Another lovely battalion of 36 figures.
Saturday, 15 February 2025
Thursday, 16 January 2025
18mm Old Glory: WAS Austrians: Karlstädter-Lykaner Grenzer
These are very nice Old Glory figures – the detailing is superb although the muskets are rather vulnerable. I want to do a couple of battalions (duplicating them in close and skirmish order) and here is the first in close order. I found this illustration of a flag on the web but I have no idea concerning it's accuracy. It's certainly unusual in it's swallow-tail guidon form. Dave Morfitt has done lovely artwork, as usual.
Monday, 13 January 2025
Saturday, 4 January 2025
18mm Old Glory: WAS Austrians: IR Lothringen
Both battalions finished. I could do a third battalion, as that was quite common in this period, but I prefer to stick to two battalion regiments.
Sunday, 29 December 2024
18mm Old Glory: WAS Austrians: IR Lothringen 1st BTN
This is a new project. I wanted to do the WAS, in preference to the SYW, because Austria deployed it's infantry in 4 ranks and the flags of Charles VI were so much more interesting, colourful and varied to those from the later war. Plus I really like OG's figures and indeed I actually prefer them to Blue Moon's. For cavalry nobody beats Eureka. I have also done 5 battalions of Prussians using Blue Moon but I might sell them and re-work them with OG figures.
Most of the flags I will be using come from Dave Morfitt's lovely website Not by Appointment.
Monday, 23 December 2024
Sunday, 15 December 2024
28mmSYW French: Caraman Dragoons, last cavalry regiment
The last cavalry unit for my French army which now has 26 squadrons of cavalry. There are also 18 battalions of infantry but I think I will increase this to 24.