The League of Augsburg
Ultimately a productive week..
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| Another batch of Haitians completed |
It didn't start well with three of my holiday days being taken up with work and I thought my painting plan would go to wrack and ruin. Nevertheless, focus is the watchword and the tally for the week was
45 figures and 13 war dogs which I am pretty happy with. All completed on the terrace whilst the family were out supporting the local economy.
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| The somewhat equine... |
One afternoon in Murcia....
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| Two sessions work here |
I am way behind. I am so desperate to catch up that I decided to step up to the challenges of modern international travel. I carried a couple of dozen small bottles of liquid which may look to the untrained eye like something really dangerous, in a shoe box together with glue, knives and files through four airports in the space of four days to see what happened.
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| Trent... |
One afternoon in Murcia....
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| Two sessions work here |
I am way behind. I am so desperate to catch up that I decided to step up to the challenges of modern international travel. I carried a couple of dozen small bottles of liquid which may look to the untrained eye like something really dangerous, in a shoe box together with glue, knives and files through four airports in the space of four days to see what happened.
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| Trent... |
See you at Crisis 2017! - Warfare discount offer for the show
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| Our intense GNW struggle at Crisis in 2014 or 2015 |
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| Gardes Francaises - Warfare Miniatures |
We are offering a 10% discount for any pre-orders received before November...
Some time to reflect
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| Plenty of space to let my mind wander here....24.8062° N, 56.1254° E |
Being somewhat averse to the sun I have used much of my time this last week to catch up on written projects safely indoors and away from it. I realized that I have a lot of these projects.
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| This bizarre battlefield duel did take place between two allies at 18.0193° N, 76.9758° W |
I spent a good chunk of the week organizing the October...
Guest post: On the trail of the Jacobite War in Ireland Part 3 - The Fort
Friend of the blog Peter A shares his some of his Irish campaign experiences from Kinsale 1690....
The Fort – Kinsale
Kinsale at 7.30am on a Sunday morning. Clear, bright, cold. Sun rising over the remains of the old James Fort. The harbour still and quiet – waiting for the day.
That peace – an enchanted moment – the sea and the shape of the hills is a view untouched for a thousand years – any modern...
Battle for Britain - inside the Caribbean forces
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| Creole infantry in action! |
The Caribbean theatre started as a one off idea but the more I researched it the more I got hooked by the scope, scale and generally bizarre nature of what the European superpowers got up to there.
Our first outing centres on Jamaica - previously Spanish, now English and very recently declared for King James and not King William. Challenging possession of the island is an...
The Battle for Britain 1693 The fighting begins...
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| Kirke's arrival at Santa Marta - The Creole Regiment was already in position |
Of course I have already blogged briefly on the topic of our 1693 Battle for Britain adventures but not really given any detailed insight into the battles. The reason was simple. I had a mass of data to sift through and organize and my time between the beginning of April (when we did it) and now has been filled with...
Guest post: The Williamite Wars in Ireland - Part 2 - The River
Friend of the blog Peter A - wanderings in ancient Ireland – part two
It is along road from Kinsale to Limerick. But much harder on foot or on horseback than by car. The first tough haul is the twisty, tortuous undulating road up to Cork – that caused Marlborough’s men so much trouble in bringing his heavy artillery down to take part in the siege of Charles Fort, Kinsale.
Once beyond Cork, we head...
1693 Start of the campaign season
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| On the march once again.. The Army of William III |
Book Review - Behind the Walls - Nicola Pierce
Behind the Walls - a novel about the Siege of Derry 1689
I don't normally do book reviews on the blog although I have occasionally written some for the trade press in the past.
I thought I'd make an exception for this book which I picked up in the Visitors Centre at The Boyne last month for a couple of reasons; It is about a subject in which I have a deep and abiding interest and not often written...
Guest post: Williamite Wars in Ireland Part 1 - The Walls
Friend of the Blog Peter A takes us with him on part one of his three part odyssey following the Williamite Wars in Ireland - The Walls, the River and the Fort – wanderings in ancient Ireland
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| Arms of Cork - a safe harbour for ships |
1. This report is in 3 parts. First, the siege and taking of Cork – the breach and destruction of its medieval walls - which were unfit to resist determined late 17t...