Another New Old Book…

Greetings…

I picked this splendid book up this week…

I have owned it before…. But it has disappeared somewhere over the years…

I was inspired to re buy it after I saw some lovely vignettes that David Bickley had posted on his blog…

https://talesfromghq.blogspot.com/2022/03/ephemera-and-other-stuff.html

I remember the book having some lovely drawings of various bits of camp and campaign life that could really fit into any period… not just the 30 Years War…

Here are a few images to wet the appetite…

I must say that it is as good as I remember it…

I don’t know quite when any of these may appear in my collections but I am sure they will…

All the best.  Aly

An edit for Rodor…

 

Shiny Napoleonics… French 18th Line Infantry Sappers.

Greetings…

As Covid has given me a few grey days I thought I would cheer things up with something nice and shiny…

A couple of 18th Infantry Regiment Sappers…

Why the 18th?…

I already have the regiment in my collection… And they are very pretty…

The figures are Minifigs…Possibly Intermediate Range.

It was indeed a lot of fun painting these…

There will definitely be more shiny things coming in the near future…

The Tunics are… Citadel… Hoeth Blue.

Facings are… Citadel… Wazdakka Red.

White Bits are… Citadel… Pallid Wych Flesh.

Belts are… Citadel… Corax White.

Greatcoats are… Citadel… Administratum Grey.

Packs are… Citadel… Mournfang Brown.

As  usual everything was give a wash of Aly’s Brown Liquid and then highlighted with the original shade.

The bases are as always...
https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/round-cornered-bases/

The paints are Citadel...
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling

All the best.  Aly

The War of 1812… More U.S. Infantry.

Greetings…

Here is yet another U.S. unit for this project…

These fellows will be another part of the 21st Infantry Regiment…

 

Another enjoyable unit to paint…

The Tunics are… Citadel… Kantor Blue.

The Trousers and Piping are… Citadel… Pallid Wych Flesh.

The Pack and Snapsack are… Citadel… Hoeth Blue.

The Canteens are… Foundry… Sky Blue Light 21C.

The Muskets are… Citadel… Mournfang Brown.

The Belts are… Citadel… Corax White.

As always everything was given a wash of Aly’s Brown Liquid and then highlighted with the original colours… the Belts were also highlighted with pure White.

The figures are from Knuckleduster…

http://knuckleduster.com/shop/index.php?route=product/category&path=1_21

https://www.caliverbooks.com/figures/catviewer.php?

du8tdt6mba4djrm7e3g8tu8291&producer=126&range=UNITED%20STATES%20OF%20AMERICA&menu=2

The paints are Wargames Foundry and Citadel...

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling

The bases are as always...

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/circular-bases/mdf-circular-bases/

I was hoping to get a bit more painting done this week but Covid decided to put a stop to that..

It may be what’s ‘Trending’ at the moment and I can see that a lot of the young hipsters are taking it up…But I shall not be recommending it to anyone…

I’m on the mend now…

I have a British infantry unit primed and waiting for paint…and in my War of 1812 project box I have a British/Canadian cavalry unit and I think enough other figures to make one more small British and U.S. infantry unit…  I shall wait until these are all done and then I will have a parade.

All the best.  Aly

A New Book… Against Spain.

Greetings…

This lovely little book arrived the other day…

Against Spain by my good chum Stuart Insch…

Available here…

https://stuartinschwargames.blogspot.com/2022/02/against-spain-on-sale-now.html

This book follows Stuart’s first campaign book…

Wargaming the Sugar Islands Campaign.

https://stuartinschwargames.blogspot.com/2018/11/now-available-wargaming-sugar-islands.html

And is an excellent companion volume…

There is as before a breakdown of the the campaign, a description of the forces involved and a collection of scenarios…

I can see a number of rules systems being suitable for playing these out… And as before I suspect they could be used for many other Horse and Musket/Black Powder periods.

A jolly good read indeed which I fully recommend to you all…

All the best.  Aly.

Disclaimer… Stuart has (at the moment) not paid or bribed me to say anything nice about this publication…although circumstances may change in the future…(Stuart… I like Brandy,White Port and Beer…Just so you know 😁)…

The War of 1812… More British Infantry.

Greetings…

Here we have yet more British infantry for this project…

Another batch of The 41st Regiment of Foot…

As with the previous unit these chaps were a pleasure to paint…

You may notice that the are being lead by a sergeant… This is for two simple reasons… I can’t find my bag of British officers… And this is a rather nice figure. It doesn’t make any difference in the rules I am going to use (Rebels and Patriots) but when I find where all my officers have gone I may replace him…or maybe not.

