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Viking heroes
The last figures from my latest commission.Time to go a-vikingRight, let's leave.Errr, I think the boats are this way.Geoff gave me a transfer for the shield, but I once again proved I have no idea how...
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Smaland cavalry
The first 15mm cavalry unit for the Great Northern War. Some painting for myself this time.'Ga Pa!'A Russian point of view - emphasis on the point!These are Irregular Miniatures figures which are nice...
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Viva el Paraguay!
As the American Civil War rolled towards its conclusion at Appomattox in early 1865 another war had broken out far to the south. The second bloodiest conflict in the history of the Americas involved...
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Swedish expansion
Another two infantry units added to the Swedish army this week, the Vasterbotten and Ostgota regiments are now represented:The Vasterbotten regiment with white facings make a nice change from the...
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The Russians are coming!
This week's addition to the cabinets are two Russian infantry regiments for the Great Northern War.The Ingermanlandski RegimentThe Butyrski RegmentThey are for my Livonian Campaign which will be fought...
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Karelian Cavalry Regiment
The second cavalry unit for the Swedes is the Karelian regiment, which I chose for its grey coats.Another fine Swedish unitShowing of the hand-painted standardThe standard is based on the one from the...
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A cavalcade of cavalry
Both on and off their horses. The last few days have seen me complete two mounted Russian Dragoon regiments, a gun each for the Swedes and Russians, a dismounted Dragoon regiment each for the Swedes...
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Lounging around Livonia
With the last two units for my Great Northern War mini-campaign approaching completion I thought I'd play out the first turn. The game is based around an article from Angus Konstam in Wargames...
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Battle at Valk 24th August 1701 - One Hour Wargames Scenario
General Shumasshedshiy deployed in a bottleneck where the road between Riga and Dorpat passes between a lake and a woods. In the woods he placed the Moskowski Dragoons while he marched up two regiments...
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GNW Pocket Project Complete
The last two infantry regiments were finished off last night. I wanted to have them complete on Sunday, but I needed to repaint the flag for the Semenovski regiment.The Swedish Jonkopings RegimentThe...
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Battle on the border, 18 September 1701 One Hour Wargame scenario
After the action at Valk the new Russian commander, General Kantstanski, led a withdrawal to the Livonian border. General Vakt, sensing he had an advantage that he could press decided to pursue the...
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Osprey titles for 2016 I'm excited about
At the moment Osprey is going through their 'big reveal' of 2016 titles. There are a number of titles that I am interested in getting my grubby little mitts on. First up, in the MAA series:Taken from...
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Korean commissions
'I'm sending you some Koreans to paint', says Geoff. 'Cool', says I. 'What do they look like?' A Quick look at the Perry site says that they are pretty much all black and white. Oh this will be easy I...
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The Livonian Campaign continues
When last we left the Russians and the Swedes had both gone into winter quarters.November - both sides recover their strength during muddy season.December - a surprise Russian foray to besiege...
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The attempted relief of Marienberg 15th January 1702 - a One Hour Wargame
After the battle on the Ludzha river the Swedes withdrew to Dorpat to winter while the Russians withdrew to Pskov. At the end of December came the Russians under Kantstanski used the frozen conditions...
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August commission wrapped up
North Star civilians from their 1672 range.Just finished varnishing these figures.Another picture with the right hand lady turned for a gossip session with the Huguenot minister.Korean commandersThese...
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Napoleon in Egypt
Yesterday I received an order from Allan at Lancashire Games. It consisted of 15mm French and Prussians for the Franco-Prussian War project (I'll do a post on this later). It also had some samples of...
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Livonian Campaign February through April 1702
After being repulsed outside Marienberg the Swedes retired on Valk, while the Russians continued with their siege operation in the snow. On 6th February with little hope of being relieved Marienberg...
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Battle of Wolmer 1st April 1702 - a One Hour Wargame
For this game I rolled up scenario 1 - pitched battle. Two hills, two armies and the victor would be the one with the higher head count at the end.The forces deployed, seen from the Swedish...
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One Hour Wargames - a review
A couple of days ago Paul from the Man Cave posted a review of One Hour Wargames by Neil Thomas. He makes quite a few valid points, saying that the rules are really aimed at beginners and if you have...
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