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Croat Terror Skirmish Game Today
Dismounted Prussian Hussars spring the ambush trap!This morning Bill P. and Kieth L. are visiting Schloss Seewald to play in a little skirmish game, set during the SYW, to play the Charles Grant...
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Croat Terror Skirmish Rules Play Test Game
Master of His Domain surveying His realm.On Saturday December 28th the Terrible Trio of der Alte Fritz, Major General Pettygree, and the White Menace held our annual post-Christmas game at Schloss...
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
Sand Worms from Acheson DesignsUh oh, it looks like there is trouble on the horizon. Graboids have been sighted in Moravia. What implications can this have in the mid 18th Century?The sand worms are...
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Next in the production queue at Fife and Drum Miniatures
British Flank Company Skrimish figures.The Saratoga British greens are at Griffin Moulds and they will start making production moulds once everyone is back from their holidays. The release date will...
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Happy New Year?
British Grenadiers based for skirmish gaming.Fife and Drum MiniaturesThis morning I was scrolling through all of the twitter updates and it seems like everyone is starting the new year in a painting...
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Well, Did some Painting Finally
Sample Prussian Guards that I painted before Christmas. These are finished figures.I was feeling a little better yesterday. The sun was out, I walked the dog, and had a good workout with my trainer so...
View ArticleAnnual Inventory Counting Time
It's my least favorite activity in the Fife and Drum Miniatures: the annual inventory or stock counting. This is required by The TaxMan every year. The inventory count usually takes about a week to...
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Return of the Painting Mojo & A Painting Tutorial
Prussian Guard IR15/II battalion. Minden Miniatures.Yesterday I finished 22 figures - Minden Miniatures SYW Prussian Guards in tricorn hats (hence the 2nd battalion of the IR15 Guard Regiment). There...
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Wanted: Skirmish Rules Play Testers
Austrian Grenadiers on the attack.Prussian Jagers in the woods.I have a good draft version of my Kleine Krieg skirmish rules ready for play testing. I'm seeking some people who can help me by play...
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Battle of Cowpens Anniversary
Don Troiani illustration of the cavalry clash between the British 17th Dragoons and William Washington's 3rd Dragoon Continentals.Today, on January 17, 1781, Daniel Morgan's "flying column" defeated...
View ArticleThe Best of Purk Radio
I have a number of play lists on my Spotify music app and one of them, Purk Radio, has approximately 100 tunes. I decided that I needed to whittle the list down to a Top Thirty, which I call "The Best...
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Late Roman Campaign & Pix
Roman watch tower along the Danube frontier is defended by the Martenses "pseudo-comitatensis" legion.Note the pair of signal fires that are ready to be torched if the German tribes are on the move.It...
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Frederick the Great's Birthday Today
Vignette of King Frederick taking the colours of the IR48 regiment at the battle of Zorndorf.Conversion by me.Today is the anniversary of the birth date of King Frederick II of Prussian - January 24,...
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Kleine Krieg Rules Q & A
Der Alte Fritz answers questions from play testers of his new Kleine Krieg rules.(click to enlarge the picture)I have a number of play testers working on my Kleine Krieg skirmish rules for the Seven...
View ArticleSaratoga British Figures Arrive Today. Huzzah!
I am really excited to report that the Saratoga British castings will arrive from Giffin Moulds this afternoon. Delivery is promised between noon and 3PM, but it seems like the UPS deliveryman always...
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Saratoga British Castings Pictures
Flank Company Skirmishers or firing lineThe new Saratoga Campaign British infantry have arrived and I will be sorting out the figures and creating new product SKUs and numbers to the web store over...
View ArticleSaratoga British Now Available In the Fife and Drum webstore
I finished adding the new product codes for all of the new packs of Saratoga Campaign British infantry. The new codes are as follows:BA-030 British Center Company Command (5 figures) -- $10.00BA-031...
View ArticleA Request of My Fellow Bloggers
Can you please get rid of that awful Captcha verifying system in Blogger?Captcha is that thing where you have to click on a number of images (traffic lights are the worst) before your comment can be...
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Saratoga British Light Company Diorama
Add captionAll ten of the figures that are included in the Product Code BA-034 Saratoga British Flank Company Skirmishers. There are three of each pose plus one Sergeant in each pack.I finished...
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Farewell Tiberius (2012 - 2020)
Tiberius' adoration for my wife Anne is self evident (bag of treats not withstanding)Tomorrow eventually shows up today, and so it goes with our loveable Golden Retriever named Tiberius (or Ty for...
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