The League of Augsburg
Six new Ottoman codes - Non Janissary infantry
We are delighted to announce that the next six codes of Ottoman Turks are now available in the online shop: Hooray!
OT007 Tufeckci musketeers firing
OT008 Tufeckci musketeers loading
OT009 Sekban musketeers firing
OT010 Sekban musketeers loading
OT011 Bosniak/Irregular musketeers firing
OT012 Bosniak/Irregular musketeers loading
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| OT007 |
OT007 Tufeckci musketeers firing
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| OT008 |
OT008 Tufeckci musketeers loading
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| OT009 |
OT009 Sekban musketeers firing
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| OT010 |
OT010 Sekban musketeers loading
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| OTO11 |
OT011 Bosniak/Irregular musketeers firing
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| OTO12 |
OT012 Bosniak/Irregular musketeers loading
Janissary Ortas 1530 - 1720
Janissary dress and equipment changed little from the mid 16th to the mid 18th century. The units featured here could easily be from The First Battle of Mohacs in 1526, part of the all conquering armies of the 1500s or, from the forces who fought at the Relief of Vienna 1683, Second Battle of Mohacs 1687, Battle of Zenta 1697 and Pruth River Campaign 1710-1711 .
Most of the work was done as a...
Ottoman Commanders
I have always enjoyed building Command vignettes. These three are the very first Ottoman types and utilize models from packs OT01, OT05 and OT06. The rank of the officers is non specific although two have standards whilst the central base features two full dress Janissaries - a senior officer and his bodyguard.
I don't often use purple in my wargaming units but fancied doing a small personal banner...
Ottoman Banners - Table top bling bling!
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| Part of one of my own painted units |
Well, this is somewhat of a bling post but I just enjoyed myself so much doing these flags that I thought I would share. I decided that any Ottoman unit I got the chance to paint and/or base was going to get one of my old style linen flags.
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| The Terry's Chocolate Orange Orta - The men listen intently to their Bolouk! |
Once I started it was hard to stop! Sometimes...
Oh, I should tell you about Crisis..
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| Saxon skirmishers engage the Janissaries |
The key drama temporarily overshadowed a very successful and enjoyable CRISIS 2018. The show was great on several fronts. Trade was the best for about three years, the Ottomans were very well received and sold to expectation, there were some nice games, I bought something big and we were busy chatting to friends and visitors all day.
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| Danes advance to capture... |
Release of Janissary Battalion packs
We are delighted to announce the release of three Janissary Battalion packs each containing 20 models;
OTB01 Janissary Orta in full dress advancing
OTB02 Janissary Orta in full dress standing
OTB03 Janissary Orta in campaign dress - firing line
The fine examples above were painted by Rob Goodyear with flags by BH.
Each Orta (Battalion) retails at £31.00 ex shipping and...
OTB01 Janissary Orta in full dress advancing
OTB02 Janissary Orta in full dress standing
OTB03 Janissary Orta in campaign dress - firing line
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| Two stands (12 models) from OTB03 |
The fine examples above were painted by Rob Goodyear with flags by BH.
Each Orta (Battalion) retails at £31.00 ex shipping and...
40mm Cossacks versus Ottomans
This game caught my eye at Claymore.
On inquiry, it was explained as a mid-17th century Ottoman incursion into the Ukraine.
The figures are from Irregular Miniatures. I was taken by the striking nature of the set up and although very Old School in form, the subject matter and unusual visuals created an appealing show spectacle.
Banners are interesting too!
I thought Blog visitors would also be taken...
Story of a show game 5 - Forces : The Ottomans
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| Janissaries in full dress |
Putting the Ottoman force together for Donnybrook required a little thought. Should it fall under the Army Faction or under the Tribal Faction? Categorization under the latter may seem to be bordering on racist bearing in mind the Ottomans were for centuries one of the most formidable cultures and imperial powers in the known world yet, their army falls into an area...
Story of a show game 4 - Forces : The Imperialists
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| This was a hoot! 1693 and riding roughshod over the French but it's 20 years on.. can the Turk be vanquished too? |
I very much enjoyed the German Grand National 1693 game which we ran at Tactica and elsewhere in the first half of 2018. The competition between four German ally states against a common enemy was colourful and fun and even spawned an X rated version which I think was called the W hores?...
Story of a show game 2 - The scenario
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| The Panzer Division will watch from the sidelines whilst the infantry slug it out |
The scenario for CRISIS 2018 is called Brahms & Liszt. It is set in 1713 on the south-eastern frontier or, north-western if you are Turkish! This is twenty years after our previous show effort of 2018 at TACTICA which also involved Imperial forces racing to over run the French in the German Grand National 1693.
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| Prussia... |
Story of a show-game 1 - the trade off
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| LoA North American Chapter - Clarence did ALL the work for this one at Historicon 2016 |
Being a Team of two, you have to make decisions which are inevitably a compromise. I have captained some productive groups since starting on the Event Trail around 1992. Sometimes we were two, occasionally three, many times and for several years, I flew solo.
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| Don't be 'leg-ist' please! |
I don't envy larger groups...
Busy painting Ottomans
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| OT06 Ottoman Command standing painted by Toggy |
Some choices are binary - spend time painting on spend time blogging about the things you might paint!
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| OT01 Janissaries in full dress advancing |
So, it's been a wee bit quiet here for a few days but the brushes of Augsburg have not been idle. Both Toggy and I, between other parts of the range, have been busy painting Ottomans for the forthcoming CRISIS...