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Painting A Campaign Appearance On You Miniature
Fife & Drum Miniatures Saratoga British Flank Company FiguresFaded coats on the right, normal red coats on the left.CLICK ON ALL PIX TO ENLARGEIn the past I have painted several units to look like...
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What Sun Fading Really Looks Like
Following up on my previous post about the color of British uniforms on campaign, I thought it would be a good idea to see actual examples of sun-faded red cloth taking on a pinkish hue. At the end of...
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Limber Day
The AE-005 British Limber set shown with civilian train drivers.No, Limber Day is not a jazz saxophonist, but rather, my focus on adding limber teams to all of my horse and musket armies saw recent...
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Round or Rectangular Bases - Help Me Decide
Round (left) versus Rectangle (right) bases.I am working on a regiment of 30 American riflemen to represent Morgan's Rifles at the battles of Saratoga in 1777. The regiment did not fight in close...
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Rectangles Win! See the Results
Morgan's RiflesFife and Drum MiniaturesAfter weighing the pros and cons of the circle versus rectangle basing scheme for my AWI American riflemen, I settled on using rectangular bases. The bases used...
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The Hounds Get The Better of Fritz
Bella The Brain (left) and Augie The Brawn (right) cook up their plan for The Great Escape.Dogs often come across as silly and goofy and you never know what they are going to do to amuse you. Today,...
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Dearborn's Light Infantry Battalion at Freeman's Farm 1777
Colonel Danield Morgan (center) directs the fire of his riflemen (left) and musket armed light infantry (right).The Saratoga Project is progressing at a rapid pace with new British, Brunswick and...
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British Pickets at Saratoga
British flank company pickets in the Saratoga CampaignI have been working on some two-figure stands of British pickets to use in my Saratoga Campaign war games. I paint two stands of two figures for...
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Brunswick von Barner Light Battalion
The von Barner Light Battalion in Brunswick service at Saratoga.Cigar Box Battles game mat and Herb Gundt buildings.Click on all pictures to enlarge.I have been falling a bit behind in posting all of...
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von Breymann Brunswick Grenadier Battalion
Brunswick Grenadier Battalion von Breymann on the march.Fife and Drum Miniatures.I have been working on the painting of the von Breymann battalion of converged Brunswickk grenadiers that fought with...
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In Memorium
Private John PurkyMy father's older brother, John Purky, fought in WW2 and was killed in action January 16, 1945 while serving with the Sixth Infantry Division on Luzon, in the Philippines.He received...
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Heads Will Roll - Converting Figures
Fife and Drum Miniatures Continentals have shed their tricorn hats and taken up round hats.CLICK ON ALL PICTURES TO ENLARGEI spent part of the week converting some of my Fife and Drum AWI Continentals...
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Another Head Conversion
The officer from the CA-002 Armed Civilians pack gets a new chapeau.Click the pictures to enlarge.I needed one more officer for the 2nd New Hampshire regiment that I am painting for my Freeman's Farm...
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2nd New Hampshire Regiment At Saratoga
The 2nd New Hampshire Regiment at Freeman's Farm.Fife and Drum Miniatures.Click on all pictures to enlarge.The Saratoga Project continues to advance at a rapid pace with new units being added at a...
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The Freeman's Farm Table Top Is Set And Ready To Go
Battle of Freeman's Farm table top. Two British commands enter the table in the center. Morgan's riflemen await in the woods.Click on all pictures to enlarge.After quite a few adjustments to my...
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Fredericksburg Is A Hard Road To Travel
This was Lelia and I after sitting in traffic somewhere in Northern Virginia.(Day of the Dead candles from a Mexican restaurant in Shepardstown, WV)Last evening my daughter Lelia and I returned home...
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We Found The High Ground At Gettysburg
McPherson's Barn atop the ridge of the same name. This was the first thing we saw as we drove into Gettysburg.GPS and Siri difficulties not withstanding, we rolled into Gettysburg on a tuesday evening...
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Looking For Some Cee-gars At Antietem
Burnside's Bridge at Antietem CreekWe left Gettysburg after a two night stay and moved southward towards Sharpsburg, MD to visit the battlefield of Antietam. I am not going to present a potted history...
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Harper's Ferry PTA
The Engine House where John Brown met his end.Harper's Ferry, West VirginiaLelia and I left Antietem and took the long road off the beaten track to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. The whole town is a...
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Shuffling Off to Washington DC
Click on all pictures to enlargeLelia and I took a break from traipsing ACW battlefields and visited our nation's capital, Washington DC. We also made a side trip to Mount Vernon to visit George...
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