Bard, 21 May 1800
On this day the French troops assaulted the small village of Bard, just below the fortress, and conquered the place. The fortress garrison, Austrian, did not surrender and fired at the French entering the...
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Paper Vauban Siege elements
I am currently cutting and gluing a few sheets by Peter Dennis (Paperboys). The idea is to build all elements good to play a XVIII century Siege. The zig-zag elements, all floor elements that...
Hesse-Kassel Jagers
Just based a small unit of Perry Jagers, from the AWI range. Good also for the SYW, even if only four companies were raised at that time. After taking these photos I have retouched...
IR40 Kreytzen Fusiliers
New fusilier battalion to prepare, Prussian IR40. Figures are Front Rank, Pink uniform! Looking at the Kronoskaf colours, I will probably use Old Rose colour from Vallejo for the “Rosenrot”. Vallejo pink seems to...
Luglio 2023
Marco, Maurizio and me are enjoying a lot the reading of Cogswell articles from the ’60s and are trying to put together a comprehensive text that shall enable us to re-play one of his...
Austrian Jagers
One unit of Jagers just arrived from the US. I found some details on how to paint them. I don’t know yet if I wish to base them as irregulars, four to a 50×50...
Franconian Varell and Ferntheil Grenadier battalion
This grenadier battalion is made of companies from Varell and Ferntheil regiments. On the links below, austrian style grenadier caps (brown fur) are described, so I will be using Austrian grenadier figures. Two flags...
Giugno 2023
The figures below, now rebased, have been painted by a French modeller who had started an Austrian Succession or Seven Years War project, who managed to paint some English and some French units. I...
The great battle of Mitzicken-Lobositz
The battle was very exciting, with friends not aware that the battle was an historical one. Photos with mist on the battlefield were shown as teaser one or two days before. The battle begins!...
