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... |
Guest post: GNW Swedes by Don Crane
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| The Brigade in all its glory |
The Blog has featured the work of several painters over the years and I always enjoy seeing how painters and gamers create and interpret figures and unit construction.
I recently had the privilege of seeing some truly wonderful pieces of work from Don Crane who has been building a GNW Swedish army.
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| Halsinge or Halsingland Regiment (from up north) |
The shots of his force so...
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... |
One afternoon in Murcia....
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| Two sessions work here |
I am way behind. I am so desperate to catch up that I decided to step up to the challenges of modern international travel. I carried a couple of dozen small bottles of liquid which may look to the untrained eye like something really dangerous, in a shoe box together with glue, knives and files through four airports in the space of four days to see what happened.
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| Trent... |
One afternoon in Murcia....
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| Two sessions work here |
I am way behind. I am so desperate to catch up that I decided to step up to the challenges of modern international travel. I carried a couple of dozen small bottles of liquid which may look to the untrained eye like something really dangerous, in a shoe box together with glue, knives and files through four airports in the space of four days to see what happened.
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| Trent... |
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...
Solidifying the Ghost Army Part 7: Wounded Sentinels
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| The wounded sentinels in the raw state |
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| The sentinels completed |
Although the Ghost Army force has only four units each with two characters attached I added two extra demi-units in order to make the scenario work. The first of these are three sentinels, each supposed to be wounded and therefore rated as Drilled in the scenario.
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| Ralf Abrahamsson in the raw form with milliput ragged cape |
This unit has no...
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...