The League of Augsburg
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...
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...
The work of Dino Todaro
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| Swedish Regiment Vasterbotten - the basing really sets off the unit superbly |
Wargaming takes some unusual turns. When we visited Tuscany on holiday I arranged to meet an Italian gamer, collector and painter with whom I had corresponded for a couple of years. When we met in his beautiful home town of Lucca we really hit it off.
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| Detail of the three stands of Vasterbotten Regiment |
Since then we have met...
Come on, more? Really? Warfare Minis Guest Gallery 5
I've managed to get to a fifth in the series of Warfare painted miniatures from the brushes of excellent painters whilst maintaining the quality!
Here we have some super, stylish Saxons from the very prolific brush of Roger Castle. Roger can be found evangelising about the GNW on several fora at the moment. His work output is high and he has done a wonderful job on his Warfare minis.
Friend and...
Gathering the Ottomans
A quick update shot of some Ottoman Janissaries in campaign dress - having photographed these for the website I'll be busting them off these little bases and getting them mounted up properly for CRISIS. Anyway, you'll get the idea.
We should have some solid news on the production volumes of these and the other codes from the first six sets very soon.
We hope also to be able to preview the Segban and...