Tuesday 16 April 2024
Monday 19 February 2024
Russian 3pdr bn gun
One of the things I really wanted for my Seven Years war Russian collection was a 3pdr BN gun.
I managed to get Richard Dickens to make one for Claymore Castings. Here is a sneak preview of the 3rd printed master.
Wednesday 1 November 2023
Major-general Leontiev
Finished my command base for the Russian brigade. This is my Major-general Leontiev who command the brigade at Kunersdorf.The brigade
I was asked about the paints I used for the greens and reds on this project. I chose the colours for painting large numbers fast and so I can go back and replicate the recipe in the future.
Here they are..
Reds
1: Base of GW Mephiston Red.Monday 30 October 2023
Nizovski 2nd Bn
Just finished the 2nd Bn Nizovski. This completes the Russian brigade. Here are some images of the troops. I will add a brigadier next.
Wednesday 25 October 2023
Brigade
Thursday 19 October 2023
2nd Bn Nizovski
A SYW project update.
I started working on the second bn Nizovski for my new Russian brigade. I finished the 1st Bn Nizovski a few weeks back.
Here is the command base for the Nizovski 2nd Battalion.
The command bases of the 1st and 2nd bn Nizovski.
Sunday 20 August 2023
Big game day
I ran a big game day for my wargames friends today. The day consisted of two large games in the same hall. One a Seven Years War (SYW) game and the other an American Civil War (ACW) game. There was 16 gamers on two 18 foot tables.
The tables umpires were Andy Mill and Colin Davidson for ACW and Nichol Murray and myself for the SYW. Nichol being the over all umpire for the day. We used the 'This Hallowed Ground ' ACW rules by Jay White and a SYW variant of these rules by Nichol.
There was a blue force and a red force on each table. We marked the looses for each force over the two tables for an over all result.
Figures were from the collections of the group members. 68 units on eCh table.
Some photos of the SYW game...
About 80 battalions in total. A fictional scenario with Austrian, Bavarian, Wurttemberg, Prussian and Russian forces.
Images of the ACW game..
Again, roughly 60 battalions in total.
It was a fantastic day! We plan to do another one soon.
David
Wednesday 16 August 2023
Medieval Photo Shoot.
Edward III
Genoes Crossbow.
Prince of Navarre.
Flanders.
English Longbow
City militias