Sunday, 24 February 2019

More fortifications to come.

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I've been reading Chartrand's French Fortresses in North America 1535-1763. One of the forts I'd like to build is Fort Sennevil...
Thursday, 21 February 2019

Jacobite Rebellion 1746 Prince Charles on the run.

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This Scenario comes from Wargames illustrated October 1997. The crown forces are made up of 2 infantry sections 6 figures with an officer e...

King Phillips War 1671-76

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August 1999 Issue of Minature Wargames Had an excellent article on a colonial north American war. The article describes the basic history ...
Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Battle of Rocoux October 11, 1746

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Rocoux anyone? It sounds like a French dish, which begs the question is it better served hot or cold and with a Bordeaux or a crisp Chardonn...
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 ...