tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610600674910383302024-03-18T20:22:25.681-07:00The Rearguard3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-801426067485031852024-03-03T11:27:00.000-08:002024-03-03T11:27:18.374-08:00Even More Stuff<p>I spent most of my hobby time this week painting up these Late Roman infantry from Fighting 15s. They are the old Gladiator Games figures, but I believe they were originally from a German range. All that's needed now is flockage, tuftage and varnishage.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1ooPjfZ8CNmlyLTZ-ZXhEw5jVSkBe2KaVssSbu3W12wbDqiDHRQpt5eGMwSz5gFQQ9mxMqQW_T9dfNqXjlonXTt2PyrFAPwKKyU1WjvSLx-DQfdTmU37Y_2M0R7upaotg0Iv0mE3XsstzsYoW5HDIoV_qdtVyOiEFKRcMYVTkLY5ofM39L7n7RpcZHU/s3172/20240303_183416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="3172" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1ooPjfZ8CNmlyLTZ-ZXhEw5jVSkBe2KaVssSbu3W12wbDqiDHRQpt5eGMwSz5gFQQ9mxMqQW_T9dfNqXjlonXTt2PyrFAPwKKyU1WjvSLx-DQfdTmU37Y_2M0R7upaotg0Iv0mE3XsstzsYoW5HDIoV_qdtVyOiEFKRcMYVTkLY5ofM39L7n7RpcZHU/w640-h266/20240303_183416.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>This Late Roman Legion has been rebased, but the trumpet and officer are new.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE724gMkA9fgv2ZsxGCPM0NbZY40ndjtbnzcAD0FEd75_4taGg8BoG_guuTW-16vHkqI89GJ1eh4xRXQGAjSeaGIybCppxdHSfUXwPMopdLuBuPqh7JThaTlIk-2T_tCvNDU4tcJH_nUfxLZUi-TKD-Hnwg8GlI60_rGy9uBoH6Ld4afLtSB8ah1TtfqY/s3970/20240226_175049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="3970" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE724gMkA9fgv2ZsxGCPM0NbZY40ndjtbnzcAD0FEd75_4taGg8BoG_guuTW-16vHkqI89GJ1eh4xRXQGAjSeaGIybCppxdHSfUXwPMopdLuBuPqh7JThaTlIk-2T_tCvNDU4tcJH_nUfxLZUi-TKD-Hnwg8GlI60_rGy9uBoH6Ld4afLtSB8ah1TtfqY/w640-h198/20240226_175049.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I need to replace the old paper chimneys with carved xps ones and put proper shingles on the roof of this War of 1812 building. It looks like some of the paint needs attention too. I've temporarily put the polystyrene blanks in </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mQad-H8naIJpkMkgf8Zy_LjjIy-UNqZQPMUFbLlqL5kz9tdu2Wn78TN9t-gsYOP0w-TUl8UGtcKchzXbbcH7MQbhmsNgi69ASK2fO339rXHxWsBuSgmCgoKJRgyLpxUdE321dvFYvJCmXBzWi4P5T3tKMDqVAzyFMG5y3CqGQJJ9GivNfBPKR9Y12lo/s2851/20240303_130031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2851" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mQad-H8naIJpkMkgf8Zy_LjjIy-UNqZQPMUFbLlqL5kz9tdu2Wn78TN9t-gsYOP0w-TUl8UGtcKchzXbbcH7MQbhmsNgi69ASK2fO339rXHxWsBuSgmCgoKJRgyLpxUdE321dvFYvJCmXBzWi4P5T3tKMDqVAzyFMG5y3CqGQJJ9GivNfBPKR9Y12lo/w573-h640/20240303_130031.jpg" width="573" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Late Roman project got more out of hand when I bought these from EBay. They are from the same painter as the last lot of Auxilia, and I have 12 light cavalry coming too. I've rebased them and they are also waiting for flock, etc.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wnMe-_Q4NtVXt74Eu69jBX3jJ2bagdGq4k9qXr2AZ8fn5T4aE9KfHxDQvDAs4RfvwC4LjZtWjMrABAW2ZsSO2cTkZ6BPjRAX2C3DpWJP1IWd7giYeRyUJEXA3JKsXl1sSSvk3X9DYUJzDi3vLmZnx9kEparSsYggKkWCHUEBSlPIcSdOs5VPlAy-AcA/s3923/20240303_183458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="3923" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wnMe-_Q4NtVXt74Eu69jBX3jJ2bagdGq4k9qXr2AZ8fn5T4aE9KfHxDQvDAs4RfvwC4LjZtWjMrABAW2ZsSO2cTkZ6BPjRAX2C3DpWJP1IWd7giYeRyUJEXA3JKsXl1sSSvk3X9DYUJzDi3vLmZnx9kEparSsYggKkWCHUEBSlPIcSdOs5VPlAy-AcA/w640-h141/20240303_183458.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-21023832822680655902024-02-25T09:23:00.000-08:002024-02-25T09:23:09.680-08:00More Stuff Finished<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Finished</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Duke of York and Sir Thomas Erpingham</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[The edges of the flags have been painted!!]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvoHybwC_oFz5rlqYxvK1FstdIWqJrfE4WJcJVRy51K0PBM5Ztmf91VKUSpxPdLZe6pUV4UlufzDBiMZykEUfGJaSO_mG1ws2Sr9d5xrgAjxmosXWFp65bsMtlCV8JJAv8pxpMXwORALZoZFVwpp_JHNz6N2-1DcA0q-CxAcAzYY9BFYyzrDogCSUoGo/s4000/20240221_224514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvoHybwC_oFz5rlqYxvK1FstdIWqJrfE4WJcJVRy51K0PBM5Ztmf91VKUSpxPdLZe6pUV4UlufzDBiMZykEUfGJaSO_mG1ws2Sr9d5xrgAjxmosXWFp65bsMtlCV8JJAv8pxpMXwORALZoZFVwpp_JHNz6N2-1DcA0q-CxAcAzYY9BFYyzrDogCSUoGo/w400-h300/20240221_224514.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Late Roman Legions for TTS and HC (Rebased)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBz8nOgkbHp7lYseSqpnlKmQUAs5P7Obpcw11YschAnJcD5kUSulLwaN6lmPoR5IFBQLUB-cnlcYg_63SfLfQgxjPZUVLtE_xinoI6bFNZo3Au_4iHm2m5D_PKZH-oTefhEWsP0LSGu5phPJlRBNUmmKTqXwunc6UTp7wdELPJ7Cjo0zcf1taN0azidk/s3859/20240221_224602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="3859" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBz8nOgkbHp7lYseSqpnlKmQUAs5P7Obpcw11YschAnJcD5kUSulLwaN6lmPoR5IFBQLUB-cnlcYg_63SfLfQgxjPZUVLtE_xinoI6bFNZo3Au_4iHm2m5D_PKZH-oTefhEWsP0LSGu5phPJlRBNUmmKTqXwunc6UTp7wdELPJ7Cjo0zcf1taN0azidk/w640-h218/20240221_224602.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH3lpGv_wTvPgB1h3N30wnu_7IJPuBP0Dps9MIRdWz8psTt8I-iamv4zVr0BR5-MaYor2qKZ5gFgCiUU5oAbVC-Pfa3w3TpjlTUN5CTr4EN6BetDytrIn_MpZrTLM0Jhm9Dg8gRwjF0oYaFTtrx279uLLeLa62DzfI_w7zaa59byFXFSE5D8lK35sxQE/s4000/20240224_130234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="4000" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH3lpGv_wTvPgB1h3N30wnu_7IJPuBP0Dps9MIRdWz8psTt8I-iamv4zVr0BR5-MaYor2qKZ5gFgCiUU5oAbVC-Pfa3w3TpjlTUN5CTr4EN6BetDytrIn_MpZrTLM0Jhm9Dg8gRwjF0oYaFTtrx279uLLeLa62DzfI_w7zaa59byFXFSE5D8lK35sxQE/w640-h229/20240224_130234.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Frankish Command for TTS and HC</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxwKHtLhgWjIzfwxPkrKzAETRAdSAIh0S3ASNBlrA8RGIyCSAypbPXDr3zNGVw9j3opq5PX1PCbmqzy1anApwI1ho_GSoSSGG_dJ4ufKaIH_T_pyd76S5iyG6baYgVQp3wzbVPJSnRu9OfqzaQjjVIEFnkg-kjGWzfLzHd6gsiVDug3in8v1dWbjcz_0/s1518/20240219_181616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="1518" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxwKHtLhgWjIzfwxPkrKzAETRAdSAIh0S3ASNBlrA8RGIyCSAypbPXDr3zNGVw9j3opq5PX1PCbmqzy1anApwI1ho_GSoSSGG_dJ4ufKaIH_T_pyd76S5iyG6baYgVQp3wzbVPJSnRu9OfqzaQjjVIEFnkg-kjGWzfLzHd6gsiVDug3in8v1dWbjcz_0/w400-h350/20240219_181616.