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…

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…

Austrian Grenadiers

Marching on with the Seven Years War we are moving into what I am hoping is the final stages. Elite infantry are now being added. Austrian Grenadiers are the only ones in the period still carrying grenades, the name marking the troop type out as the biggest and best. These lads have bear skins and…

Austrian Artillery

I was a bit worried about these guys looking drab all in brown but I actually think it works well with everyone else being in white! I’m adding a Russian secret howitzer to the allies side. They like their cannons yellow in the Austria, and now I like them too!

Austrian Cuirasses

From painting the ElCid armies I learnt a lot about painting horses. John Stallards top tip is to colour spray your horses. Getting the horses done first is makes painting cavalry less of a pain. There is a lot of white on these guys which is hard, but but I think they really pop on…

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…