Well almost a year since I posted, I hope to finish some more French line Infantry and cavalry, lancers, dragoons and more two regts of curassiers, some artillery along with a regt from Nassau.
The rest of the guys are also beavering away on projects for the Australian Napoleonic Congress later in the year.
The pictures below are from a game at Nathans using his fine Spainish figures and Victors British.
Dipping with Army Painter WIP
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So far so good, next up some highlights and a little matt varnish, not to
mention a mountain of shields. Once added to my others this lot should make
up t...
A VSF machine built in five minutes flat
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In a fit of jealousy concerning my mate Colonel O’Truth’s steam walker
‘Gargantua’, I decided I needed a Victorian Science Fiction machine as
well. But I d...
'I'm Your Huckleberry.'
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As Doc Holliday says to "Ringo" in the film who would be a "cowboy". These
guys are Black Scorpion Miniatures Tombstone range. Virgil, Morgan & Wyattt
Earp...
Russian Around 2
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So that's my 1st battalion of Russians done with the Army Painter and I
have to say I am chuffed and also shocked at how fast they painted up. I
can see 2 ...
The World's Largest Zombie wargames project?
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Howdy all!
Thought I would share... my buddy is working on what might be the largest
15mm Zombie board ever done. He is still neck deep in city construc...
Normal service resumed
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I'm afraid that I've had a serious loss of wargaming "mojo" of late, hence
the silence here since January. I'm sorry about that. In addition to this
blog...
28mm Reaper miniatures
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Here's a couple of reaper miniatures lovely ladies ready to blow the brains
out of any unsuspecting young men that get to close. They are real nice
models...
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We have now reached turn thirteen of the allotted twenty four and the game
is still very much in the balance. Despite the large disparity in numbers
and t...
French & Indian War
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The game last week with the Southern Strategists at the Redwood Redoubt
gave me reason to celebrate. It was the first 28mm French & Indian War game
that we...
de Ligne 2nd battalion
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This is the second battalion of de Ligne. The officer has followed
regulations by wearing white trousers but, being slightly rebellious and a
follower o...
La Bataille de Sept Bras, 1815
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*Another* *Black Powder* report, this one from the game we had on Feb. 26
at the monthly games day of the *West Tokyo Wargamers*.
This one was notable...
The Long Search
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I've been gaming since I was 12 years old. Since the beginning, I've
tried many many different terrain techniques and methods. Starting at the
beginnin...
Goreham's Rangers
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By 1761 Goreham's ( or Gorham's) Rangers had adopted a reversible uniform
that was a red coat with brown facings and linings. As a result I have
painted ...
Suomenlinna Island Fortress, Finland.
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Just back from a trip to Helsinki where I visited both the Suomenlinna
Island Fortress and the Helsinki Military Museum (for which I'll make
another pos...
Write a review about us
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Ever wanted to have a figure painted by us but are too shy to ask?
Perhaps we are not within your budget or maybe you just like to paint for
yourself.
We...
What should I do with these beautiful figures?
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I recently received these Prussian Medic figures from Schrumpfkopf in
Germany. He had commissioned these figures and had a limited number cast. I
was luck...
Latest FPW figures - Wurttemburg Jaeger
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Part of the deal for painting the Turkos was a few battalions of Foundry
Wurttemburg infantry. Unfortunately Foundry only made four poses; the
officer (wi...
French Divisional General
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This chap was kindly given to me by Paul from Napoleonics in Miniature, he
came with Marshal Murat who I'd painted up some time ago. He is a Fantassin
(War...
Army Hospital Corps - Sudan Perry Miniatures
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The next stand I commissioned Leroy to paint is the Army Hospital Corps
(code SU9) from Perry Miniatures. Leroy was not sure how to paint the
little patche...
27th (Inniskilling) Regt. - AWI
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27th Regt. of Foot - Fife & Drum figures with GMB flags.
I completed the my first British regiment of foot using the new Fife & Drum
Miniatures for the ce...
The last Spanish Automotive R+D+i contribution!