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rebased a few single figures to complete this unit:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6NcGwOJ0Lj6nsnOo4TfT_1sZxnPIRPE2w643lQvtxi2mlWkc7zULDUY_kc_eorqMMuajTVvdxkcrtI1KccA8AKCeL8eipFxKk24OZAxpOCpQ6aNMElKsEBlF-HcA9s2tDS3bAzxSi6nFqZFQTAnEBOHI6glRSwwkROkQxDFMeXkTQ2SCFqlOSDdQPCQ/s3762/20240224_212235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1614" data-original-width="3762" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6NcGwOJ0Lj6nsnOo4TfT_1sZxnPIRPE2w643lQvtxi2mlWkc7zULDUY_kc_eorqMMuajTVvdxkcrtI1KccA8AKCeL8eipFxKk24OZAxpOCpQ6aNMElKsEBlF-HcA9s2tDS3bAzxSi6nFqZFQTAnEBOHI6glRSwwkROkQxDFMeXkTQ2SCFqlOSDdQPCQ/w400-h171/20240224_212235.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">15th Dragoons</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-6N5-q_6KkXAAehcfAS6poloGwUmgf4W9UwjIysd60PlCNNdFmq-N2ukoXmrYVANmEmeVyfPSWpD9_caoMCmIP7YaxHfD2oxrLuy1F-JhNgn-xzhyphenhyphen0qTFfDVqYtLweghRshFgiILElmxd23HFfHumu_QKyMtgApwDUGDYJPvWX4diGfx6giQBZKsuD8/s3669/20240225_171814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2078" data-original-width="3669" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-6N5-q_6KkXAAehcfAS6poloGwUmgf4W9UwjIysd60PlCNNdFmq-N2ukoXmrYVANmEmeVyfPSWpD9_caoMCmIP7YaxHfD2oxrLuy1F-JhNgn-xzhyphenhyphen0qTFfDVqYtLweghRshFgiILElmxd23HFfHumu_QKyMtgApwDUGDYJPvWX4diGfx6giQBZKsuD8/w400-h226/20240225_171814.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-64493949538665619482024-02-18T08:04:00.000-08:002024-02-18T08:04:47.467-08:00Blunders and Orders<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was going to order some figures to replace a couple of auxilia units for my Late Romans, when I spotted these rather nice old range Essex which match my other units on EBay. I would just need to rebase them and add three command figures to each unit. They arrived really quickly and I rebased them................</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMSarhV5qWb_L3G1HkhHjAZr2-_RgUS37gIe4_zPoxG0U03PGl38fQR2sKEMwkbrebcXzkDaCTu1aK5c0xzbOaWKQKvcugybeEm-X1aau3hC07QL-q3X3i13PW49xRQDB9UwnCElHmVxw_b9zYrlT6FwjgLkifGts_3yOMvfubnsKL_2niTCxfHaI1mA/s4000/20240218_100812.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMSarhV5qWb_L3G1HkhHjAZr2-_RgUS37gIe4_zPoxG0U03PGl38fQR2sKEMwkbrebcXzkDaCTu1aK5c0xzbOaWKQKvcugybeEm-X1aau3hC07QL-q3X3i13PW49xRQDB9UwnCElHmVxw_b9zYrlT6FwjgLkifGts_3yOMvfubnsKL_2niTCxfHaI1mA/w400-h300/20240218_100812.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As well as the command figures I also needed some infantry to finish my Gothic contingent and some archers to complete a French unit for the HYW. I put the order into Essex and half an hour later realised that I had forgotten to add the command figures for the Auxilia. I believe this particular double six applies to all wargameers' orders and appears to be a fundamental law of nature like Relativity, and the disappearance of at least one sock in the wash.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, I've managed to get these Roman archers rebased.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0wGkMPxFp2X0uhONRs3L3Ip_g-oKchIHSouLjLetuSi_mQoZRP9k7GRD7LMneBtYXyUsSK6XB-NBnhbd6VdSWJeiWNzt5adIv615FNXlJESuM8IYCchyphenhyphenofkKZbnTKXDPH1dTwkTLPXzwAAXa_pHMC6Y9nVUUw0IjWn_xcYYMZwCVgN7Xb-qUJa43C-0/s3436/20240215_192309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1873" data-original-width="3436" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0wGkMPxFp2X0uhONRs3L3Ip_g-oKchIHSouLjLetuSi_mQoZRP9k7GRD7LMneBtYXyUsSK6XB-NBnhbd6VdSWJeiWNzt5adIv615FNXlJESuM8IYCchyphenhyphenofkKZbnTKXDPH1dTwkTLPXzwAAXa_pHMC6Y9nVUUw0IjWn_xcYYMZwCVgN7Xb-qUJa43C-0/w400-h217/20240215_192309.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They are on 40mm x 30mm bases and I've decided on the following system for basing for "Hail Caesar" and "To The Strongest":-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Infantry on 40mm x 30mm bases</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hoplites 8 figures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Heavy Infantry 6 figures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Medium Infantry 5 figures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Light Infantry 4 figures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Skirmisher Infantry 2 figures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cavalry on 40mm x 40mm bases</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Heavy and Medium Cavalry 3 figures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Light Cavalry and Horse Archers 2 figures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm not sure whether I'm going to put 4 Cataphracts on a base or leave as 3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the WIP front, the 15th Dragoons are still progressing but are a real pain, When I do the 25th I am going back to a black undercoat with a white drybrush and I believe the young, cool people call this method "slap chop". Us old farts have been doing it for years and calling it "dry brushing white over a black undercoat", because we didn't have to worry about snappy titles for YouTube videos.</div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxSFXs_nQqu8pN08zavROc-7tEfHNTOZ0VS0YN3sOxvjAzZbu-EmdVB4eKlsMsanqRtoiqA558iRZTGYMNknjzBlo6jiOF_ahjRt7Sx_1GdOnKuZPYK9jtcZ9Dx7TrmwV2faH1lKCi8MSWDUo87DIWu-0vAhFCUrKjrZOah2Mmr7mSAMJxqSA9MYkuO0/s2536/20240218_155517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1475" data-original-width="2536" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxSFXs_nQqu8pN08zavROc-7tEfHNTOZ0VS0YN3sOxvjAzZbu-EmdVB4eKlsMsanqRtoiqA558iRZTGYMNknjzBlo6jiOF_ahjRt7Sx_1GdOnKuZPYK9jtcZ9Dx7TrmwV2faH1lKCi8MSWDUo87DIWu-0vAhFCUrKjrZOah2Mmr7mSAMJxqSA9MYkuO0/w400-h233/20240218_155517.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-72403032264100169532024-02-11T10:34:00.000-08:002024-02-11T11:55:51.674-08:00February 11th 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Finished</u></div><p style="text-align: center;">Spanish house carved out of EPS with plastic tiles and wood "bits". The windows are sliced up dice holders.