New diorama from Thomsomfeld

Here is the latest Diorama - Dutch marines in surinam 1772-1780


all diorama photos and uniforms can you see hier
[http://s776.photobucket.com/albums/yy42 ... 20surinam/]
or there http://www.bennosfigures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6145
links to history and uniforms:
[http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/0 ... trade.html]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gabriel_Stedman]
[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Stedman,_ ... 28DNB00%29]
[http://www.kriegsreisende.de/absolutismus/maroons.htm]
[http://frontierfolk.net/ipw-web/bulleti ... 563d63278e]
[http://surinamslavery.blogspot.com/2008 ... their.html]
[http://www.buku.nl/stedman.html]
[http://www.buku.nl/index.html]
[http://bukubooks.wordpress.com/]
[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/stedman/stedman.html]
diverse uniformen
[http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigi ... el=1&tword]

French and Indian War Encampment, Crown Point NY 2010

Nice image on Mousquets et Tomahawks

A great photo demonstrating a British colonial force for the F&I is here

THE BORDER COVENANT a tale of the French and Indian War

A short reading from the new novel of the French and Indian War that takes place months after the end of the book, THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS by James Fenimore Cooper. The book traces the exploits of a company of Rogers Rangers from the second battle of Fort Ticonderoga in 1759 to the battle for Quebec between Generals Montcalm and Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham.
RELEASE DATE JAN 2011 but advanced copies can be downloaded or purchased here

Across the Wide Missouri (1951) trailer

This is on tv as I write. How I managed to get to be 50 years old and not see this movie is a mystery to me. But if you like Mountain Man movies - this one is set in the 1830s - then check this one out.

Battle of the Wabash 1791

This, the worst defeat of the US army by Indians took place today in 1791
"Death of General Richard Butler" or "Butler's Demise" 1791 at the battle of St. Clair's Defeat painted by Hal Sherman of Englewood, Ohio

Mousquets & Tomahawks

This is a new blog based around a card based skirmish system for battles in North America. English and French language is on the blog. Based around the use of approximately 20 figures a side. There is an English language version of the game in production.