The League of Augsburg
Les Français arrivent! French troops at Crisis 2017!
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| French Dragoons both mounted and dismounted supported by a mortar |
I had to make a choice - Blog or paint. I decided in the interest of having things to blog about, I should paint!
Crisis is approaching fast and soon Captain Haddock, Cookie Gwen and myself, the Old Codger, will be sailing the High Seas to Ijmuiden for our road trip to the centre of Belgian wargaming - Antwerpen.
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| One figure to finish... |
Fly Paper - The attack at la rivière du miel, November 1693
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| The valley of the Honey River, San Dominique |
Our campaign continues to expand in the Caribees. A plot hatched in the rum taverns of the Antilles and Jamaica culminated in a diversionary raid on the French held island of San Dominique in November 1693. This was one of the 'tune up' scenarios before the main event.
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| The forces of Governor du Casse, Louis XIV's man on San Dominique |
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| The mixed and rather... |
Where do the forces ideas come from? Part 1
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| Jacobite Foot Guards and Grand Prior's Regiments - stalwarts of King James's Irish Army |
Our Battle for Britain campaign has been running for a year now and in campaign terms we have come two years from the beginning of 1692 till the end of 1693. We've fought four major battles and twelve minor ones together with countless 'on paper' skirmishes and expeditions.
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| French Expeditionary Force in England... |
Report from the Front
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| Action during the battle to capture Tortuga from Governor du Casse |
I am just back from our latest Weekender epic continuing the campaign to control Britain and its associated colonial territories in 1693. I wanted to post up a glance at what we were doing before flying out to all points sandy tomorrow so, here it is!
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| The Jacobites last stand? Defending London from Prinz Eugen |
We played five games...
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... |
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...
Breaking the surface
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| The yin and yang of constant travel - herbal tea and cakes |
No, I have not sunk to the bottom of the sea, missing without trace. I am acutely aware of my lack of blog output over the last week+. Unfortunately work commits have taken me around the square - London -Amsterdam -Stuttgart - Paris - London, by planes trains and automobiles meaning, naff all time to witter like a curmudgeon.
Things have...
Champions of Pike & Shot 1: Mark Shearwood
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| Siege of Athlone 1691 - wonderful solo effort by Mark |
I decided to highlight the work of fellow gamers who I feel make a significant contribution to the popularity of the period 1660-1720. Mark Shearwood's output is both prodigious and high quality.
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| Meanwhile back in Brixham 1688 - Kidnapping King James |
Mark has produced imaginative and inspiring games which have appeared at various shows mostly in...
LoA on tour over the years..
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| Neerwinden 1693 at Partizan perhasp in 2008 or 2009? |
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| Holowczyn at Partizan perhaps 2009 |
On the eve of yet another Partizan show I thought I would make one of those occasional breaks with the 17th century and show case our breadth of offering over the many years we have spent on the show circuit.
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| bijou Normandy game at Carronade around 2010 |
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| Dark Age Late Romans roamin' in the gloamin' about 2003 at... |
Warfare GNW R13 Russian pikemen marching
R13 is the pike code complimentary to R12 (Musketeers) and R14 (Command). I am super happy about how this code turned out too. Again it is based on two body dollies with five head variants atop.
The pistol tucked in behind the belly box is a nice touch on all figures.
Some (but very few) customers have been a little unhappy about the 'solid' hands for pikemen and officers in the Russian range. We...
Surely there can't be more?: Warfare Minis Guest Gallery 4
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| Joe North's Vatican battalion - genuine I believe |
One of the more unusual units we have seen is a battalion which I believe was raised by the Vatican and was painted by Joe North.
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| Dutch Brandenburg Regiment by Kris Allsop |
Kris Allsop painted these two battalions the Dutch Brandenburg Regiment (which may well have been German) and...
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| Sir John Hanmer's Regiment from Kris Allsop |
Sir John Hanmer's English...
Exceptions prove the rule - LoA at Claymore 2017
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| Our set up positions at Arcis sur Aube, March 20 1814 |
I have been particularly conscious of the requests from visitors to keep this Blog exclusively 17th/early 18th century. This post proves that rule by making a rare exception.
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| Cavalry regiments the size of brigades - Austrian Hussars - both charged |
Toggy and I fancied a trip forward 100 years to get some fresh air around his enormous Austrian...