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTXrF0QPUMh4R3tjxjogh3d-dn7T4qygIwO4sMq5Kh7lFMmd0K7016Eal3s7xoaImEdpHSFzf5iJtfvG7F8BNMQ6xm6Ys60D24V-E9oMt8AW_Epwqm7nCThVtUJyrniciuiVgkM6zbBUXgdmoYV6s4Qz7jrFZ3sf6VNNI3vlhPS3tNzxLWmyaxnILdWA/s1485/20240211_180521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="1485" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTXrF0QPUMh4R3tjxjogh3d-dn7T4qygIwO4sMq5Kh7lFMmd0K7016Eal3s7xoaImEdpHSFzf5iJtfvG7F8BNMQ6xm6Ys60D24V-E9oMt8AW_Epwqm7nCThVtUJyrniciuiVgkM6zbBUXgdmoYV6s4Qz7jrFZ3sf6VNNI3vlhPS3tNzxLWmyaxnILdWA/w400-h381/20240211_180521.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOWfmxDizQxHlpRwv4m21_W8fu2r2IPmzHyBgVz1WTU_LxgulqgUCZ2wFff1ROQD6yzcn8xLhYk5yXUNpYolUmHO-ACxeARZb31xSVedcYLGqjpz-ykC9yJMDIdmHAAVKGP3DXEYrWXIUhbUArMbh-kimnzWMiEmEZPlvFWbl3hlEd2knAJIRXNrA0gw/s1380/20240211_180528.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="1364" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOWfmxDizQxHlpRwv4m21_W8fu2r2IPmzHyBgVz1WTU_LxgulqgUCZ2wFff1ROQD6yzcn8xLhYk5yXUNpYolUmHO-ACxeARZb31xSVedcYLGqjpz-ykC9yJMDIdmHAAVKGP3DXEYrWXIUhbUArMbh-kimnzWMiEmEZPlvFWbl3hlEd2knAJIRXNrA0gw/w395-h400/20240211_180528.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This will go with this previously finished build done in the same way</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKi30gwnfWH2MdFBxcTOG_st7s5Y_PxD5cKpduzAFjxa6Q414ohZjYrWhtIPNBWnQTu2uk0W-petwYvXY0Ww48eethyiN8Wra7qG4EjQEhNXIplhhkWMM3qKGIbMEHcnTa0RL_g7i8Y5Eqx2SzfGBPYXYCTOfcmhR6MXgLVf1lOfuxaIfb_aFoVhqG2bQ/s1735/20240211_180649.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="1735" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKi30gwnfWH2MdFBxcTOG_st7s5Y_PxD5cKpduzAFjxa6Q414ohZjYrWhtIPNBWnQTu2uk0W-petwYvXY0Ww48eethyiN8Wra7qG4EjQEhNXIplhhkWMM3qKGIbMEHcnTa0RL_g7i8Y5Eqx2SzfGBPYXYCTOfcmhR6MXgLVf1lOfuxaIfb_aFoVhqG2bQ/w400-h343/20240211_180649.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="2684" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXIZUNgfz4uMgW9AXyfCiRATfofs75PBUzrZB9x-hRlrjYEFoQxtWOLuyxKLIrNAJ0J-_lqdHBIY4b5lDLOxullAm_iM_0sDMFp8Tm9YSQSuixXT36vdQKOjhDIU-F5oWHQA8JVc6GhaB9tsKKqaKTCL556nYYGzXdmWi0MgVUlyX1IamcyixthYE6mE/w400-h211/20240211_180705.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">to make this 150mm x 150mm built up area:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi490z_CS-ZNpV6FOyfd1rg1gorooOO8YWNWEjJY7n-6YpvPk8AtF8WfrBifPANf5wMAC8XYhBFThsufOlQEfjp52hnNfOJ3OKOI5FQnIr3oEYMdO9M01kFbvaBnJFfztpgLC_g3bITGxwx3qbLu5ZyPe_ZYa42CCJ9DklfRkT8btXt5FPIzbgVGlTxKPM/s2807/20240211_180758.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2726" data-original-width="2807" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi490z_CS-ZNpV6FOyfd1rg1gorooOO8YWNWEjJY7n-6YpvPk8AtF8WfrBifPANf5wMAC8XYhBFThsufOlQEfjp52hnNfOJ3OKOI5FQnIr3oEYMdO9M01kFbvaBnJFfztpgLC_g3bITGxwx3qbLu5ZyPe_ZYa42CCJ9DklfRkT8btXt5FPIzbgVGlTxKPM/w640-h622/20240211_180758.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2195" data-original-width="2588" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_wbgtjaLZUwJ2-mrH5c9OaeDYmhMybN4Jfzvz_S1soUhb-LJ8srq5z4BEmVd02vhqefGt6mHyD2NUhOc0PZLKl6I0sDV02Hlacnktr6Jl6sg_1z-Rqytf6CdoK35D1q8EzFOSsqigGH7UhaK5F38xA0ekPeLjzP_u67fkob0vP7wJT9fdDRBiSJO4GI/w640-h542/20240211_180832.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm trying to get my Spanish buildings to look more like those around Fuentes De Onoro. These were taken on out tour last year:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijedPWkIVv1htObEsP_eZ0v0u5cxpbG1W83N6H0WOmexWyb0zjklXzt1-Qed5U24YPFP6EM6-Cwc_1Jnyjn5nzMo5MxklS2XJSjPqb7VMaS4VnzwNOmioGKMsGqNuvlgqvNfUCDenVxGQurOF-dNCMMH5aniZNJiG5PkNewM-uZLZPSZBOaP3rMuSU_g/s4000/20230918_171711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijedPWkIVv1htObEsP_eZ0v0u5cxpbG1W83N6H0WOmexWyb0zjklXzt1-Qed5U24YPFP6EM6-Cwc_1Jnyjn5nzMo5MxklS2XJSjPqb7VMaS4VnzwNOmioGKMsGqNuvlgqvNfUCDenVxGQurOF-dNCMMH5aniZNJiG5PkNewM-uZLZPSZBOaP3rMuSU_g/w640-h480/20230918_171711.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The old bridge has been replaced by this concrete monstrosity</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Work in progress</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Continuing with the French 15th Dragoons</div><div style="text-align: center;">(there is some progress, honest)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9mEtVGNa81f8WRmcSfQ2Nc4JQJHUMivIr4PoPnas9suDzA2kIrugLHxIZOfNad8WienfwU6b8ofzkOAeLpQbX9cd-x1fFYkO_NTpbUGcl3HZsOqExRjdVAnC3BxFZXAPbIAdaP1A7PEbUOGAH7OQCXDZRe19uF6_ELH8AMwY-YrSMxobWCnX1q-ThTE/s3000/20240211_181129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2211" data-original-width="3000" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9mEtVGNa81f8WRmcSfQ2Nc4JQJHUMivIr4PoPnas9suDzA2kIrugLHxIZOfNad8WienfwU6b8ofzkOAeLpQbX9cd-x1fFYkO_NTpbUGcl3HZsOqExRjdVAnC3BxFZXAPbIAdaP1A7PEbUOGAH7OQCXDZRe19uF6_ELH8AMwY-YrSMxobWCnX1q-ThTE/s320/20240211_181129.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Games</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://thenorthumbrianwargamer.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: underline;" target="_blank">Dave, the Northumbrian Wargamer</a> and I decided that the Coa game had gone as far as it could with the Soldiers of Napoleon rules. We had reached the point when the Light Division was going to have to start to run like hell to the bridge and, to be honest, we didn't think there were many sets about that would cater for that. It was a great game though.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We are now playing a 1813/14 French vs Prussian game with Dave's 28mm figures and the S.O.N. rules.</div>3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-5544522156234858912024-01-28T07:42:00.000-08:002024-02-03T03:10:09.726-08:00Here we go again<p> Achieved so far this year:</p><p>Rebased all my Hundred Years War figures on 40mm square bases, they all just need a spray of varnish now.</p><p>Completed a 48 figure Catholic League Thirty Years War unit for Twilight of Divine Right. They are all Essex 15mm and I like the pose of the musketeers, but it was a real P.I.T.A to cut the muskets off the bases and glue them onto the shoulders. I won't be using that figure again.</p><p>For those annoyed by such things (you know who you are!!), I will get around to edging the flags, honest.