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A *new traffic sign* has been proposed by Spanish students after the last
experiments carried out at Valencia
Watch *one of the real experiments* that led t...
La Bricole contest : week 6-7
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It's been a while since my last contest update, as usualy 'life' getting in
the way. Having to choose between updating the blog or painting, I chose
the ...
28mm OG foot Samurai
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I finished these a bit ago but just finished basing them. I found a box of
washers in my toolbox that happen to be 20mm outside diameter so they were
used...
Warfare Miniatures USA
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Warfare Miniatures are now available from Triangle Miniatures in the USA...
Painted and Photographed by Barry Hilton
There are lots of new previews up at...
Imagination 2012...still here
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It seems as though months have passed since my last post...lo and behold,
it's true. A major shift of focus in my life has had me absent from the
hobby fo...
Altenburg (September 1813)
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The Allied Streifcorps have devised a surprise attack to harass the French
lines of communication 25 miles (45 km) south of Leipzig shortly before the
Batt...
Mostly Napoleonics
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A belated Happy New Year to all. And it has been a Happy New Year at
Schloss von Peter as the mighty fine start to 2012 continued with two more
Napoleonic ...
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A few of the pictures from a number of games taken on the Blackberry when
the Digital SLR was left at home through sheer stupidity......For a phone
not bad...
Carnage and Glory
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Keith Rocco and Tom Garnett co-hosted a game from a fragment of the battle
of Marengo. I am suspicious that Chris will post a photo collage on his
website....
Plastic Soldier Company 15mm - Sdkfz(s) - part 2
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Hi there,
Bonjour à toutes et tous,
This week I had a lot of work but could find some spare time to work on my
Sdkfzs.
I decided to go for the 5 Sdkfz C, s...
Professor Matthew Brown's new blog
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Professor Matthew Brown of Bristol University sent me a link to a new blog
he is starting called The Bolivarian Times. Bookmark it as it looks like
it wil...
WARGAMES HOLIDAY CENTRE GAMES
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Some GdeB dates for your 2012 Diary!
The Wargames Holiday Centre 2012.
January
20-22 Battle of Eylau (Nap) (GdB)
April
6th – 8th Battle of Wagram (Nap) (Gd...
My new Napoleonic blog for 2012.
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As this old blog still gets lots of hits I thought I would place a link to
my new project here for anybody who might care to follow it's development.
It's ...
Merry Christmas
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* Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for
supporting my work and my site. I'll see if I can make things more
interesting n...
Lasalle optional Victory Point system
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We’ve been using this down at the club in Toronto for about a year or so
now. I originally came up with it because of a few peeves with the rules –
it was ...
More Hussar Sabretaches from BattleFlags
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BattleFlags have been busy and have now 'filled in the gaps' in last weeks
initial release, so now they have sabretaches for all 14 French Hussar
regiments...
Time I Got Out Of Here!
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There is a very similiar post on my "Waterloo To Mons" blog tonight.
Recently a lot of changes have taken place-at work in particular.
Without boring yo...
1815 Mini Campaign. "Hold the Village".
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After postponing this battle last weekend it was finally time for the
climatic end to our fictional mini campaign set during the "Hundred days"
campaign....
Счастливое святки!
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Which, if Babelfish is to be trusted and your computer is set up to read
Cyrillic, is Russian for *"Happy Sviatki"*. This being the time for the
Russian Or...
Battle of Nations 2010 - Part 3
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The Battle of nations enters its second hour with a blanket of light snow
dropping visibility down to 500yds at best. The guns fall silent as men and
horse...
2nd Big Contest Winner
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Well as a big Congratulations is in order for David M. Ensteness who was
the winner of the 2nd free giveaway contest. David was one of over seven
hundred e...
2 comments:
Nice spanish..not too fat or hairy..
Great photos Matt, I forgot about you taking those. For a moment I thought you must of painted some more figures.
Thanks for adding them to the blog. Send through the dates for the congress and I will try to get down there with some stock and my Spanish.
Nathan
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