The League of Augsburg

The trophy captured by the Russians from Ostergotland

Barry Hilton- Finally, after four weeks on the road I got home and had a chance to finish something which I simply ran out of road to achieve in mid November. Having crossed oodles of stuff off my 'to do' list, cut out the flags and charged up my camera I was foiled at the last minute by finding out the Prit Stick my wife had bought to complete...

A while back we cast up some test Swedish cavalry which have been seen on the show circuit but only as samples on the Warfare Miniatures stand. The reaction to the models was very good.


When I decided to include a piece of GNW action in our October Derby Weekender I did a freshen up of my existing Swedish Army and decided to complete the half squadron of Warfare Swedes and give them a 'run out'...

A short post in response to the inevitable questions now arising about range compatibility between Warfare Miniatures new Great Northern War figures and existing offerings in the market. I took this quick shot to illustrate...
Warfare Miniatures figure on the left. In the centre is a Musketeer Miniatures drummer and on the right a FoundrySwedish grenadier. Musketeer are the tallest and in terms of...

Here are all of the test sculpts brought together in a colourful montage of what is to come. This experimental phase was undertaken to give us a feel for the best way to go forward.

Barry Hilton - This part of the series details less conventional(from a wargames manufacturing perspective) Russian troop types from the Great Northern War. First up is in my opinion the most spectacular sculpt of the 10 protos.

#4 RUSSIAN OFFICER in kaftan
The uniform is very ornate and the colours I have chosen are very dramatic with high contrast not just in the colour tones but against each...

Barry Hilton - I painted the five Swedish figures first as my wargaming leanings are towards the Swedes. I enjoyed that very much but realized that as I got into doing the 5 Russian models in two sittings that I was enjoying them even more!

The poses are interesting and the uniforms are quite different to those of their opponents. Clibinarium had pretty much free rein to sculpt what he wanted in...

Barry Hilton - This post details two other preliminary Swedish sculpts for the GNW project. This is a privately funded range which will be comprehensive and less conventional than the norm. The 5 Swedish sculpts featured on this post and part 1 were preliminary works which will become commercially available.

Warfare customers who order in the run up to Christmas may find some have crept into their...

Holding back the blue waves at Klissow

Barry Hilton - I was itching to paint these chaps from the minute I saw the sculpts but of course that would have been plain stupid! I received the master cast batches in Antwerp but for various business reasons was unable to get to my painting table until yesterday. I prepped up all 10 and finished 5 - The Swedes.

A walk through each sculpt with some commentary will I think be useful to those...

Hordes of Saxon Kürassier at Klissow 1702

Günter Heim - The next step in building forces for Beneath the Lily Banners for me was to decide which miniatures I was going to use... It was about this time that Barry Hilton started his own range by introducing the famous Warfare Miniatures! I was almost immediately taken by their look and started to compare the miniatures with the drawings in Dan's...

Herr Heim's GNW Saxons in all their glory

                                        

Barry Hilton - I'm into BLUE these days. Not hugely layered and highlighted shades of blue but dense, flat, slap you in the mush sort of BLUE. It is a technique I have seen used before by people in the hobby I respect very much such as Dave Andrews. Make the primary uniform colour of the model flat and dense. Contrast everything else against that mass. I think the effect is very pleasing.


With the...