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Kunersdorf Project - Muhlberg earthworks WIP
The Muhlberg hill at Kunersdorf. Click all pictures to enlarge the view.With the 260th anniversary of the Battle of Kunersdorf, in the Seven Years War, arriving in 2019 I have been working on creating...
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Can Kunersdorf be Fought Without Cavalry?
I'm wondering what readers think about the concept of refighting the battle of Kunersdorf in 1759 without using cavalry in the wargame. My thinking goes like this:The Russian cavalry was largely...
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New Picture Found - Russian Raid on Berlin in 1760
Russian raid on Berlin in 1760 - Alexander Kotzebue (1849)This morning I was googling my way about the internet looking for some information about a SYW era Russian officer by the name of Tottleben,...
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Fife & Drum Christmas Season Hiatus
Hello everyone! I wanted to let you know that the Fife & Drum Miniatures shipping "staff" are going on holiday hiatus for the next several weeks so we will be closing shop and will be open for...
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The 12 Worst Songs of Christmas
Don't mess with Chips the Wonder Cat by playing any of the songs on the list.It is Selection Sunday, that time of year again when I release my annual list of the 12 worst Christmas songs that we all...
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The Battle of Kunersdorf Game Preparation
Frederick surveys the deployment of his advance guard from the Walke Berg heightsI decided to go ahead and do a Kunersdorf-Lite game before going off for the holiday. I will be posting the pictures and...
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The Twelve BEST Christmas Songs
Our Maui Christmas TreeWell we have gotten all of those horrible Christmas songs posted on my list so now let's take a look at the twelve best Christmas songs. 1). Silent Night2) White Christmas 3) The...
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Battle of Trenton Anniversary
Washington directs the set up of the American artillery atbthe head of King Street in TrentonToday is the anniversary of the Battle of Trenton fought December 26, 1776. George Washington's rag tag...
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Walking Off the Ledge
It's like walking off the edge of the world.Yesterday my daughter Lelia and I drove to the summit of the Haleakala volcano in the National Park of the same name. The temperature change from sea level...
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"River of Doubt" by Candace Millard
Book cover of "River of Doubt" by Candace Millard.I am in the process of reading a book called "River of Doubt" by Candace Millard which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt's exploration of the...
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DAF's Battles in 2018
Himself and the Heir Apparent tag team at Gross Jagersdorf in August 2018I did a count of the wargame battles that I fought in 2018 and found that I crossed sabres 14 times during the year. Four of the...
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A List of the Figures that I Painted in 2018
Vignette of Frederick the Great grabbing the flag of the von Bulow regiment at ZorndorfHere is a list of all of the wargame units that I painted in 2018, all of which are Seven Years War figures. Click...
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Party Like It's 1756
This evening the local power company bestowed a power outage on Hesse Seewald. Â So we made the best of it by lighting a fire in the fireplace for both warmth and light in the room. We also collected...
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The Fife & Drum "staff" has returned from its holiday break, but before operations get back to "normal", we have to put a hold on everything in order to take our annual inventory of the stock for...
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I mailed all of the domestic orders today (Friday) and will post the international orders tomorrow as I get all caught up from the holiday break and the inventory counting.One good aspect of the annual...
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Prussian Horse Artillery
Here is a nice picture of some Prussian Horse Artillery that I found on Pinterest. I have no idea how the Prussians employed horse artillery during the Seven Years War, but evidently they were not very...
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New Minden Figures Are Now Available
French Infantry GrenadiersFrench Personality FiguresGriffin Moulds has shipped my casting order for all of the new products that went into production and the shipment is expected to arrive early next...
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Pictures From the Past - 2008
Von Kleist jagers - Wargames Foundry figures that I painted in 2008.CLICK TO ENLARGEI was leafing through my iPad photos this evening and found this picture of some Foundry von Kleist Frei Korps...
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Happy Birthday Der Alte Fritz!
Frederick the Great, King of PrussiaToday marks the birthday of Frederick the Great, who was born on January 24, 1712 in Potsdam, Brandenburg. He died on August 17, 1786 and was the longest reigning...
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New Minden Figures - Painted Samples Pix
Austrian Horse Grenadiers and a Prussian mounted Jager courrier.CLICK ALL PIX TO ENLARGEI have been working my through the painting of samples for each of the 16 new figures that have recently been...
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