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGr7DmAJQwpJcuYSZvoAQ3-S2_ucosev_kecLITWjBb7Y5NEJg9_OmkSrZS83AamftRhh4RlXXjW4vldijuSEx6EB3c1IGqKjq7B4cqBuybxvOvFVRte5tgqZ6uyErJQZ_JrSaaguvo72jyPT5PXlYAGIx1EAxisMhx3SntoVPB4ivnl00xTpb_MX1GEA/s3455/20240128_142802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1682" data-original-width="3455" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGr7DmAJQwpJcuYSZvoAQ3-S2_ucosev_kecLITWjBb7Y5NEJg9_OmkSrZS83AamftRhh4RlXXjW4vldijuSEx6EB3c1IGqKjq7B4cqBuybxvOvFVRte5tgqZ6uyErJQZ_JrSaaguvo72jyPT5PXlYAGIx1EAxisMhx3SntoVPB4ivnl00xTpb_MX1GEA/w503-h244/20240128_142802.jpg" width="503" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtUb4PdR0A9sXG_EIdAXnbgkTD79N8pt3ON6ZouG3qDTx8cN0F7jdytgGqKNA1cNUnPxzuNRfxl9wIMm6fmze4L7XpwuOekCeSuLdk8_yLIsyykV4YWjxhxPdff8ZmeXy4u1sLp-UFuAg8U9_L5He0DzQK3FqVjbLEHOuGY327AA5WVYzI_mjBYkXNK4/s2257/20240128_142834.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="2257" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtUb4PdR0A9sXG_EIdAXnbgkTD79N8pt3ON6ZouG3qDTx8cN0F7jdytgGqKNA1cNUnPxzuNRfxl9wIMm6fmze4L7XpwuOekCeSuLdk8_yLIsyykV4YWjxhxPdff8ZmeXy4u1sLp-UFuAg8U9_L5He0DzQK3FqVjbLEHOuGY327AA5WVYzI_mjBYkXNK4/w476-h262/20240128_142834.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br /><p>And on the bench, the French 15th Dragoons for the 2nd Brigade of Boyer's division at Salamanca. These are the old Gladiator 15mm figures now sold by Fighting 15s</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnh47iH4jV3VUOBt3YrBc0NHD00LkgOHG8qxz85CNPywe34SzDmA23WwKNP57TBicS7yVSOqE36xeIUXacYIPaGgrmOpVC-xEnMP__k2wnOfAxQegsCCcTeUUaxHNPIQ5qOkbZujjMZRay4PW8rHQq0iL96wJXtHYH3XLAcfZiCd1fFSSvEIg0c-4aCs/s2617/20240128_142959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1479" data-original-width="2617" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnh47iH4jV3VUOBt3YrBc0NHD00LkgOHG8qxz85CNPywe34SzDmA23WwKNP57TBicS7yVSOqE36xeIUXacYIPaGgrmOpVC-xEnMP__k2wnOfAxQegsCCcTeUUaxHNPIQ5qOkbZujjMZRay4PW8rHQq0iL96wJXtHYH3XLAcfZiCd1fFSSvEIg0c-4aCs/w444-h251/20240128_142959.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Current ongoing game is based on the action on the Coa ,1810 using Soldiers of Napoleon. I must admit, when you set the figures out on a scaled table, it really gives a sense of the skill and professionalism Crauford's brigade and battalion commanders needed to get him out of the mess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the real thing. We were lucky enough to go on a guided tour with Colonel Nick Lipscome last September. I'll post more pics as appropriate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Final position: Ross' guns on the crest of the hill and the entire hillside covered in very determined light infantry, cacadores and rifles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfuCvChmHfmc3TS7b7NqkPF3SvO0Ev4qnpZCqMRG-hZCsN2KfAyea0Qzpo7Vo4bC47X3bcHxVL0nmzyQzZD8ZgJoUhHBBjlbcia19zANDfdrtiIPl_7dC_-AWumpU8Q8p4VtQPKgAIY9GUCWzv443MKwTeveIJ830uriuflyvug5Av3Gq7ZhKi8zoYxI/s4000/20230918_104247.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfuCvChmHfmc3TS7b7NqkPF3SvO0Ev4qnpZCqMRG-hZCsN2KfAyea0Qzpo7Vo4bC47X3bcHxVL0nmzyQzZD8ZgJoUhHBBjlbcia19zANDfdrtiIPl_7dC_-AWumpU8Q8p4VtQPKgAIY9GUCWzv443MKwTeveIJ830uriuflyvug5Av3Gq7ZhKi8zoYxI/w446-h335/20230918_104247.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_N9t2dOD2UJI-rvy_E0AKWcDzdEAzGhk5L3Wptr49MQAlUrJCtedJoJhaiUrQtCX1xGsUOp8U1bSmtukGti9hRE4GPTc5EYGskvArJTlvJV7Pin_yDRwTa6XAmTtBJC69Cz7cfD_6g3bVfD1D5-TUkurR3Zutr2hI0N4wtA77xXvcHpHLUPi6ZBrS2M/s4000/20230918_103912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_N9t2dOD2UJI-rvy_E0AKWcDzdEAzGhk5L3Wptr49MQAlUrJCtedJoJhaiUrQtCX1xGsUOp8U1bSmtukGti9hRE4GPTc5EYGskvArJTlvJV7Pin_yDRwTa6XAmTtBJC69Cz7cfD_6g3bVfD1D5-TUkurR3Zutr2hI0N4wtA77xXvcHpHLUPi6ZBrS2M/s320/20230918_103912.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ney thought it worth his while to throw several attacks over this in the face of said infantry and Ross' battery. The latter succeeded in driving off an attempt by the French to place a battery on a slight hill at the opposite side of the bridge. They had no counter to the shrapnel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wJOzCI-US8jN6YxOtA47FY2tkXfdq9SLpC432rgCCL4s_qn0v8e1wLE0EQQnsZxf-SSXTyX9JyZ2z_w-ao59-oPeD9BMuuLAY_Nr-_cYArUovBANF9UtPuQBnJzLHjOafZNUC__A4yR_vwo6bxVkEEQ6ihg4AdsKUTe1x9-P4NIMY_wUGhsSi5fC8Ug/s4000/20230918_103841.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="483" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wJOzCI-US8jN6YxOtA47FY2tkXfdq9SLpC432rgCCL4s_qn0v8e1wLE0EQQnsZxf-SSXTyX9JyZ2z_w-ao59-oPeD9BMuuLAY_Nr-_cYArUovBANF9UtPuQBnJzLHjOafZNUC__A4yR_vwo6bxVkEEQ6ihg4AdsKUTe1x9-P4NIMY_wUGhsSi5fC8Ug/w362-h483/20230918_103841.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvGyMfDTg44JufdHORMt1byByN3qd2xK54y3oxYuklA6tw-l45qKCHoPNNAj0YMfNG8_0inmFxS6syYj5rcul4DF1nIVX0Wwoq3EekszX3ATf-xGGq2E-RPLnwVAHWl1DbSRp6uxgpyZCwYWUpi2SM1fyAftwalgrIBBuCO0l90GSKQuVM3dNzEjZ2fQ/s4000/20230918_103835.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvGyMfDTg44JufdHORMt1byByN3qd2xK54y3oxYuklA6tw-l45qKCHoPNNAj0YMfNG8_0inmFxS6syYj5rcul4DF1nIVX0Wwoq3EekszX3ATf-xGGq2E-RPLnwVAHWl1DbSRp6uxgpyZCwYWUpi2SM1fyAftwalgrIBBuCO0l90GSKQuVM3dNzEjZ2fQ/s320/20230918_103835.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">From the allied side after retreating across the bridge. The French attempted to put a battery on the rise in front of the "rugby post thingy".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWUzeqn06eFwP1-NqFTTrglv3Vb3DPGbyCSXpGAe9t-M2h4e5y3RUAAClPeKoLy5lj16IfneaSo0jlyAiWR5OTIl8FmjLOFgq-MiRXPo_R48Yrb7qp_Kot68ZAJGR6yhpZ7r62MnWmiOEK-J61ZDdniqUfmdII4oEy6FIcF3z_WD6OyspdRmAXc5vVr4/s4000/20230918_102359.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWUzeqn06eFwP1-NqFTTrglv3Vb3DPGbyCSXpGAe9t-M2h4e5y3RUAAClPeKoLy5lj16IfneaSo0jlyAiWR5OTIl8FmjLOFgq-MiRXPo_R48Yrb7qp_Kot68ZAJGR6yhpZ7r62MnWmiOEK-J61ZDdniqUfmdII4oEy6FIcF3z_WD6OyspdRmAXc5vVr4/s320/20230918_102359.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8w0WC-zrE2tY-Nc937W25VQGqknaZXgwXsuhIroV6KpCUgntRo0cNVzMoO2YTmgJefkgucvmzdg3luTW-GnCi0uNf6YNQSrSdr_oq4WrFlZH-dBBI1Xemq3LTUkQZAzCMnUXZUENAGV8MAk_BKIPclsDp9R3ITsxaFAQXwx-q3zfscWBXCH1Dmt5u38/s4000/20230918_102355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXReyoVWhQkurOn3PAx2T_s-rhtPfyqSgvJPQS9FgYmdZcBX9pGZMMtHeQBlyEMenKw8ox4gounGebdrV70YSTLBx7whitqPv3JvKRqNEtPmzipdbBIr9VvE6g-YCuurmv5Ac7Ai5gfMoh5V7yDooHSb_HYS80vIaT5JLHax66bEl9uVe0q4qy5N554g/s320/20230918_094950.