I just had to give this a go. I might be regretting it now. The Prussian examples are truly terrifing: And one more. The AI struggled with this one a bit, but got there after a couple of goes. What follows is an account of the mighty clash
I just had to give this a go. I might be regretting it now. The Prussian examples are truly terrifing: And one more. The AI struggled with this one a bit, but got there after a couple of goes. What follows is an account of the mighty clash
A Hinton Hunt, Der Kriegspielers and other vintage Napoleonic wargames figures blog I just had to give this a go. I might be regretting it now. The Prussian examples are truly terrifing: And one more. The AI struggled with this one a bit, b…
I just had to give this a go. I might be regretting it now. The Prussian examples are truly terrifing: And one more. The AI struggled with this one a bit, but got there after a couple of goes. Quite hypnotic and a bit menacing played at a s…
What follows is an account of the mighty clash of arms that took place at Call to Arms 2025 with myself and my good friend the Baron von Driberg (BvD) on the one side, fielding a 6th Coalition Army of Prussian, Russian, British and Hanoveri…
What follows is an account of the mighty clash of arms that took place at Call to Arms 2025 with myself and my good friend the Baron von Driberg (BvD) on the one side, fielding a 6th Coalition Army of Prussian, Russian, British and Hanoveri…
Yesterday a battle was fought. There were about 650 troops on the table: I won't have a full report for another week as I'm off on my travels today to spend a glorious week exploring Dunedin and the country thereabouts with two clever, beau…
During Call to Arms 2024 last year, K walked up to our little vintage game to tell us that he'd been a wargamer for years, and that he even had some 20mm Napoleonic armies. He uses them to fight battles with his son, who he had with him. We…
It is the Spring of 1813 and the Irish Legion are marching to join a newly forming division in Southern Germany. I think I'm going to have to call this the Traffic Light Division. ... on to the completed list, that is, but not quite there y…
Just a quick post to show where I am with the Irish Legion. This is not as far as I'd wished, but the centre company chasseurs are all done, plus a carabiner and a voltigeur. Although when I started these I was dimly aware that painting Der…
The Irish Legion are slowly taking shape, so to hurry them on a bit I decided to press on and paint their commander, Colonel William Lawless. Lawless was a professor of anatomy in Dublin and prominent Untited Irishmen. Forced to flee to Fra…
Why the Irish? There are lots of reasons, but I think the clincher was this picture of the Legion's 2nd Battalion by the late Richard Tennant, sent to me several years ago by Richard himself: These exquisite soldiers live in the States thes…