The League of Augsburg
Lazing on a Monday afternoon!
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| Close up of road mix going on (top left). The bare hessian backing can be seen on the remainder of the road areas. |
Having slept on my idea (well not literally but I am sure the mat would have been soft and sort of comforting), Bank holiday Monday dawned with me getting my 'road building' materials together, to wit; a coarse hair brush, PVA glue, some fine sand and water.
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| Showing the roads painted... |
Lazing on a Sunday afternoon!
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| 12 x 6 custom built and scaled central section of Waterloo I made a few years back |
After so many years of doing it, we are getting tired of lugging around car fulls of terrain boards. Storage and transport thereof is a pain. I have admired the teddy-bear massacres of the last few years and recall being impressed by the Waterloo terrain of the Loughton? Strike Force at Salute a few years back and...
The Guns of August 2018
Progress...
The static grass I use comes in sheets, so once the glue is good and dry, I can feather the edges and blend it in to make look a little more natural. That's it... I'll post another pic of the finished table with all of the rest of terrain in place this weekend...
The static grass I use comes in sheets, so once the glue is good and dry, I can feather the edges and blend it in to make look a little more natural. That's it... I'll post another pic of the finished table with all of the rest of terrain in place this weekend...
The Guns of August 2018
Kurpfalz Feldherren do the '45 at Tactica
Some Summer pictures of a winter time game from Germany.
Those very talented chaps - Jurgen, Sven, Stefan and Mirko aka the Kurpfalz Feldherren have done it again with this wonderful '45 Rebellion Donnybrook game at Tactica.
Their table was beautiful and contained four forces - French, Highlanders,...
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| Awa' in the Heilands - Speed Bonnie Boat and all that stuff.. |
Those very talented chaps - Jurgen, Sven, Stefan and Mirko aka the Kurpfalz Feldherren have done it again with this wonderful '45 Rebellion Donnybrook game at Tactica.
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| This looks suitably grim and Scots |
Gunter's video of LoA Waterloo 2015 + Blog links
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| My own 2nd Dragoons |
ATTENTION: LOADS OF GOOD LINKS ALL OVER THIS POST!
As a 'non-Facebooker' I often miss bits and pieces of hobby stuff. This particular 2+ minutes of video footage was taken by Germanicus at our 2015 re-fight of Waterloo in Derby.
Adrian made the terrain, Toggy, Gerry, Peter, Barry and several other chaps provided the 8,000 or so figures. The event was a decisive result and the game...
The Walls of Limerick, Part II
Clarence Harrison - A little bit of math, lots of carving, and possibly some harsh words later...
The initial step, and the most important to get right, was to layout the front wall. This is where most of the harsh words came in. All of the angles had to meet up with each other and line up with the edges of the boards.
The walls were detailed by carving scattered stones with a scalple and then going...
The Walls of Limerick, Part I
Clarence Harrison - Every so often I get the urge to launch some sort of stupid large project. Ever since my partner's series on the Walls of Derry, I've wanted to do something similar. My trip to Derrylast year reinforced the desire. Finally, I'm planning to run some games at a small local show if my schedule works out - The Guns of August in Newport News, Virginia. Rather than just set up...
Eighth Wonder? Texel ship diorama Part 1
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| I was almost incontinent with excitement on seeing this level of detail. |
I am an unashamed Naval Nut and always have been. It doesn't matter what the subject is, if its in the water and looks remotely interesting I'll be all over it.
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| Den Helder is home port to the Dutch fleet - Belgian frigate Leopold I in centre |
Having accidentally come across some pictures of the ship diorama at Texel about a year...
Amazing diorama work from Tactica
This French and Indian Wars diorama is truly stunning work. Scale is 15 or 20mm. The makers are a German team from somewhere in the north of the country.
I saw another piece of their work through photos which is an enormous Napoleonic diorama with several Austrian infantry regiments depicted on an 1:1 scale.. yes you read that correctly.
Enjoy!
Kurpfalz Feldherren Wargame Club, Germany
We meet up with the guys from Kurpfalz Feldherren at Tactica, Hamburg, Crisis, Antwerp and even at Partizan. They do wonderful games at least two of which have been featured on the blog before. Lovely bunch of people, totally into their hobby and it really shows.
This wonderful game was I think Juergen told me, inspired by some of the Donnybrook Dark ideas (well the town at least). I just love the...
Champions of Pike & Shot 1: Mark Shearwood
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| Siege of Athlone 1691 - wonderful solo effort by Mark |
I decided to highlight the work of fellow gamers who I feel make a significant contribution to the popularity of the period 1660-1720. Mark Shearwood's output is both prodigious and high quality.
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| Meanwhile back in Brixham 1688 - Kidnapping King James |
Mark has produced imaginative and inspiring games which have appeared at various shows mostly in...