The League of Augsburg
The War Wagon
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| The finished War wagon in profile |
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| The original wagon from which the war wagon is constructed. All that was used was the flat bed and wheels. |
I had this idea in my head to build a centre piece for the Ottoman wagonburg. I wanted a something practical but distinctive and I gained a lot of valuable experience arsing around with the twelve defensive pieces built for the wagonburg circumference.
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New Ottoman special packs
Here are some pictures of future releases for our Ottoman Turkish range.
The first piece is a lovely vignette of a Janissary Cauldron party. For those unfamiliar with this tradition the 'cooking pot' was more precious to Janissary units than any flag. Many of their senior officers had titles relating to posts from the kitchen such as the Soup Maker, the Scullion, the Chef and the Baker. The hearth...
Here they are! Ottoman Cavalry preview
This was a big job and involved the sculpting of brand new horses in addition to creating all of the various combinations of weapons used by Ottoman cavalry in the 17th and 18th centuries. Clib has done outstanding work on these and set an amazing benchmark for any future cavalry we release.
We have a Command set - two officers and a standard bearer. One officer has a helmet with turban wrapped...
Battle of the Skull Mound - Part 3: Reflections
I promised a look back at the performance of both the Ottoman based infantry force and the Cossack Force which was used in the Skull Mound game.
Let's deal with the Ottomans first. We beefed up the quality of the this force in order to achieve a points match with the enemy. This resulted in two Guard quality units - something that rarely if ever happens in the Western theatre but these ratings are...
Guest post: Battle of Malatitze 1708 - Dannie Fogleman
Friend of the blog and GNW enthusiast Dannie Fogleman undertook some evangelical work on behalf of Beneath the Lily Banners at South Bend, Indiana recently.
Here is the tale of his adventures with some BLB novices.....
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| The Battle of Malatitze 1708 - Ready to rol in South Bend, IN @SYWA |
We did a BLB3 GNW game at the Seven Years War Association in South Bend, Indiana recently. It was based on the...
Ray's Request - Donnybrook Ottomans and Donnybrook force offer
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| Janissary Vets face European cavalry |
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| An Ottoman Wagonburg bristling with menace - Come and get us! |
Ray Roussell blames me for his Donnybrook addiction. I know the term lead pusher could have a totally different meaning in the context of selling minis as opposed to playing with them. I am however probably answerable to both descriptions.
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| Four ELITE Janissaries with flintlocks and an Officer character |
A...
Partizan May 2019 - Warfare pre order and Wagonburg game
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| The Wagonburg in 'draft' still has a fair amount of work to be done but the idea is obvious. |
I am very much looking forward to Partizan on May 19th. The game will be a first outing for my scratch built Wagonburg for the Ottomans. I am still in the process of building bits and pieces of the defence works and equipment.
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| All of the items are scratch built to some degree. |
The biggest question I have is...
I painted them thar Ottermans
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| Code OT07 Tufeckci firing |
I know, several months late. C minus on report card and detention for me. Nevertheless, painting these thirty models in five days was not as onerous a chore as it may at first sound.
They were really fun to do. The sculpting is wonderful and the poses interesting and natural.
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| Code OT12 Bosniaks/Irregulars loading |
I used the following speedy method:
1. Hand brushed white...
A wee taster.. With Talon and Claw.. news
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| Neil Roberts outstanding cover with some of Clarence's internal illos |
The new Great Northern War supplement for Beneath the Lily Banners 3rd edition is called
With Talon and Claw
The reason? Eagles and lions with their talons and claws appear in almost all of the arms of the combatant nations of the Great Northern and Eastern Wars - Swedes, Danes, Saxons, Prussians, Poles, Imperialists and...
Let's make a wagon fort
Well, it was a thought that had been floating around my head for a while. I had some vague ideas about how I might scratch build a defend-able 'wagon barrier' but had never gone practical with it.
No time like the present - about a month or so till Partizan so nothing like a little pressure to focus the mind.
How many? (it was a question to self).. four? six?... how about twelve? OK. That's settled,...
Battle of Skull Mound Part 2 - Battle report photos
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| The Ottoman attack on Skull Mound builds cautiously but steadily. |
With very little cavalry available the Ottomans were relying on firepower in this battle. We upgraded the Janissary units to Veteran with two small units rated with the rare Guard level and all ortas with flintlock muskets. The three field guns forming a baseline would hopefully provide plenty of support fire. 152 infantry, 18...
Nos te salutant!
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| The bare essentials 1500 Friday afternoon - it's all ahead of us |
It's all over for another year.. the feeding frenzy that is SALUTE. Despite the doom laden warnings of imminent economic armageddon and our isolation from the rest of the humanity, the Great British Wargaming Public did what we do best.. Carried on, regardless!
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| Yes, well, it IS SALUTE and this certainly beats the Hitler Jugend. |
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