very busy. Dumfries 2014

Here are some shots of some games large and not so large. Some...

BLB squadron size - six models

Well these chaps have taken a long time to appear but having had a chance to paint one each of the first six models and four new horse types I am hugely pleased with what we are about to release and believe them to be we worth the wait.

Dragoon horses - smaller than standard cavalry mounts

Featured here are three Command and three dragoon models in hats which could be...

View from the south west with King James in the right foreground

Iconic and tantalising in its alternative outcome possibilities the Battle of the Boyne is one of those wargaming opportunities which keeps coming back.

In they go! The Gard te Voet wade the river whilst Williamite guns explode!

I chose it as the game of the day for Claymore 2016 for a few of reasons. It looks good for a start, it has a...

The brooding Head of Glencoe

On a recent, unusual assignment I had the chance to pass through and photograph some of the most dramatic scenery in Scotland, all of which has a Jacobite 'wars' connection. My ultimate destination was the shore of Lochailort.

The Campbell's are coming!

To get there from home I had to drive up Loch Lomond side to Crianlarich, through Tyndrum on over the eerie Rannoch...

French Dragoon Command

It has not been lack of intent on our side simply lack of time and other priorities that have prevented us getting these models to a stage where we can share how they look with you.

French Dragoon Troopers pack 1

We recognize that they will not be without controversy either but more of that later. These pictures show the French Mounted Command and one set of French Dragoon...

slipping past the Jacobite guns (it was dark.. but not in my kitchen)

This scenario involved a daring mission by moonlight up the River Foyle by Captain Adam Murray and an intrepid band of Derrymen as they attempted to transfer some messengers towards their comrades in Enniskillen.

Ahoy! Boat loads of Jacobite dragoons sail up the Foyle

The action mostly takes place on the water as Jacobite dragoons...

Storming Athlone 1691 - from Mark Shearwood

For the first time in 20 years I was not able to actively contribute to Partizan. Instead, I decided to make a visit to see the show as a punter.

English Town in the hands o the Williamites

The Danes move up to cross by pontoon bridge

view from the west bank of the river

English soldiers in English Town

I spent about three hours at the show and enjoyed the new...

King's Regiment of Footguards

Often in regimental museums little space is given to the early part of unit histories. Perhaps a plate or some sketches, occasionally a musket, hat or coat.

Scots Regiment of Foot Guards

Not so the regiments of Scots and English Foot Guards!

Coldstream Guards

In their museum plenty of space is dedicated to the first 50 years of their existence. Lots of original documents,...