Thursday 29 October 2020
Yorktown (Great battles) Alan Kemp
Wednesday 28 October 2020
Sunday 25 October 2020
This Very Ground - French & Indian Wars 28mm miniatures
Wrote about this back in May so thought it might be interesting to see how it progressed. Very well. Some nice miniatures Here
Thursday 22 October 2020
The 'Conquest' of Acadia
Anyone read this? It's quite expensive but I would like to read it for my current wargaming project based on this campaign.
Red Bank 1777
Colonel Christopher Greene commanded the Rhode Island 1st at Fort Mercer |
Today's anniversary involves Hessians. . Article here
Wednesday 21 October 2020
Monday 19 October 2020
"Yorktown: Battle for Victory" 225th Anniversary - Full Original Film
Today's anniversary - the end of the siege of Yorktown.
Sunday 18 October 2020
North American Indian
Engraving of a heavily tattooed North American Indian wearing a loincloth IN: 'Historiae Canadensis, seu Novae-Franciae Libri decem, ad annum usque Christi MDCLVI' by Francois du Creux', 1664. (New France ~~ Canada; Jesuit report)
Acadian
From here
A 1750 account of Swedish botanist Peter Kalm, or the 18th-century letters of the Abbé Pierre Antoine Simon Maillard, may be the basis for this illustration. The artist shows a Mi’kmaq man with light hair, European features, and fictionalized accoutrements. From an engraving published in an encyclopedia by J. Grasset St. Saveur, 1796.Saturday 17 October 2020
Mohicans - Parley
I have a Facebook group Seven Years War Living History and this photo has got 250 likes so far. Popular movie.
Friday 16 October 2020
Four Mohawk Kings
There is a film currently being made about this, Brendan Fraser as Francis Nicholson. Information about the movie here
Read about them here at Wikipedia
Queen Anne's war
I am thinking of wargaming this conflict. Anybody know if any good books on the subject? This image is from the Osprey by Chartrand/Rickman called Colonial American troops (1).
New from Galloping Major
More on the Studio page:
www.gallopingmajorwargames.co.uk
Thursday 15 October 2020
Ryan Hopping's 1/32 Battle of the Thames 1813
This is a great setup recreating the famous battle that saw the death of Tecumseh. Some of the figures are the Expeditionary Force War of 1812 figures.
James Johnson's battalion of mounted riflemen smash British General Proctor's lines. (ExpForce figures seen in the far right) |
Ryan says 'There’s Armies in Plastic British, Americans and Native Americans here, along with Barzso figures now out of production - not many as their height is a smaller 1/32 scale and ExForce is more like a 60mm. The AIP figures go great with the EF.'
Tuesday 13 October 2020
Useful figures to do the Port Royal garrison in 1/72
Here. I believe the ncos and drummers were in blue and red. To see more from the Strelets-r WSS range go here. For more info on the look of the Cfdlm try my Pinterest page Compagnies franches de La Marine - the early years.
Another depiction of the Port Royal garrison
Firelock Games
If you wanted to recreate the garrison of Port Royal you would need some privateers. Luckily Firelock Games have produced some nice sailor types from the Queen Anne's war. Kickstarter
Garrison of Port Royal 1710
Monday 12 October 2020
Friday 9 October 2020
Vintage website
Wednesday 7 October 2020
Frederika Charlotte Riedesel
Frederika Charlotte Louise von Massow, Baroness (Freifrau) Riedesel zu Eisenbach was the wife of General Friedrich Adolf Riedesel of Brunswick. She accompanied him during the Saratoga Campaign in the American Revolutionary War and kept a journal of the campaign.
Tuesday 6 October 2020
Sunday 4 October 2020
French and Indian war paper soldiers
Coming soon. See more here
Friday 2 October 2020
La Fayette, extrait (l'Armée Française, dans la révolution Américaine)
If you watch from 1:03 you can see the arrival of the French in the American Revolution. Wiki on the movie
Thursday 1 October 2020
Firelock Games Kickstarter and an 18thc ship
Fort Ticonderoga event
Join Fort Ticonderoga TOMORROW for a one-day living history event and explore how British soldiers and loyalists engaged in their final cam...
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This is the first stage of an excellent project. This is the corner tower of a recreation of the fort in the movie Drums Along the Mohawk...
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It's not easy photographing smaller figures but Richard has done an excellent job. These miniatures are excellent. He says 'The...
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This came out in 1984. Was an excellent addition to a small set of books.