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the actual track from the bridge to the final postion of Ross' battery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBklkf3D26EJ95PqqPAONWgharaTdYiG6ORLnH75s614xBzfDXovHuXevaqd2hb7Rtv1ec9zxMHfGju1tXdnKqA_7KCQMbrUYqQ_fHyGS-lMMLBZ6CqB7-T3alPkLma02gCjE_Udv8mnOE241I_mQR1HrcoL2nRjACiNeV259dFHlt4dvu73tHqIB9yY/s4000/20230918_094651.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBklkf3D26EJ95PqqPAONWgharaTdYiG6ORLnH75s614xBzfDXovHuXevaqd2hb7Rtv1ec9zxMHfGju1tXdnKqA_7KCQMbrUYqQ_fHyGS-lMMLBZ6CqB7-T3alPkLma02gCjE_Udv8mnOE241I_mQR1HrcoL2nRjACiNeV259dFHlt4dvu73tHqIB9yY/s320/20230918_094651.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's my rather two dimensional representation of the the whole action with <a href="https://thenorthumbrianwargamer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dave</a> , as usual, being forced to control the forces of darkness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ross is struggling to get up the track to the ridge, while on the other side of the Coa, things are getting very uncomfortable for the Light Division. A battalion of the Rifles is isolated at the far side of the table, the 3rd Cacadores are now desperately trying to fend off two French Battalions in the centre, and one wing of the 52nd is almost surrounded.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmB95T35X2QZARJ1ZA9U18WMdXfmo3-Py1YAfMwL6eVuTM85Cr1yj58QaoHQ-HfAny8gCMPJzJmL7Nzv0gEJOKyZPsjyvSAncXdwS8myeSMLFhLT4mmqeMq7PCNhJA9081kFoRN_HzkUIk6xa9YkCP8f-oN9EwSLgKyxZeaURzld3nI-FXTVDssFDUq10/s4000/20240128_151220.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmB95T35X2QZARJ1ZA9U18WMdXfmo3-Py1YAfMwL6eVuTM85Cr1yj58QaoHQ-HfAny8gCMPJzJmL7Nzv0gEJOKyZPsjyvSAncXdwS8myeSMLFhLT4mmqeMq7PCNhJA9081kFoRN_HzkUIk6xa9YkCP8f-oN9EwSLgKyxZeaURzld3nI-FXTVDssFDUq10/w438-h584/20240128_151220.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the French side. Ney has a reserve of grenadiers at the rear, while a French Brigade of 4 battalions heads across the table to put more pressure on the allied right wing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzkpWF-4H3ZZsnDzZXC3nMi2prFimOqgOVcJ7pYCMTo0WXiKAHtS9grZtGawrXZMY9xxL8nJSZyQLCZv7hLxNuGiZ0Gh8mnnHGWqUIVhSCyu_fhyphenhyphenzxaQngbTpRfnVDPwJBjZJQsb06gsCxxvQqNhet5e4mnHhc6QvdOb_AYwtlEeyz8-7G5mfkPmg9ms/s4000/20240128_151318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzkpWF-4H3ZZsnDzZXC3nMi2prFimOqgOVcJ7pYCMTo0WXiKAHtS9grZtGawrXZMY9xxL8nJSZyQLCZv7hLxNuGiZ0Gh8mnnHGWqUIVhSCyu_fhyphenhyphenzxaQngbTpRfnVDPwJBjZJQsb06gsCxxvQqNhet5e4mnHhc6QvdOb_AYwtlEeyz8-7G5mfkPmg9ms/w422-h316/20240128_151318.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Ross continues to struggle to get over the bridge and up to the firing position on the ridge. 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I've already got some ideas for Sharp Practice scenarios based on forces I knew nothing about.</p><p>The book is effectively written as a series of scenes based on the viewpoints of one or two characters. It's actually history written almost as a novel, and it's addictive.</p><p>So far it has painted a really good picture of the mayhem in the Niagara peninsula in 1813 and the attack on York. It has also highlighted the actions of Lt Fitzgibbon's "Bloody Boys' who were 50 volunteers from the 49th foot whom he dressed in green and fought with Merit's provincial dragoons and Dominique Ducharme's Caughnawaga Indians against Chapin's mounted marauders, helping to keep the Americans bottled up in Fort George. That's an SP campaign in itself!!!!</p><p>Here's a link to another website with some details</p><p><a href="https://war1812.tripod.com/tigers.html" target="_blank">Bloody Boys / Green Tigers</a></p><p>Another link that seems to suggest they wore 'stolen' American rifles uniforms. Which probs means another Oldgloryuk order when I get back. (If Andy has got the website back up and running)</p><p><a href="http://www.revparlcan.ca/en/fitzgibbon-and-winder-bully-boys-and-officers-of-parliament/" target="_blank">Bloody Boys uniform reference</a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-90134723321791363892023-03-31T14:48:00.001-07:002023-03-31T14:51:31.702-07:00Blog Reboot?<p> Possibly..........when I get home from visiting the family in Canada. I'll have more time on my hands, so maybe I'll actually finish writing up campaigns (unlike the last one - the Americans got the upper hand if you are still wondering.).</p><p>So, currently in Saskatchewan, I spotted the following book on Abebooks from a seller in BC, so it had to be ordered. I'd been wanting a copy for a long time, but it's out of print and of course , me being me , it had to be a hard back with intact dust jacket. Hopefully it will inspire some more 1812 campaigns with Murdoch and the crew. It only took a couple of days to arrive.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2z3-ZdTdGDi-tPzwvPP2ezllKWfqmI0KisnsmEJL82va1TZNlwGdEt4DH8gG2hS_7goLVZYOMz7nDR28co3kn49DM7apKDeji_Bu9Yz-OW0ImSRJIVUFKtNsFsfJPUAMSGOIRxcJ9EgmQ8uz1lr4LlEDa0B7hze9lewLgBq7ByhiMOKRZzgpJMf8/s3313/20230331_153808.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3313" data-original-width="2229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2z3-ZdTdGDi-tPzwvPP2ezllKWfqmI0KisnsmEJL82va1TZNlwGdEt4DH8gG2hS_7goLVZYOMz7nDR28co3kn49DM7apKDeji_Bu9Yz-OW0ImSRJIVUFKtNsFsfJPUAMSGOIRxcJ9EgmQ8uz1lr4LlEDa0B7hze9lewLgBq7ByhiMOKRZzgpJMf8/s320/20230331_153808.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-88091173051310896992020-08-23T08:23:00.001-07:002020-08-23T08:23:46.440-07:00Carry On Up The St Lawrence - Game 3 Table and Forces<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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All the forces are based on the lists in Mike Hobbs' "The War of 1812" supplement for Sharp Practice.</span></p>3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-51105417587893609412020-08-12T13:32:00.005-07:002020-08-14T13:20:06.308-07:00Carry On Up The St Lawrence - Chapter 6 - If you've been bad, Oh Lord I bet you have, And you've not been hit, Oh by flying lead<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But even though they were sheltering in the upper storey of Cheery Welcome's tavern, Murdoch's voltigeurs canadiens were beginning to suffer from the fire of Captain Rockford's skirmishers. Reduced to half their original numbers they were thinking of abandoning the position, when suddenly the American officer who had been urging his men on fell to the ground. The grey-clad men from Lower Canada regained their composure and continued firing with renewed purpose. The officer was seen to recover, but not before the blue skirmish line had fallen back a little.