The League of Augsburg
Just like the Elves....
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| OTC01 Ottoman cavalry officers |
No! Don't turn away, I am NOT blogging about Fantasy models!
Just like Santa's elves I have been hidden away in my man cave working away on painting projects which required a bit of attention.
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| OTC04 Ottoman Sipahis with right arm variants |
So, here are some more of the completed Ottoman cavalry. I am starting with some finished code shots and a feature on the officer...
Ottoman cavalry available to pre order
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| mixed codes |
The variants require a bit of explaining.
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| Three of the horses |
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| Three more of the horses |
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| Seventh horse is on the far left here |
There are seven horse variants. A random selection from the seven will be included in each...
Ottoman mounted archers OTC02
The figures were a joy to paint and the sense of movement is tangible. These will be useful for a very wide period of the time from the 1400s to the...
Bit of a clean up.. Ottoman cavalry go for production
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| It took a ong time to clean and inspect this lot! |
This fantastic range has been dogged by little challenges along the way. Some related to design, some to production, others to me actually having enough time to undertake the fairly mammoth task of cleaning up 151 master castings of various shapes and sizes. In order to get good clean production castings a careful job in necessary in preparing...
Waving some flags! Ottoman, Holstein Gottorp, Brunswick, Celle
If you are into Ottoman flags or the smaller nations participating in the Great Northern Wars and War of the Spanish Succession look no further than eleven new flag sheets now available:
Here they are:
Here they are:
4 Ottoman sheets from my designs as seen here;
Holstein Gottorp Foot, Horse, Dragoons
Brunswick, Celle, Hanover - Foot and Horse
Find them all in the shop here:
More WiP shots of the wagonburg construction - mobile gateway
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| During the evolving construction process |
I fancied making a towed, mobile gateway for my wagon burg. The idea it that this feature guards the main entrance to the wagon fortress and, when necessary, can be towed out of the space it plugs to let troops in our out.
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| Creating a towing bar - probably need a lot of oxen for this beast |
The design had no drawing or plan, it is built from instinct and evolved...
Weather beaten? Part 1 intro : Tangier... but not as we know it Jim!
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| A representation of Tangier harbour in 1666. The shape is roughly that of the modern port as seen on various pictures |
I have gazumped that project with an extension of my Dutch Wars naval adventure. As I always do, I try and stretch any project...
Pre ordering with Talon and Claw
It has taken a while to complete and it is considerably larger than I had first intended however, the Great Northern War and Eastern Wars supplement to Beneath the Lily Banners is finally off to the printers.
With Talon and Claw is scheduled for shipment of pre-orders on August 22nd 2019 with general release on September 2nd.
The RRP for With Talon and Claw is £30 ex postage
Pre orders will be...
New in the shop from Warfare Miniatures
Some new stuff which can be found in the shop:
A Cossack unit equivalent to an infantry battalion. It contains three packs of Cossacks advancing (COS01) with musket and one Command pack (COS02). Price is £31 ex postage. The flag is not included nor or are the bases.The unit pictured has 18 models but there are 20 models in the battalion pack.
Second up, I have a limited number of the excellent...
A Cossack unit equivalent to an infantry battalion. It contains three packs of Cossacks advancing (COS01) with musket and one Command pack (COS02). Price is £31 ex postage. The flag is not included nor or are the bases.The unit pictured has 18 models but there are 20 models in the battalion pack.
Second up, I have a limited number of the excellent...
Dismounted Cossacks now available to order
We are delighted to announce that two new codes of dismounted Cossacks are now available to order.
Price £8.50 per pack excluding postage.
They can be found in the online shop here:
https://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/shop/products-subcat-58.html
Suitable for a wide period between around 1600 and 1750 or even beyond.
The War Wagon
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| The finished War wagon in profile |
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| The original wagon from which the war wagon is constructed. All that was used was the flat bed and wheels. |
I had this idea in my head to build a centre piece for the Ottoman wagonburg. I wanted a something practical but distinctive and I gained a lot of valuable experience arsing around with the twelve defensive pieces built for the wagonburg circumference.
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| The... |
New Ottoman special packs
Here are some pictures of future releases for our Ottoman Turkish range.
The first piece is a lovely vignette of a Janissary Cauldron party. For those unfamiliar with this tradition the 'cooking pot' was more precious to Janissary units than any flag. Many of their senior officers had titles relating to posts from the kitchen such as the Soup Maker, the Scullion, the Chef and the Baker. The hearth...