Wednesday, 23 July 2014

French troops of the Seven Years War/French and Indian War: La Reine

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THe 2eme Battalion of La Reine was sent to New France in 1755. I have modeled these troops in plastic and metal. The plastics I brought to J...
Sunday, 20 July 2014

British 35th Regiment and Hanoverian Regiment Hodenberg

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The 35th Regiment of Foot was a British regiment raised in 1701 in Northern Ireland. In  1756, the regiment was sent to North America. Their...
Saturday, 19 July 2014

Seven Years War and French and Indian War British Infantry by RAFM

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  Hat companies ( www.rafm.com )  Command groups  Colonial infantry but can also be painted as British troops in North America  Hat compa...

Seven Years War British Light Infantry by RAFM

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   ( www.rafm.com ) So far, I have painted these units as either 80th Gages Light Infantry, Light companies for the 60th, When I do return...

My ranger companies by RAFM

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90% of my Ranger companies for the French and Indian War/Seven Years War consist of RAFM metal figures which I bought between 1989-1992. All...

My 18th century Highlanders

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The vast majority of my 18th century highland figures are metal, but I have converted Airfix (www.plasticsoldierreview.com   Waterloo Highla...

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes

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 Alright, I can relate being an ESL teacher and having to help students understand English grammar even when I don't!
Thursday, 17 July 2014

Why You Should Thank A Teacher Today

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 Both my parents were teachers. I became an EFL teacher overseas. There are times when I want to pack it in, but then there are times when I...
Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Summer holidays are coming

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which means I will be making my Amerindian warriors a bit more spiffy into some 18th century wargamming. I also plan on blogging on some of ...

Siege of Louisbourg 1745 & 1758 - Living History Reenactment

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 I was at this reenactment in 1995. Thanks to Folkart Films for posting this