The League of Augsburg
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...
Battle of the Skull Mound 1677: The Scenario
1677.....
The Ottoman Empire, allied with Crimean Tatars is pushing north on the west bank of the great Dnieper river into the Ukranian territories. The first line of defence is offered by Cossacks on both sides of the river.
A strong Turkish force composed mainly of infantry has been given the objective of capturing a small Cossack settlement near an ancient Patzinak burial site known locally as...
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. |
The...
Taking the offensive.. well said Pete Brown
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| The offending piece |
I am not even allowed to use the word snowflake in the house without a censorious eyebrow being raised by my daughter. I know I am not alone in my complete bemusement regarding what people will take offence about next. At work, what my team are now OK to say or not say in terms of illustrating business life lessons is like walking through a minefield (oops, probably not allowed...
Swedish Force from the new BLB3 GNW supplement
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| Onwards to Vlasivka 1709 |
The Swedes are...
A most remarkable army.. Kuruc 1703-1711
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| An Osprey style compilation of Kuruc forces on the march mixing phases of its existence |
The by ways of the late 17th century and early 18th provide magnificently juicy brain food for wargamers. Although I had in passing, read about the Kuruc Rebellion in Hungary during the first decade of the 18th century I had gone no further than a quick skim of what it was all about.
During the compilation of...
Salute 2019 Pre-order discount
No, I can't believe it either. SALUTE 2019 is in about four weeks. Somewhere in my head I could hear a voice saying, you'd better start planning for SALUTE which is in a couple of months.
Anyway, enough of this already. Here is a special offer for any products pre-ordered for SALUTE.
Pre-order any quantity of the following products from our range ; Figures, Books, Flags and get them at a 10%...
William III's Italian Allies during the LoA War Book offer
Another generous offer from the Helion Company for members of the League of Augsburg Blog...
William III's Italian Ally: Piedmont and the War of the League of Augsburg 1683-1697 by CIRO PAOLETTI, illustrations by Bruno Mugnai
https://www.helion.co.uk/war-and-soldiers-in-the-early-reig…
from now till the end of March
£25 post free within the UK, at cost shipping for the rest of the world.
To order the...