The League of Augsburg

GNW Early period Russian musketeer

by Barry Hilton October 12, 2016

nice pose and elegant, slender sculpt

I like this figure. I like its slender upright look and the detail on it is fantastic. It was a test sculpt and has not gone into production. I have no idea what the demand would be for it nevertheless, I am painting myself a couple of units of the type right now.

figure from various angles

I am experimenting with different uniform combinations and may end up...

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GNW Russian - an advanced Guard!

by Barry Hilton October 05, 2016

careful of this chap!

We are still working on the production moulds for this set R10 Russian Infantry defending however, I was able to grab some time to paint what I consider to be one of the finest sculpts yet from Clib.

superb detail on the back - shoulder strap and gear arrangement

Aaarrgh!!!!!!! Take that Lars!

Can't wait to paint the rest of this pack. Should be out in November
Drill manual pose....

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S22 GNW Swedish Grenadiers ready

by Barry Hilton September 29, 2016

S22 Swedish Grenadiers in mitre -ready

The first pack of Swedish grenadiers is in the 'ready' pose. We have talked a lot about how the grenadiers should be presented in the range and have several options up our sleeves including plug in grenadier caps but for now this pose was a safe bet.

Super pose with the head angled in an interesting way

same model

The tall mitre style appears to have been in use...

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New Russians released!

by Barry Hilton September 21, 2016

Two codes R7 and R8 combined to give a sense of battalion mass

These have been in production for a few weeks and some people have already ordered them by private enquiry but the delay is all due to me. I wanted to get some samples painted properly before uploading them into the shop.

R6 With kartuz Ready

I am delighted with the sculpts and the style of head wear we went for in the end. It is of...

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Donibruski - Donnybrook Cossacks

by Clarence Harrison September 19, 2016

David O'Brien - When I first saw these Cossack figures produced by Wargames Foundry I fell in love with them and had always planned to paint some up but nothing happened until I helped with the play testing of Donnybrook. The idea of painting a whole army of Cossacks didn't appeal to me but the size of forces required for a Donnybrook faction meant that my plans could come to fruition.

Now that I...

Posted in Donnybrook, The Great Northern War

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Warfare GNW Mounted Russian Dragoons - New Sculpts

by Barry Hilton August 23, 2016

We have two sets of Russians sculpted with more to follow. We have chosen not to show the traditional dragoon pose with musket resting on calf. Our muskets will be attachable to the trooper together with the scabbard.

I noticed a comment on TMP regarding the horse sizes. This is an interesting case of wargamers preconditioning their own expectations and extrapolating out. The horses we have chosen...

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GNW Swedish Cavalry - new sculpts

by Barry Hilton August 21, 2016

I am so excited about these and the fact that we'll have them in production very soon. We have nine new troopers (soon to be 12) plus six new command plus 5 new horses.