The League of Augsburg

Warfare Miniatures Zombies!

by Clarence Harrison

Clarence Harrison - When I started working on my concept for Donnybrook Dark, something I knew I needed immediately were zombies. There are several manufacturers who make pirate zombies, but these didn't quite fit the bill as I wanted uniformed models. So I dug into my bits box and started a project worthy of Dr. Frankenstein.

The concept work began last spring on my flight home from Scotland. I...
Posted in Donnybrook, The Great Northern War

GNW Swedish cavalry - gallop back to the field

by Barry Hilton


CHARGING CODE 1
A wee update for those interested in the disappearing and now reappearing Swedish GNW cavalry. These have taken about 9 months longer to appear than we originally anticipated but in my opinion they are worth the wait.


CHARGING CODE 2


In addition to the originally planned 4 trooper sets and two command sets we have two dragoon drummers! So, reinforcements we picked up on the way.


COMMAN...
Posted in News, The Great Northern War, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

More Donnybrook Dark

by Clarence Harrison
Clarence Harrison - Right! My painting in 2017 was not up to my normal production. That is going to change in 2018.

I started this second force for my Donnybrook Dark project (you can see my Scandavians hereif you missed 'em) on New Year's Eve - yep, a wild night. I assembled, converted, undercoated, painted, based, photographed, AND freakin' blogged about forty models in seven days. This...
Posted in Donnybrook, The Great Northern War

New product news from Warfare Miniatures

by Barry Hilton
Set 1 - Lobster helmet, armour and swords

ECW/TYW Cavalry



These three codes will be released sometime in January 2018. It has taken them a long time to reach the market having been sculpted bout five or six years ago.

Set 2 lobster helmet, armour and pistols


There are currently nine sculpts eight of which are pictured here. The missing, pistol armed trooper in lobster pot belongs to set 2. In the...
Posted in News, Painting, The Great Northern War, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

Happy New Year!

by Clarence Harrison
 

Happy New Year!

A few weeks ago, Barry and I hooked up with Rob Rhodes on the History to Wargames podcast to talk about Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook, and the League of Augsburg...

History to Wargames Podcast

Notice that Barry was introduced as MY sidekick, which has got to be the first time that's happened...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook

Christmas Game - Harrison's Meadow VA June 1861

by Barry Hilton
Longstreets's Brigade march to Harrison's Meadow

I do have other interests apart from 1660-1721 and so for the Christmas game this year I thought I'd surprise Toggy with an ACW encounter from the very beginning of the war.

Ewell's Brigade approach from the south west

In this fictitious pre-1st Bull Run encounter elements of Tyler's 1st US Division attempt to protect the Warrenton Road road adjacent...
Posted in Guest Post, Republic to Empire, Scenarios, Wargaming

Guest post -Swedish artillery

by Barry Hilton


Some wonderful work by William Nguyen Tan Ho from France on Swedish artillery from the Great Northern War.




William has done a super job on these chaps and the basing just sets it off nicely. I was very happy to receive the pictures and share them on the blog.




Wonderful limber piece too!


Posted in Guest Post, Modeling, Painting, The Great Northern War, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

The War of Three Kings - "How is this game different?"

by quindia

Before talking about what's new, let's look at some things that stayed the same...

Unit Organization
For the most part, units are organized in the same manner they've always been - three stands for a battalion of Foot and two stands for a squadron of Horse. Those of you with existing armies will easily make the transition, while those new to the period will have clear guidelines to get stuck in....
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, The War of Three Kings

The War of Three Kings - "How is this game different?"

by Clarence Harrison

Before talking about what's new, let's look at some things that stayed the same...

Unit Organization
For the most part, units are organized in the same manner they've always been - three stands for a battalion of Foot and two stands for a squadron of Horse. Those of you with existing armies will easily make the transition, while those new to the period will have clear guidelines to get stuck in....
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, The War of Three Kings

A fascinating detour part 1 - New Characters for the campaign

by Barry Hilton
Dutch Parliament building - Den Haag

As we are now regulars on the Newcastle-Ijmuiden run we like to visit new places on the way to/from Antwerp and Hamburg, the homes of Crisis and Tactica respectively.

Willem I Prince of Orange outside the Royal Palace

This trip we chose Den Haag with no particular expectations other than.. it is the capital of the Netherlands so it must have something about it!


Nap...

The War of Three Kings - "What's up with the name?"

by Clarence Harrison
The game is still Beneath the Lily Banners. When we started developing the new rules, we wanted to streamline as many things as possible without loosing the feel of the game. Some of this came in the form of rule changes, but some came from discussing how to represent all of the different theaters of this period. We found we were expending a lot of effort trying to make sure we covered rules for...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, The War of Three Kings

A novel new offer - Mounted Officer and Cornet packs

by Barry Hilton
Cornet from WLOA40 with a new right arm! (As Adam Murray)


Over the years I have done many special deals for customers which have involved splitting packs to get various figures out. I have accumulated dozens of perfectly good cavalry models which cannot be sold in packs of three because one or more figures are missing.

Officer from WLOA36 as a brigadier of Horse


I have featured many of my...
Posted in News, The Glorious Revolution, The War of Spanish Succession, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming