Freshly Painted Units

Latest Finished units, once again took loads of photos but hardly any turned out, perhaps I'm trying to get too much detail in the pictures and my poor old camera's not up to the job, anyway first up are Lord Clares Dragoons, sometimes known as the yellow dragoons, these are Essex figures while all the following infantry are Dixons, hope you like them.

Hanoverians, The Prince of Mecklenburg Infantry Regiment

The Scots Fusileers

Next up is the Royal Irish Regt, these have a pikes attached

TTFN

Dilly

Hi again, just took a load of pics of the Jacobite dragoon regiment Dongan, unfortunatly only two were in focus, hope you like them, once again they are Essex miniatures.

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Dilly

First Army Finished (at last)

Hi guys I'm pleased to announce that I've finally finished the first army, it is the Saxon-Polish army for the Great Northern War.I'd like to start by thanking Dan Schorr for all the Saxon Army details including flags. I'm really glad I started with this army though they may well find themselves fighting Irish and French armies and not the Swedes, most of the Saxons are Dixon models with the odd Essex and Hallmark figure thrown in, while the Poles are all Essex except for the commander and his standard bearer, the're legio models. Only 2 more infantry units, a regiment of dragoons and some officers to paint and the Irish Jacobites will be finished. the case for the figures from the really useful box company, available from hobbycraft and Rymans, the self-adhesive magnetic sheets are from Principals of war and finally the steel bases I use are from Precision Wargames Supplies Ltd, expensive but I feel worth it for the thin profile, once again thanx for looking and remember all comments good or bad are always welcome.

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Dilly

Long Time No Blog

Hi,

Sorry for the lack of updates, lost my enthusiasm for painting, have got some done recently though, Life Guards complete as well as 2 infantry regiments, Lord Bellews and the Lord Grand Priors, only 2 units of dragoons and 3 regiments of foot and my Jacobite army will be finished, as a rule of thumb, my Jacobites & Saxons will each be 10ish regiments of foot and 6 regiments of horse. The Anglo-Dutch and the French will each be about 16 of foot and 10 of horse if all goes well. Also I attended Partizan mainly to see the Aughrim game and take some photies of the figures, I know some of you have been asking to see a few pics, and the organisers havn't been forth coming so there are a few here, sorry about the quality they were done with my phone.

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Dilly

The Big Freeze

Well ! What's that got to do with wargaming ? I hear you say, well my painting is all done in my garage, an English mans home maybe his castle, but his garage is his sanctuary, and it's just too bloody cold to sit in there and paint, so everything has ground to a halt, so unfortunatly no more picks till it warms up a little. Meanwhile I would just like to point out that unless anyone can defend them I truly believe that the staff at DHL Ashton, are a bunch of lazy,whinging, bellyaching, tossers, my new mobile is now 7 days overdue, everyone else can deliver to Buxton, but DHL Ashton say the roads are too dagerous, even other DHL depots are delivering here !!!!!!

Dutch & English

These are the latest completed figures, they are all Dixon Figures, I can't recommend them highly enough, lots of detail but very easy to paint, the English regt represents the Queen Dowagers, whilst the Dutch are the Slangenberg Regt, currently waiting for a delivery of Essex figures, which hopefully will give me enough figures to allow me to finish the Irish Jacobite army, may I take this oppotunity to wish you all a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.

Dilly

Alittle bit of everything ! !

Well infantry and cavalry anyway, but they are English, French, Dutch and Irish, the Irish are O'Neills Dragoons, hence the red hand flag, the English are Churchills Regt, aka "The Buffs", the French are Piedmont Regt and finally the Dutch are Van Beyheym Regt. The cavalry figures are Essex miniatures, whilst the infantry are all Dixons. I hope you like them, all comments good and bad are welcomed, I may even answer questions. TTFN Dilly