Ramón Cabrera y Griñó (1806-1877) was one of the best generals on the Carlist side of the First Carlist War. Originally a leader of a small band of Carlists, in late 1834 Don Carlos appointed him commander of all Carlist forces in Aragon. H…
This is the companion unit to my first battalion of Alava infantry - see here. The figures are the same, but with the other half of the standing command pack. This is the first Carlist unit I have done with the infamous "black flag", which
The primary purpose of this post is to showcase the amazing vignette that my New Jersey friend Bill Nevins kindly sent to me earlier in the year. This was totally unexpected. Bill had made a number of these vignettes and I had expressed adm…
I painted the Perry Miniatures AWI camp set almost ten years ago - see here. Of course there's nothing stopping you having a few extras on any table, but when I painted my Old Glory Continental command stand, I noted that camps play a a par…
Having missed last year's Salute due to being on tour with the boys' rugby teams, it was good to be back. Both boys tagged along again; Monty is now genuinely interested in gaming and modelling, whilst I think Hugo just wanted a break from
The Salute experience never really changes. We arrived around 10.45am, by which time the queues had all gone but we were still in time for bags with the free Hannibal plastic figure. It was very busy - the best time to look around is after
All that said, I'm not entirely sure whether what I've painted here is an proper Nizam-i-Cedid unit. This rather fetching pink and grey uniform is that of the "imperial gardeners" regiment, which was part of the Sultan's household guard. Ac…
I mentioned that I've been working on Ottomans for my Napoleon in Egypt project. I finally managed to get my camera out at the weekend, so I'll have a series of posts this week to get up to date. I thought I'd work backwards and start off w…
I mentioned that I've been working on Ottomans for my Napoleon in Egypt project. I finally managed to get my camera out at the weekend, so I'll have a series of posts this week to get up to date. I thought I'd work backwards and start off w…
To try out the Two Thin Coats range, I turned my attention some the Perry Napoleonic Ottomans that I was given for Christmas, as they didn't tie me to repetitive uniforms. For the same reason, when I got bored of the Ottomans I turned to so…
Wargaming the American War of Independence (and other things) 8 figures. Painted October 2024. It was very satisfying painting figures that I've owned for so long. I wish I could remember why these weren't already painted, as I tended to pa…
This set takes my tally of American artillery crews to 20, which is pretty ridiculous. Even for a large battle like Brandywine you only need twelve guns on the American side. But these are nice figures, even if the faces are a little "rat-l…