WSS: French Commander

I decided that I needed a command stand for my French army for the War of the Spanish Succession and it needed to be different from the Brigade level officers.  So I went for a simple double figure stand:

As with the remainder of my collection the figures are from Black Hat and were painted by Roger - I just based them.

WSS: French Officer

Here is another officer for my French army:

WSS: French Light Artillery

Next up is a lighter artillery piece for the French:

WSS: French Artillery

The next addition to my War of the Spanish Succession is some artillery for the French:

The figures are from Black Hat, painted by Roger and based by me.

Going A-Viking

I managed to get along to the club today and played in a viking game.  Here are a few photos:

The Mutiny: A Flag for the 3rd BLC

Thanks to the generous folks over at the Grimsby Wargames Society I now have a flag for my unit of Bengal Light Cavalry.  I decided they should represent the 3rd BLC Regiment which mutinied at Meerut:

WSS: Erbprinz von Hesse-Kassel's Dragoons

The next unit for my collection is one from Hessel-Kassel - Erbprinz Freidrich von Hasse-Kassel's Regiment of Dragoons:

The figures are from Black Hat, the flags are from Maverick Models, painting by Roger and basing by me.

WSS: Earl of Essex's Dragoons

My final unit of British dragoons is one which actually only had a limited involvement in the War of the Spanish Succession but which could have been greater.  They are the Earl of Essex's Regiment of Dragoons.  Some of the regiment did fight at the Battle of Almanza in 1707.

The figures are from Black Hat, the flags are from Warflag, painting by Roger and basing by me.

WSS: Ross' (Irish) Dragoons

Moving back to my War of Spanish Succession project, my next unit is a squadron of British dragoons from Ross' Regiment of Dragoons which subsequently became the Royal Dragoons of Ireland.

Originally raised in 1689 as Wynne's Regiment of Dragoons, they fought at the Battle of the Boyne and the Battle of Aughrim under William III.  On Wynne's death in 1695, Charles Ross (who had served with the Regiment in Ireland) was appointed its Colonel.  The regiment went on to fight in the War of the Spanish Succession at the Battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet.

The figures are from Black Hat, the flags are from Warflag and, as with my other War of Spanish Succession figures they were painted by my friend Roger and based up by me.

The Mutiny: A Flag for the 53rd

In another little break between basing figures for the War of Spanish Succession, I decided to add a flag to the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot I have for the Indian Mutiny:

You have seen the figures before and, as with the majority of the Mutiny collection they are from Mutineer Miniatures.  The flag is from Flags of War (and, yes, technically its correct for the Napoleonic wars but I think it works) - it looks a bit brighter in the photo than in reality - largely as I was using a flash (yes, I know I shouldn't) as the lighting in the games room was hopeless today.

I'm A Winner!

Anibal Invictus over at Gaming with TooFatLardies held a prize draw for reaching the loft heights of 200,000 views.  Having been a follower of the site for a while I entered but was unlucky in the first draw.

However, one of the prize winners didn't claim their prize so another draw was made and I was luck enough to be selected.

My prize?  A copy of Chris Stoesen's In the Name of Roma! a sourcebook and scenarios for the Italians on the Eastern Front for use with I Ain't Been Shot Mum and Chain of Command.

Many thanks indeed to Anibal Invictus and keep up the great work!

Cavalier 2014

Today I popped along to the Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society's Cavalier show.  It's not a big show but does attract some well known names in traders and usually has some nice games to see.

Obviously my first call had to be on the Maidstone Wargames Society's new show game - Somewhere in Belgium 1914:

I then had a wander around the rest of the show.  Here are a couple of the other games that caught my eye:

Battle of Fraustadt 1706 - Crawley Wargames Club

Tabletop Teasers on Tour 1709 - SEEMS

Sunset Over Shimushu 1945 - Deal Wargames Society

Field of Glory 1813 - Southend Wargames Club

Battle of Cape St. Vincent - Tonbidge Wargames Club

I also bumped into a few of the "usual suspects":

Ray Rousell - Don't Throw a 1

In between I managed some shopping - here's the haul:

As you can see I have started amassing the figures I need for my new 15mm Wars of the Roses project but I also picked up some 28mm French & Indian Wars figures from Redoubt and a 4Ground building from Colonel Bill's.  Along with a useful 4Ground cart I picked up two new sets of rules (although one of them isn't so new, having been published in 1994!) - Sepoy for my Indian Mutiny project and Donnybrook - for which I entirely blame Ray!  I suspect Donnybrook may lead to some re-prioritising of projects for this year...