The League of Augsburg
Deutschland bound! - LoA hit the Tactica trail 2016
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| Uppland Femanning battalion making their debut at TACTICA |
A funny thing happened on the way to The Boyne... Pike & Shot game from Slitherine
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| Ah! The Boyne.. new, this will be fun |
After a traumatic evening digging out my friend's car from snow and ice and preventing it sliding down a hill in a 'run of chaos' I decided to recover by spending a mindless hour playing Pike & Shot which I very much enjoy particularly since they added the 'Campaign' package featuring our period.
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| Uniform colours and accurate flags.. even better! |
I always check...
Scottish Battlefields Trust 2016 Wargaming event
Warwick Louth a trustee of the SBT explains the thinking behind a new wargaming event to be held at the famous location of Prestonpans near Edinburgh......
Churchill once said “Battles are the punctuation marks of history”. Naturally, as wargamers, our interest gravitates towards military history, with miniature battlefields accurately researched down to the smallest detail to attempt to replicate...
Building a Wargames Army, Part 7 - Earl of Clanrickarde's Foot
Clarence Harrison - It's been a long time since I've been able to participate here (or in wargaming in general). I'm not ready yet to commit to regular posts, but I did manage to finish this unit today (I started it around January 2015)...
As I mentioned when I put forth my earlier plan for the army, Clanrickarde's foot seem to have nearly a third of their number armed with pikes. That ratio goes...
As I mentioned when I put forth my earlier plan for the army, Clanrickarde's foot seem to have nearly a third of their number armed with pikes. That ratio goes...
1690s ARTILLERY ACTION!
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| English battery at Walcourt 1689 |
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| French guns being hauled into position at Walcourt... |
1690s INFANTRY ACTION!
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| Swedish infantry of a slightly earlier vintage 1675 - Scanian War |
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| Ramsay's Scots Dutch Regiment at Neerwinden 1693 |
1690s CAVALRY ACTION!
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| Jacobite counterattack at Aughrim 1691 |
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| French and Irish Horse clash with Huguenot and Dutch - Partizan 2013 |
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| French cavalry attack at Neerwinden - Partizan around 2008 |
Williamite Army 1691 in 15mm
Peter Allport takes us through his creation of the forces of King Willam III:
My Anglo- Dutch army
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1st English Life Guards, Colchester’s horse and the Dutch Van Graben in front line |
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Dutch... |
Ramillies in 15mm
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| The French Army |
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| Allied Horse |
Building a Wargames Army, Part 6 - Lord Dongan's Dragoons
Clarence Harrison - Here's my second regiment of dismounted dragoons...
I realized while cleaning up that one of the little buggers is camera shy. There are actually ten models in this unit! Later this year Warfare will release mounted dragoons and horse holder sets and I will revisit both of my dragoon units to add mounted versions. I think I am going to mount them individually as well and just...
I realized while cleaning up that one of the little buggers is camera shy. There are actually ten models in this unit! Later this year Warfare will release mounted dragoons and horse holder sets and I will revisit both of my dragoon units to add mounted versions. I think I am going to mount them individually as well and just...
Building a Wargames Army 101, Part 5 - Lord Clare's Dragoons
Clarence Harrison - Yeah, I know this is cheating. I actually painted these guys last year, but they are part of this army...
I intend to paint a mounted version and horse holder stand when they become available from Warfare (or barring that I'll convert some cavalry when the time comes). I based these models individually so I can use them for Donnybrook as well. Dismounted dragoons in Beneath the...
Building a Wargames Army 101, Part 4 - The Jacobite Cavalry
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| Williamite Cavalry - My plan for the Jacobites includes eight squadrons of horse to oppose these fine gentlemen. Of course, as with many units in this period, a quick flag swap could see most of these units pressed into service for King James II! |