Ottoman Banners - Table top bling bling!
Part of one of my own painted unitsWell, this is somewhat of a bling post but I just enjoyed myself so much doing these flags that I thought I would share. I decided that any Ottoman unit I got the...
View ArticleOttoman Commanders
I have always enjoyed building Command vignettes. These three are the very first Ottoman types and utilize models from packs OT01, OT05 and OT06. The rank of the officers is non specific although two...
View ArticleWSS/GNW Prussian, Danish & Norwegian flags
Clarence has been very busy completing a commission for a customer which we are now in a position to put on general release.The compliment our existing Prussian and Danish flags for the WSS/GNW period....
View ArticleJanissary Ortas 1530 - 1720
Janissary dress and equipment changed little from the mid 16th to the mid 18th century. The units featured here could easily be from The First Battle of Mohacs in 1526, part of the all conquering...
View ArticleDo we call it Christmas now? Warfare Dec 2 - Jan 10 offer
Are we allowed to call it Christmas anymore or is that banned? Yule? End of the Year Holiday? Non religious away-from the workplace downtime interval?Anyway, to make it simple, Warfare Miniatures is...
View ArticleSix new Ottoman codes - Non Janissary infantry
We are delighted to announce that the next six codes of Ottoman Turks are now available in the online shop: Hooray!OT007OT007 Tufeckci musketeers firingOT008OT008 Tufeckci musketeers loadingOT009OT009...
View ArticleFocusing on Sedgemoor Part 1
Royal cavalry approach a hostile Somerset hamlet - the villagers are assembling on the GreenThe Battle of Sedgemoor, July 6 1685 stimulates a variety of responses when discussed amongst wargamers. I...
View ArticleNew Ottoman Command packs
We will be releasing these probably before Christmas. They are quite outstanding sculpts.Both are designed for generic use with Janissary or non Janissary infantry. Several can be painted as senior...
View ArticleDonnybrook and the Ottomans - Part 1: Who are these guys?
A scene from the massive panorama at the Army Museum in Istanbul. Photo copyright Barry HiltonThe history of the Ottoman Empire from birth in the 13th century till death in the 20th century is an epic...
View ArticleBook review - Kingdom Overthrown Ireland and the Battle for Europe 1688-1691
When source material is hard to acquire combing the beach for everything and anything becomes second nature. Whilst on the hunt for information about the first siege of Limerick in 1690, a Google...
View ArticleFocusing on Sedgemoor Part 2 - The Royal Army
Rather than focusing on a history of the Royal Army I have chosen to feature several of the wargaming units built up and in some cases, let go over the years. All were based for Beneath the Lily...
View ArticleLeft field - Christmas surprise: Warfare Cossacks!
Did you just double take? Yup, me too! Although cossacks have been on our agenda in planning discussions for some time we had never actually committed to inserting them in the production schedule until...
View ArticleOne to one wargaming: A visual study in British company deployment 1685-1698
Company six deepI have been planning this particular post for about three years. Why has it taken so long? I needed to get a run at it. I am fascinated by the compromises necessary in wargaming...
View ArticleOne to one wargaming: expanding the idea
Three 48 man companies of musketeers from the garrison of Derry. A company of Mountjoy's Regt at the centre.I was very pleased that the first post on this subject was popular and that visitors were...
View ArticleGNW Russian Horse Grenadier squadron
These chaps have been languishing on my painting table for some time. Finished but un-photographed. They are the first completed squadron of a large Horse Grenadier Regiment for a Petrine Russian...
View ArticleOne to One wargaming - table top reality
A real life soldier! Musketeer Sean of a Jacobite regiment in Ireland circa 1689. Copyright B Hilton.Figure gaming usually falls into some broad categories in terms of scale. Firstly there is the model...
View ArticleBook offer from Helion 'Mark Allen's work'
Helion is offering to followers of the League of Augsburg Blog: Armies and Enemies of Louis XIV Volume 1 by Mark Allen which is a super, illustrated compilation of his work on the period 1660-1720...
View ArticleFocusing on Sedgemoor Part 3: The Rebel Army
A few militia style clothes may have been the most uniformed anyone got in Monmouth's ArmyTo describe the rebel forces as an army is probably being somewhat overgenerous. Several of the officer cadre...
View ArticleWarfare Miniatures January give away!
Some of our lovely Danes D01 & D03 fighting in Hungary for the EmperorThe Christmas offer seemed to be to your liking! Thank you very much for all of the orders we received between December 10 and...
View ArticleRawdon Raises an Army, Part Three
Thomas Grove - I've finally finished all my horse for Rawdon's army! Here they are arrayed for battle. No doubt just fleeing Dromore. LOLHugh Magill anchors the flank with his veteran troopers. While...
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