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66n4zajQ3Axr471c8sV7RjDgCnSnCpuWIQo05_d9bhEBH7v76cS8xZgQJJV1JpePbAa4I7YQnGZdQGG2HIYFQvsIaEsrch-6-FEJBg-FlQIFgC9u-iJTCSEKJBnWy1yJaAL2DVgOJlBU/s4208/IMG_20200812_202707.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4208" data-original-width="3120" height="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66n4zajQ3Axr471c8sV7RjDgCnSnCpuWIQo05_d9bhEBH7v76cS8xZgQJJV1JpePbAa4I7YQnGZdQGG2HIYFQvsIaEsrch-6-FEJBg-FlQIFgC9u-iJTCSEKJBnWy1yJaAL2DVgOJlBU/w743-h1000/IMG_20200812_202707.jpg" width="743" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile, on the right of the Canadian position, Henry Higgins could see trouble coming and there was very little he could do about it. A wall of grey was approaching and Brackenreid was nowhere to be seen. Time seemed to slow down. The Americans marched towards him. They paused, then aimed and ultimately fired. He felt an agonising pain in his shoulder and several of his men fell. The little band of redcoats recoiled from the fence and when time resumed its normal speed Higgins suddenly realised that he wasn't dead.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UvelZuaNtHr1dV8YbGSyCl7OvdEN7AT2gpOkbRDEPLdHyRrVvNvp-f3clOal_F-3BDu1JoZ9wPYhhvx-JvWUkdO2IU1xZxQEuo6vcOW1Qtuy_MKW_I658HUIKdiRdKBCwGgU7S1byK8/s4208/IMG_20200730_161538.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4208" height="593" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UvelZuaNtHr1dV8YbGSyCl7OvdEN7AT2gpOkbRDEPLdHyRrVvNvp-f3clOal_F-3BDu1JoZ9wPYhhvx-JvWUkdO2IU1xZxQEuo6vcOW1Qtuy_MKW_I658HUIKdiRdKBCwGgU7S1byK8/w800-h593/IMG_20200730_161538.jpg" width="800" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then, just when it seemed as if all was lost, he heard the unmistakable sound of Bonzo's drumming and there at the fence stood Brackenreid and the rest of the company.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Present.........fire!", and once again the men of the 9th U.S. infantry felt the full force of Canadian musketry. When the ringing stopped in his ears, Major Magnum saw that of his men only one rank remained.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hwCTJoS5BD8ukZO2_-9HhFAvo5xOMC8pRZRyIHmQlAmxlnhWAzqLwLYyrYj_-LwDvxQM3tQtNdkqji3J0CQEz3NnDlEaEnHAGM09BA1vKxA8GI8Fvl0bNYp8idSwiHfkAFlGM_CGmBQ/s4208/IMG_20200812_172626.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4208" data-original-width="3120" height="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hwCTJoS5BD8ukZO2_-9HhFAvo5xOMC8pRZRyIHmQlAmxlnhWAzqLwLYyrYj_-LwDvxQM3tQtNdkqji3J0CQEz3NnDlEaEnHAGM09BA1vKxA8GI8Fvl0bNYp8idSwiHfkAFlGM_CGmBQ/w741-h1000/IMG_20200812_172626.jpg" width="741" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-uDOn0LbP388jlpcm-uaE1_iV_zM32GuoGe1qfGajNbmP2AXSjkhyR6TYfflkh2GOvJ8834XSRNOasJsBgran_kRuG5EjVgVlFJZziXRC1_xtlKsxdlTNq4TgeDLr-t4siMDQwjVQq0/s4208/IMG_20200812_172647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4208" data-original-width="3120" height="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-uDOn0LbP388jlpcm-uaE1_iV_zM32GuoGe1qfGajNbmP2AXSjkhyR6TYfflkh2GOvJ8834XSRNOasJsBgran_kRuG5EjVgVlFJZziXRC1_xtlKsxdlTNq4TgeDLr-t4siMDQwjVQq0/w741-h1000/IMG_20200812_172647.jpg" width="741" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The end?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Maybe not..................................................................</span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-54060806593888805732020-08-02T09:27:00.005-07:002020-08-02T14:05:05.555-07:00Carry On Up The St Lawrence - Chapter 5 - Groundhog Day For Henry Higgins<font size="5">Major Thomas Magnum was quite pleased with his progress down the St Lawrence thus far. He had successfully outmanoeuvred the small force sent to oppose him previously and he was pretty sure that he had managed to do the same again. Swinging off the main road he advanced parallel to it with all the speed that only American forces without any actual opposition in front of them can achieve. Having now reached the twin landmarks of Cheery Welcome's tavern and Ford's farm, he swung back towards the road in order to cut off the enemy forces.</font><div><br /></div><div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Captain Jim Rockford deployed his flankers speedily from the orchards to the rear of the tavern, heartened by the thought of not only outsmarting the Canadians, but also replenishing supplies. He might even be allowed to burn the place to the ground too, that would be fun. But as Magnum's men were deploying to his left and rear, much to his consternation shots rang out from the fields to his right. "Oh dear, what is happening?", were not exactly the first words that came to his mind.</font></div></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">***************************************************</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Mr James Pendrick was not a man who was troubled by setbacks. In fact Captain Murdoch had come to know him as a man to whom retribution and revenge came as naturally as thinking Canada belonged to America did to American presidents. He had been hurt in the previous skirmish and had barely escaped the field accompianied by only half the men he had taken into action. It was now time to do what he did best - be sneaky and devious.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Whilst Brackenreid and Murdoch had taken the militia and fencibles straight back down the Montreal road, Pendrick had patched himself up and followed the bluecoats across the countryside. Seeing the Americans turn back towards the road, he had hidden his scouts in a field on the american flank, and when they cleared Cheery Welcome's orchards, he opened fire.</font></div><div><br /></div><div><font size="5">Back down the road Brackenreid and Murdoch heard the crack of musketry as the scouts opened fire. "Bloody hell Murdoch, the buggers have done it again!", he exclaimed. "Indeed I fear they have", replied Murdoch in a tone that suggested he was not entirely surprised.