I added some higher quality pictures of the figures, shot with a proper camera. In part, it also reveals some slight mistakes I made on these back in the day… Having somewhat come back to Bolt Action thanks to a recent tournament, I dug up my old British figures. The miniatures are mostly Warlord GamesContinue reading “Dusting off the BEF (updated with better pictures)”
Category Archives: Perry Miniatures
Bolt Action, third edition, short review
As readers of this blog will probably have picked up, I have been a fan of Warlord Games’s Bolt Action rules for a long time. The first edition of this game was what I started with when I first came back to wargaming around ten years ago. It was also the first time I hadContinue reading “Bolt Action, third edition, short review”
A Black Powder battle
Last weekend, I provided figures and terrain for a game of Black Powder at a small local gaming group. They were enthusiastic beginners and I, who was supposed to demonstrate and teach the rules, hadnt played for a long time. Consequently, our grasp of the rules, especially close combats, was somewhat shaky at times. However,Continue reading “A Black Powder battle”
Swedish 3-pounder limber
After much pondering, I have finally decided on an idea of how to model a Swedish 3-pounder artillery piece. I only have written descriptions of them, but they indicate what seems to me to be a setup which would have been old-fashioned by the eary 19th century. But then again, the 3-pounders used in 1808Continue reading “Swedish 3-pounder limber”
Russian commanders on foot
As a commander-in-chief vignette for my Russians, I have painted up some of the generals on foot from the Perry pack (no. 1 in their Russian range). These are slight overkill in terms of the 1808 Finland campaign, but there were several generals in action at the major battles, and possibly one or two adjutants.Continue reading “Russian commanders on foot”
Russian artillery and skirmishers
Cracking on with the last few pieces which I still need to round out a division of 1808 Russians. The artillery is a mix of Perry and Warlord Games figures; the artillery pieces are Perry and Elite miniatures (I think?). The Elite and Perry 6-pounders look very similar, and as I happened to have enoughContinue reading “Russian artillery and skirmishers”
Russian artillery limber
A small step for the Russian 1808 collection. In fact, even though this is just one piece, limbers are always some of the most labor-intensive models that you would do for Napoleonic figures. This 6-pounder limber is the third I have done, which means I have one limber team for each brigade, two 6-pounders andContinue reading “Russian artillery limber”
Skirmishers
Continuing to re-base my Napoleonic figures. Ive now done almost everything, even down to these old figures. First off are the Warlord Games 95th rifles, some of the first Napoleonics I ever painted. Ive had some ideas about doing a brigade or two of British to use for a “what if?”-scenario for the Finnish war.Continue reading “Skirmishers”
Finnish cavalry (once again)
In the past couple of weeks, Ive been re-basing my 28mm Napoleonic figures. The Finnish army was already re-based, apart from the cavalry. I waited with the re-basing as I was planning to add more figures anyway. Now that Ive painted some additional figures to these, getting them up to 9 men per unit, itContinue reading “Finnish cavalry (once again)”
Prussian brigade, half-way
As my inaugural post for the new year, here are some pictures of my 1813 Prussians of which about half of the infantry is now done. Ive been busy completing the basing of miniatures I have painted during the past year or two. It has turned out that I had accrued quite a mass ofContinue reading “Prussian brigade, half-way”
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