The Tunics are… Citadel… Evil Sunz Scarlet.

The Trousers and Braid are… Citadel… Pallid Wych Flesh.

The Knapsacks are… Foundry… Drab Light 12C.

The Straps are… Citadel… Corax White.

The Water Bottles are… Citadel… Russ Grey.

The Water Bottle Straps… Citadel… Skrag Brown.

The Muskets are… Citadel… Mournfang Brown.

As always everything was given a coat of Aly’s Brown Liquid and highlighted with the original colours, the belts were further highlighted up with pure White.

The figures are from Knuckleduster Miniatures 

http://knuckleduster.com/shop/index.php?route=product/category&path=1_21

https://www.caliverbooks.com/figures/catviewer.php?tq4f713cju4spa3u68pkuo72j7&producer=126&range=GREAT%20BRITAIN&menu=2

The paints are Wargames Foundry and Citadel...

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling

The bases are as always...

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/circular-bases/mdf-circular-bases/

I have some more 1812 figures on the way… and then maybe something shiny.

All the best.  Aly

The War of 1812… The British 41st Regiment of Foot.

Greetings…

The next unit for the War of 1812 is…

The British 41st Regiment of Foot…

These guys saw service in Canada throughout the whole of the war so it was a real no brainer to add them to the collection… They also have red facings which I rather like.

Here is a little background courtesy of Wikipedia…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_(Welch)_Regiment_of_Foot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadrack_Byfield

This was… as all these units have been… a real joy to paint.  I suppose it does help that this is one of my favourite periods with some very pretty uniforms.

The Tunics are… Citadel… Evil Sunz Scarlet.

The Trousers and Braid are… Citadel… Pallid Wych Flesh.

The Knapsacks are… Foundry… Drab Light 12C.

The Straps are… Citadel… Corax White.

The Water Bottles are… Citadel… Russ Grey.

The Water Bottle Straps… Citadel… Skrag Brown.

The Muskets are… Citadel… Mournfang Brown.

As always everything was given a coat of Aly’s Brown Liquid and highlighted with the original colours, the belts were further highlighted up with pure White.

The figures are from Knuckleduster Miniatures 

http://knuckleduster.com/shop/index.php?route=product/category&path=1_21

https://www.caliverbooks.com/figures/catviewer.php?tq4f713cju4spa3u68pkuo72j7&producer=126&range=GREAT%20BRITAIN&menu=2

The paints are Wargames Foundry and Citadel...

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling

The bases are as always...

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/circular-bases/mdf-circular-bases/

Possibly more War of 1812 next…

All the best   Aly

Shiny American Civil War… Rush’s Lancers.

Greetings…

It’s shiny time…

Another unit for my Shiny American Civil War project…

This time it is Rush’s Lancers…more correctly the 6th Pennsylvanian Cavalry.

I’ve always loved the idea of lancers during the American Civil War so these guys were a real must have… The anachronistic weaponry was however discontinued in 1863.

Regardless of what they were armed with they went on to become one of the best Union cavalry regiments…fighting at Gaines’ Mill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station and Gettysburg.

These chaps are from Jacklex Miniatures but I have converted them a bit to remove the carbine sling as very few of the men were originally issued with them… I also added shoulder scales and made my own swords…

I did wonder if I had made the pennons a bit big…but now that they are done I am quite happy with the result.

As is always with Jacklex figures these were a joy to put together and paint…

The Tunics are… Citadel… Kantor Blue with a touch of Caledor Sky.

The Trousers are… Citadel… Hoeth Blue.

The Lances are… Citadel… Mournfang Brown.

The Braid is… Foundry…Ochre 4B.

The Pennons are… Citadel… Evil Sunz Scarlet.

Once the main colours were blocked in everything was given a coat of Aly’s Brown Liquid.

The horses were painted Mournfang Brown and then given a couple of diluted coats of Contrast Gore-Grunta Fur.

The figures are from Jacklex…

http://www.jacklexminiatures.com/american-civil-war

The bases are as always from Warbases…

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/round-cornered-bases/

The paints are Wargames Foundry and Citadel...

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling

The Guidon came from my old Flags for the Lads supply…

It will probably be more War of 1812 next time… hurrah!

All the best   Aly.