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WSS Collection Julian Blakeney Edwards Part 3 French and Allied units
Barry Hilton - I painted less in the way of French units for Julian's collection than I did Grand Alliance units. This post is therefore a mix of various regiments from all arms.First up is a Foundry...
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Flying the flag’. A quick n’ dirty guide to making your own flags using...
Earl of Bath's Regiment 1690In part 1 I explained the background about how i arrived at this strangely labour intensive by-water of wargaming. This part gives the detail of How to.... Raw materialsYou...
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WSS Collection Julian Blakeney Edwards Part 4 Grand Alliance cavalry units
I should know them from the standard!close in shot of the DutchThis first regiment was to my recollection, painted as Dutch although once more I have failed the test in remembering who they actually...
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28mm GNW Setting the standard
'Heroic' scale Quindia GNW Russian flag Barry Hilton - Flags are often the aspect of a wargaming unit which first catch the eye of the observer. The standard is the icing on the cake when it comes to...
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More French Flags from Quindia Studios
Soon there will be more French Infantry flags circa 1693 available in the LoA store...As usual, you may order them Heroic LoA size (50x50mm), Bold Quindia Studios size (40x40mm), or Humble Realistic...
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Warfare Miniatures Great Northern War Range :Pikemen charging in karpus
PIKEMEN - CHARGING in karpusThis code is completed in a very plain style of karpus. The karpus was available in numerous styles and cuts during the period of the GNW. A flick through Aberg &...
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Warfare Miniatures Great Northern War Range :Pikemen standing in karpus
PIKEMEN STANDING in karpusThese chaps have oodles of character. The body poses suggest the weight of their heavy pikes and the magnitude of the stress about to face men going into battle.We decided to...
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Warfare Miniatures Great Northern War Range :Pikemen charging in tricorne
I love this code! This is the default uniform of Swedish troops of the period. Tricorned, hair-bagged with the addition of the calfskin campaign haversack. The movement that Clibinarium has managed to...
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Warfare Miniatures Great Northern War Range :Command charging in tricorne
This code is the most dynamic so far. The sculpts are in my opinion right at the apex of wargaming figure design. The pack consists of a senior officer, an ensign, a junior officer, a sergeant and a...
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Tales from Turkey Part 1 ' Come inside'
The Blue Mosque.. not military but wonderfully impressiveI have a very privileged working life. I get to travel all over the world and whilst doing that occasionally manage a day off here and there if...
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Warfare Miniatures Great Northern War Range :Command standing in tricorne
The Swedish disdain for frippery is evident not only in these sculpts but in the way I have chosen to paint them. I have used dark and sombre blue with the exception of the drummer who shows a little...
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Tales from Turkey Part 2: Early Turkish warfare
Attila.... The Turk. A bust in the museumReturning to Istanbul and my visit to the Military Museum there, the second post in this series focuses on the early Turkish peoples and their warfare from the...
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CLAYMORE 2014 - League of Augsburg view
Warfare Miniature Gardes Francaises painted by BHThe team was down to Tog, DOB and Crock (me with a bad back) but we managed a respectable showing at Edinburgh's annual wargaming jamboree. It seemed...
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Warfare Miniatures Great Northern War Range :Pikemen standing in tricorne
PIKEMEN STANDING in tricorneThis code is full of character in both poses and the faces of the models. They are in the regulation equipment for Swedish pikemen of the period including the wearing of...
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New AWI flags from Quindia: Gostelowe Return - American Colours
The Gostelowe Return flags are now available in the LoA shop. If you order both sets, we will send the 13th flag (rumored to be carried by the 1st New York in 1777) free...Gostelowe Return...
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Tales from Turkey Part 3 Wargamers Paradise
Hunnic organization and warriors - magnificent illustrationI could almost believe the curator team at the Army Museum are wargamers. Why? because they have created exhibits which inspire and inform we...
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Stars and Stripes
More American AWI flags are now available in the LoA store!The flag most commonly associated with the Revolutionary War is the Betsy Ross Flag. Although this flag is commonly believed to have been...
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Warfare Miniatures Great Northern War Range :Musketeers marching in karpus
This code is really beautifully sculpted. Interesting poses, great equipment, characterful and quite varied faces, it was a complete joy to paint
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Tales from Turkey Part 4 'The walls of Byzantium'
Byzantium has even in its rich sounding name, a sense of mystery about it. Anyone who has read anything about Byzantium or the Byzantines themselves cannot fail to be impressed and at the same time...
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New Horse & Musket rules from League of Augsburg
Large Williamite battalions deployed for battleThese rules have been developing for quite some time and I can hear some of you ask 'Why do we need another set of rules for the period from Wordtwister?'...
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