Seven Year War Battle Report

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…

Shush it’s a secret

Here it is, the secret Howitzer! So this thing was supposed to be awesome in the old SYW. One was gifted to the Austrians who thought very little of it. The old Russians were dead into their artillery in general and they devised this to be an amazing secret weapon. It is absolutely massive which…

Austrian Army Photos

The models are all Front Rank, Flags from Maverick Models and bases and trays from Warbases!

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…

Seven Year War, Russians

Got stuck into the first foot regiment. Had a plan to try and make a really interesting looking battle set. I wanted different factions on each side, but wanted it to work as a game. So regiment one is on the French, Austrian and Russian side is a regiment of Russian Foot. Just need to…