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">"Higgins, get a shift on and take some lads down to the fence by the tavern and hold on until we get there. Murdoch, get the Voltigeurs up there with them and chivvy the militia along. I'll follow as fast as I can with the rest of the fencibles", ordered Brackenreid.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Henry Higgins sighed to himself and thought that if ever a day came when you were able to copy what people said to some sort of device and that device got stuck, it would probably sound just like Major Brackenreid. He then became very concerned as he realised that was exactly the bizarre sort of thing that his friend sergeant Crabtree would come up with. "I've been hanging around with that daft Newfie for too long", he thought to himself.</font></div><div><br /></div><div><font size="5">Captain Murdoch moved his men speedily down the road, and soon after Higgins had positioned himself at the fence, the Voltigeurs Canadiens opened up a destructive fire from the upper floor of the tavern. Rockford's flankers were now caught in a crossfire between Pendrick's scouts and Murdoch's voltigeurs. 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<span style="font-size: large;">I feel a bit odd today, my youngest daughter and her husband flew across the pond to start a new life in Prince Rupert's Land, British North America. It's a great opportunity for them and I wish them every happiness. The NHS's loss is Canada's gain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Present, fire", and a volley not seen since in North America since the Heights of Abraham, shattered the US infantry and sent it into precipitous retreat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Further along the line, the pressure on Pendrick's local scouts eased as the enemy concentrated his attention on the voltigeurs. They took the opportunity to pour fire into the trees and then, full of bravado because no shots were coming in their direction and heartened by the assumed effectiveness of their own musketry, leapt over the fence and headed for the copse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Murdoch, it's time to go. Get the militia and the voltigeurs off towards Montreal. We'll hang about here for a bit and cover the road. I think Mr James-bloody-Pendrick will have to get out of his own damn mess", Brackenreid shouted up the road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"You're damn right there." said Brackenreid as he quickly formulated a plan. "Bonzo, beat to arms, and Higgins, take as many lads as are ready down to the road right now! Hold on until the rest of us get there", he shouted in the general direction of his men. "Yes sir." replied Higgins as Bonzo Bonham beat out the heaviest call to arms yet heard along the banks of the St. Lawrence.</span></div>
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So I've been sorting out the terrain for the frst game</div>
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More fences made to surround the two orchards</div>
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And more fencing to line the road across the table</div>
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Concession road allowances were 66 feet wide, althought some were only 40 feet.</div>
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This is scaled to 40 feet wide at 1:100 </div>
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I already had the farmhouse and barn done, but they are standing on some textured "fuzzy felt" from Hobbycraft</div>
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The river is made from OHP acetate sheets painted blue on the rough side and placed glossy side up. The banks are just Woodland Scenics blended turf.</div>
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I'm in the process of painting up this 10mm wooden bridge from battlescale.com. It is a superb littele model, delivery was really quick, and it is a perfect size. This will replace the stone bridge in the photo. The type of bridge could be important in a different scenario.</div>
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I made a couple of deployment points while I was at it.</div>
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I've also got a couple of wells, some troughs/pumps and pigs from Peter Pig to add a bit of flavour to the farmyard, and I am waiting for two large hills from SandA scenics to replace the chipboard square things on the table that I have not photographed.<br />
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And in case anyone was wondering, no the river is NOT meant to be the St Lawrence, it's a tributary brook or steam.</div>
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I've been wanting to do a Sharp Practice campaign for a long time now, and the day before Rich of Toofatlardies put the Dawns and Departures video on YouTube, I finally drew up a map for a small ladder campaign.<br />
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It will be a short campaign of four battles set in 1814, with a force of Canadian Fencibles and Select Embodied Militia falling back along the St Lawrence to Montreal before a force of US Infantry. They will try to inflict as much damage on the invaders as they can until the regulars arrive after the fourth battle.<br />
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I've drawn up a map and six tables. The table and scenario for each battle will be chosen at random.<br />
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The forces are commanded by the usual suspects:<br />
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<u>His Britannic Majesty's Loyal Citizens of Upper and Lower Canada</u></div>
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(This is a predominantly Francophone Force)</div>
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Major Thomas Brackenreid (III)</div>
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Drummer: John "Bonzo" Bonham of the 6th Battalion S.E.M</div>
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Sergeant Henry Higgins (I)</div>
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3 Groups of 8 men from the centre companies of the Canadian Fencibles</div>
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Captain William Murdoch (II)</div>
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2 Groups of 10 men from the 6th Battalion of the Select Embodied Militia of Lower Canada</div>
