Huns versus Illyrians - The Semi Final
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The Club's Basic Impetus League competition is coming to a close. I faced
Simon's Illyrians (lots of men with javelins) with my Huns (men on horses
with b...
1st Portuguese Line Regiment , "Lippe"
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The old Portuguese army was largely destroyed in the French invasion of
Portugal in November of 1807, and had to be recreated when the British
arriv...
Never Fight Uphill me Boys - Part 2
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I was very fortunate recently to receive from Don W in the US, some *Hinton
Compatriots* Austrian generals. This range of figures was commissioned a
few ...
Fife and Drum Web Store is back on line
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*General von **Zeiten hands his Christmas list to one of his aides.*
The Fife and Drum Miniatures web site has been repaired and works again.
Previousl...
15mm Gettysburg ACW forces started
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The grand army of the Republic has begun, this time with a big horseflesh
run.
As in the past, with the horses, I have used the 'quick-paint' method, wi...
Has Blogger Learned To Travel Back In Time?
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Suddenly, my reading list now only shows posts from 4 or 5 years ago. Has
Blogger perfected time travel or is something wrong? Have I pressed the
wrong ...
This is Minuteman: Two-Three
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Since my wargaming hobby has taken a back(far back) seat to my simming
hobby, I've gone from reading books about the Napoleonic wars etc. To
listening t...
Warhammer Quest Silver Tower - Trial of Azyr
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Byron Manfred and his wight king companion each carry two pieces of the
Gaunt Summoner's shattered amulet. Together, they are half-way toward
completing th...
Tribute to Stuart Asquith
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Whilst it is not news that we have recently lost one of the hobby's
best-known figures this past week, I thought it would be appropriate to add
my own trib...
Solo DBA Rules
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Solo DBA for DBA Version 2.2 With kind permission of Richard Lee, I am
reproducing here the full version of the solo variant rules for DBA v2.2.
These rule...
A Tale of Two Battles - Part the First
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The Italian infantry brigade.
The only unit to come out of this with their heads held high.
This is the first of two battle reports featuring my French ...
1815 The Hundred Days
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The 1815 Hundred Days supplement is now available.
It contains six scenarios following Napoleon's famous 1815 Waterloo
campaign:
Gilly, Quatre Bras, St A...
Visit to Waterloo
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I was incredibly lucky to have had the chance to travel to 1 of our
Napoleonic bucket list battlefields this month. With 3 other Napoleonic
daft chaps we ...
Second World War comparisons on "World War 20mm"
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Piers Brand has recently posted a side by side shot of several figures
painted in his inimitable style. They represent a number of different 20mm
metal ma...
General Cuervo's Stand at Casa de La Vid
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A French division supported by a regiment of Line Dragoons, and a brigade
of Light Cavalry met the infamous General Jo-se Cuervo at the roadhouse of
Casa d...
Off-topic, but amusing and educational! :-)
ReplyDeleteas a teacher (admittedly not chemistry) I can really appreciate that. fantastic..LOL
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Cheers
Robin
really there are some little gems like this in the web!
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Rafa