Yes… The War of 1812…
Greetings…
“ How did this come about ?“ I hear you ask..
Well…
The war came about mostly because of American anger at the Royal Navy stopping and seizing ships on the open sea and impressing as British subjects captured crew, even if they personally had proof of their U.S. citizenship… combined with a long standing desire by War Hawks in the American House and Senate to try and conquer the whole of…
Oh!…
Of course what you meant is how did it come about that I have started a War of 1812 project…
Well…
I let my butterfly flutter free for a while…
First it settled on something small…6mm Napoleonics… It seemed like a good idea…you know the kind of thing… big battles in a small space…
But… It was… well… just a bit too small…
Next it landed on something just a little bit bigger…
10mm Seven Weeks War (1866)…
Nice uniforms and an interesting period…
But… yup… still a bit on the small side…
Ooo!…
54mm Britains style toy soldiers in a ‘what if’ 1890’s Anglo-American war…
Now I do like the idea of this…it ticks all of my boxes… but I’m not that sure about building large scale terrain at the moment…
Maybe when I’ve sorted my cellar out and have more room…
This was a bit of a surprise… The 30 years War…
I find this period really interesting… both militarily and politically….
The figures are lovely…
But… I find it really hard to get into pike and shot wargaming… I’m not sure why… maybe I have a phobia about long pointy sticks ( I’m not that keen on Macedonian armies either).
It’s an odd thing really as I always enjoy reading about other peoples adventures in this period…but when I start painting any myself it just leaves me a bit cold… I will try again another time.
Normans and Byzantines in Italy…
I think this will get done it’s a fascinating period full of really interesting characters… what stalled me here was not finding a set of rules that suited my needs… of course there is now a Lion Rampant supplement on the market… so yes… but not right now.
