Wednesday, 30 January 2019

18th century figures painting

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Since the dead of winter is upon us, I am going to content myself with painting up figures of mine which need a lick of paint. Mainly my Fr...
Thursday, 3 January 2019

2019 Plans, 17th century, 18th century, 1812,

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Now, if I start out this year with a set out plan, I may actually get to doing them right? Sure, keep dreaming. As far as some of my gammin...
Tuesday, 4 December 2018

New 18th century Osperys for Christmas for my library

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Osprey Publishing had a sale, so I bought British Redcoat vs French Fusilier, Continental vs Redcoat, Patriot Militiaman in the American Rev...
Monday, 3 December 2018

Iroquoian Warriors pre contact to 1700

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Around 1988, I really got into wargames, and my first big influx of figures was from the Canadian company RAFM based in Ontario. They had a ...
Sunday, 7 October 2018

Fontenoy 1745

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So my next mid 18th century battle will be Fontenoy. The main reason for doing this battle is the fact that the Wild Geese had such a main ...

American Continental Units 1779

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One of my other purchases recently was two boxes of Italeri American Continental Units. My goal is to paint up some more American units for ...
Thursday, 20 September 2018

Fort George, 1813, America attacks

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the moose looks on  Mohawk warriors being to advance on the Americans a lone French looking American scouts out the small river The ...
Friday, 14 September 2018

1812 project in progress

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Caldwell's Rangers were a light infantry unit with cut down shakos. Their alternative name was the Western Rangers. Need to paint their...
Thursday, 13 September 2018

War of 1812 104th Regiment (New Brunswick)

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I am recreating this unit for my crown forces as they are a Maritime Canadian Regiment. They had red coats faced light buff. As I still hav...
Monday, 10 September 2018

War of 1812 American 16th Infantry

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The first American unit I have started on is the US 16th Infantry. This regiment wore black coats faced red. While I have previously painte...