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Militia - all painted
various pikemen - Sedgemoor? Derry? Boston?It took a while but I finally got the lot painted and Toggy did some too! This post is just to illustrate the potential of these beautiful models.Armed wth...
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Gathering the Ottomans
A quick update shot of some Ottoman Janissaries in campaign dress - having photographed these for the website I'll be busting them off these little bases and getting them mounted up properly for...
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Armour and Siege Museum - Monteriggioni
The old adage about never a bus around when you want one and then a fleet arrive all at the same time...Having paid my 1.5 euro for the Templar Experience, Monteriggioni, I decided before it got dark...
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Council of War(fare) - Ottoman news
A unique event took place at Warfare Central this weekend. Clib, Toggy and I met to discuss the future direction of the Ottoman range and take stock of what will be available in 2018 and beyond.The...
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Rawdon Raises an Army, Part Two
Thomas Grove - Rawdon's forces begin to muster! So that's two units of Horse finished! Hugh Magill's Dragoons with Hugh Magill himself as a personality. As well as the 3rd squadron of Rawdon's Horse!I...
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Come on, more? Really? Warfare Minis Guest Gallery 5
I've managed to get to a fifth in the series of Warfare painted miniatures from the brushes of excellent painters whilst maintaining the quality!Here we have some super, stylish Saxons from the very...
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Ottomans on their way
Janissaries on campaign - two thirds of a unit minus CommandThey arrived at 1600 and are on their way to all the pre order customers tomorrow!Which one wasn't speed painted? 2 x 45 minutes, 1 x 90...
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The work of Dino Todaro
Swedish Regiment Vasterbotten - the basing really sets off the unit superblyWargaming takes some unusual turns. When we visited Tuscany on holiday I arranged to meet an Italian gamer, collector and...
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Busy painting Ottomans
OT06 Ottoman Command standing painted by ToggySome choices are binary - spend time painting on spend time blogging about the things you might paint!OT01 Janissaries in full dress advancingSo, it's been...
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Story of a show-game 1 - the trade off
LoA North American Chapter - Clarence did ALL the work for this one at Historicon 2016Being a Team of two, you have to make decisions which are inevitably a compromise. I have captained some productive...
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Story of a show game 2 - The scenario
The Panzer Division will watch from the sidelines whilst the infantry slug it outThe scenario for CRISIS 2018 is called Brahms & Liszt. It is set in 1713 on the south-eastern frontier or,...
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Story of a show game 3 - Warfare Miniatures at CRISIS 2018
First off, the bit that it important - We are offering a 10% discount on PRE-ORDERS made before CRISIS 2018 on November 3. Any order for any product placed by email before November 1 will receive the...
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Story of a show game 4 - Forces : The Imperialists
This was a hoot! 1693 and riding roughshod over the French but it's 20 years on.. can the Turk be vanquished too?I very much enjoyed the German Grand National 1693 game which we ran at Tactica and...
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Story of a show game 5 - Forces : The Ottomans
Janissaries in full dressPutting the Ottoman force together for Donnybrook required a little thought. Should it fall under the Army Faction or under the Tribal Faction? Categorization under the latter...
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Warfare and WSS by stealth
A very large Malplaquet game I organized and ran about 10 years ago - spots the Minifigs!The War of the Spanish Succession (WSS) may appear to have been some sort of enormous elephant in the room for...
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40mm Cossacks versus Ottomans
This game caught my eye at Claymore.On inquiry, it was explained as a mid-17th century Ottoman incursion into the Ukraine.The figures are from Irregular Miniatures. I was taken by the striking nature...
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Flying visit - home for a day
Nice, but it's not getting those Ottomans painted!Being on the road pretty continuously gets in the way of serious stuff like painting wee soldiers, making terrain and binge watching old detective...
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Release of Janissary Battalion packs
We are delighted to announce the release of three Janissary Battalion packs each containing 20 models;OTB01 Janissary Orta in full dress advancingOTB02 Janissary Orta in full dress standingOTB03...
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What a F*****g day!
We had such a great show.. what could go wrong?I do not usually resort to expletives in my blog contributions but today is an exception. Having completed a very successful and enjoyable CRISIS 2018 in...
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Oh, I should tell you about Crisis..
Saxon skirmishers engage the JanissariesThe key drama temporarily overshadowed a very successful and enjoyable CRISIS 2018. The show was great on several fronts. Trade was the best for about three...
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