Been on the island now for eight weeks and am really enjoying my time at the South Wight Wargamers Club. If you are on the island and have never been then get yourselves down there! Patrick and I had promised to do a historical battle and as my favourite is Seven Years War he indulged… Continue reading Seven Year War Battle Report
Tag: Prussia
Seven Years War Battle Report
For a couple of months now I have been painting two SYW armies with the eventual hope of an actual war game. I have to say they have come out better than expected and given me a new and diverse (so they are all white men, mostly with massive moustaches) painting challenge in terms of… Continue reading Seven Years War Battle Report
Prussian Grenadiers
Hey, missed you. Sorry my world has been a bit topsy turvey! But I have been plugging away at the soldiers. But hopefully normal service will resume. I couldn’t resist dong the pink ones, they just look so cool. This puts me at four foot for the Axis. Very excited about doing the cavalry next.… Continue reading Prussian Grenadiers
Prussian Cannons
This marks the end of the first batch of Seven Year War stuff. The second batch awaits. Though they are a nice colour the samishness of the Prussians is a little dull! Might be Hanoverians next or even the dun dun der, French or British Still really enjoying the project around 200 models in so… Continue reading Prussian Cannons
Prussian Fusiliers
Starting to think that a lot of this weeks blog posts are going to be very similar. I will try and spice it up with some other things than Seven Years War, but for now here is some more Seven Years War, it is my current project! So hats are a big thing in this… Continue reading Prussian Fusiliers
Prussian Musketeers
So part of the appeal of the SYW is the variety of things I get to paint. Tom’s description of Napoleonics with Tricorns is apt and the variety of uniforms is really good. I oddly get upset with painting the faces as they are all largely the same! I have been stuck on this post… Continue reading Prussian Musketeers
Seven Years War, Prussian Hussars
Sorry there has been a bit of a lull in blogging. I have still been cracking on with the painting but work has been a bit manic. The 1st Prussian Hussars, swanky hey! Arthur wanted green and this was the image I found on the inter web I have the black cloud of basing hanging… Continue reading Seven Years War, Prussian Hussars
Stevo's Soldiers 