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(This battalion never actually moved out of Montreal in real life)</div>
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1 Group of 6 men of the Voltigeurs Canadiens</div>
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Mr James Pendrick (possible criminal mastermind) (I)</div>
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1 Group of 6 local scouts.</div>
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<u>A Sad Group Of Malcontents Who Think That The Conquest Of The Canadas Will Be</u></div>
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Major Thomas Magnum (III)</div>
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Drummer: Bernard "Buddy" Rich of the 9th US Infantry</div>
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Sergeant T.J. Hooker (I)</div>
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3 Groups of 8 Men from the 9th US Infantry</div>
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Captain James Rockford (II)</div>
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2 Groups of 6 Flank Company men from the 23rd US Infantry</div>
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Captain Brett Maverick (Who can easily be mistaken for a younger Captain Rockford) (II)</div>
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Sergeant Columbo (I)</div>
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2 Groups of 10 men from the Pennsylvania Militia</div>
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1 Group of 6 men from the 1st Rifle Regiment</div>
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So as Bonzo belts out the intro to "Rock and Roll", Brackenreid's men move out to confront the enemy.</div>
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It's been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely lonely, lonely time...........</div>
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3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-87251108984945185972019-07-06T07:36:00.004-07:002019-07-06T07:36:59.832-07:00No Summer Purchases Challenge - Day 36: TW3 6.7.19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">More TYW pikemen finished</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">French artillery rebased</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">5 turns of the Vimeiro scenario played (no displays of senility yet, although there has been an imbalance in dice fortune in my favour - I suspect it will reverse radically in the next session).</span></li>
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3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-55142133153804088782019-07-01T01:10:00.002-07:002019-07-01T01:10:18.057-07:00Happy Canada Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-40710467219414575572019-06-27T11:40:00.001-07:002019-06-28T08:44:36.702-07:00No Summer Purchases - Day 27 - 27.6.19 and a game of To The Strongest<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">So last Tuesday night <a href="http://thenorthumbrianwargamer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dave</a> came over for a Hundred Years War game using "To The Strongest". It was a great game using the "time is of the essence scenario" where the French lose a token at the beginning of every move after the first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was the English and Dave was the French, with the English winning a game that was plagued by alternating bouts of senility on either side of the table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have decided that game will never be spoken of again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next up is probably the Vimiero Hill scenario from the GDB "Wellington's Victories" book using General D'Armee Rules. I've got the table set up and just need to base 4 French limbers for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've carried on painting odds and sods for my Napoleonic and TYW set ups - still haven't bought anything.</span></div>
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3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-37106630922204768462019-06-20T09:14:00.000-07:002019-06-20T09:14:12.983-07:00No Summer Purchases - Day 20 - 20.6.19 and Innumeracy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I'm cracking on doing bits and bobs relating to my TYW set up and decide to set out my "finished" HYW armies for a bit of a break. There are six archer units on my English list so I set them out:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still stuck on it's impetus base with the extra figures in the spares box is where it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On YouTube I often see videos mentioning that no matter how many times you calculate an order, when it comes through the letter box you always find you've cocked something up and need to order extra bits, so I suppose this is just an extension of that particular war gaming trait.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It also provides proof positive that being crap with numbers is no bar to obtaining a professional accountancy qualification.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On a more positive note - twenty (I think) days and I still haven't bought anything.</span></div>
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3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-28810246620348584042019-06-18T10:53:00.003-07:002019-06-18T10:53:49.251-07:00No Summer Purchases - Day 18 - 18.6.19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ballasted the bases of the french spearmen and some blank spacers for the TYW movement trays.</span></li>
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3rd95thhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040238806805751180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761060067491038330.post-17608809477662172052019-06-17T13:26:00.001-07:002019-06-17T13:26:28.121-07:00No Summer Purchases - Day 17 - 17.6.19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">French spearmen varnished and ready to go on bases. This is the last unit for my Hundred Years War set up, so when the bases are done I'll take some pictures of both armies and post them (if I can be bothered, which I probably can't).</span></div>
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