Refighting History Volume 8

“The Seven Years War, Western Theatre, small actions”, by Charles Grant.

This arrived today as a belated birthday present ! Why did I wait so long. Charles has done us proud with this latest volume. Packed with enticing small actions, great narrative and superb artwork from Arno Stoerkel who many will remember from the old A Military Gentleman forum.
In my view this could be the best volume to date, and I cannot wait to read the actions and plan my next trip to Germany and view them “in the flesh”.
Remarkable how many actions were fought around walled cities. I must address this issue and produce some city walls for the table.

Oops sorry about the photos. You may need to stand on your head ! Well worth the effort.

Lt. Gen Marquis de Vogue

Back to 40mm yesterday. I need a French cavalry general so I opted for Lt. Gen Charles Francois Elzear, Marquis de Vogue, who commanded cavalry in several 7YW actions and became cavalry inspector general. (See profile in Kronoscaf).
The horse holder trying to calm the startled horse is a trooper from the Noailles cavalry regiment, which I am currently recruiting. I enjoy these command vignettes which make a nice break from painting up full regiments.

More 3D Prints

Still limited what I can do post hernia operation, so I have been browsing some free 3D printing sites.
I found some nice gravestones which will go towards a graveyard and church scene I am creating.
Also some nice barricades and crates and barrels for dock scenes.
There is so much out there that can be adapted for the wargames table.

Meanwhile I have been painting up some old battered Britains for my growing collection
Some Coldstream Guards and Gordon Highlanders. Old style figures with a paint upgrade.
I have always liked  the artwork of Harry Payne and Richard Simpkin of the British army circa 1900.
Britains sculpts are so reminiscent of this artwork, and I love them!

These look tasty

Saw these new Russian 7YW figures on a website today. The owner has had them sculpted privately by Andrew Stadden. (The Stadden style shines through.) I really like these and they would look great when painted in those fantastic Russian green and red uniforms. They have that distinct Stadden formal look which lends itself so well to this period.
The owner is unsure whether to release them commercially, or keep for his own use. I would buy them, even though they are 54mm and yet another scale jump for me.

Back in action

Apologies for the recent lack of posts. I had a hernia operation yesterday and I will be laid up for about 8 weeks so I have been trying to get the garden in order and all heavy lifting duties covered.
Today,  in a bit of pain but managed to do an hour on my 40mm collection.
I have started another French cavalry regiment, heavy cavalry regiment Noailles, which featured prominently in many of the western theatre battles, and should add a nice contrast in colour to the French army. One good point about the hernia op is that I should have lots of modelling and painting time over the next few months, and with Blogger much the same format for the time being, I will try and make regular posts.