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The Hobby Shortens My Winter Season
The local pond in Hesse Seewald during the WinterWinter. It is like death and taxes, something that we simply have to live with. There is no avoiding Winter for most of us, unless we are lucky enough...
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Rolling Thunder: Numidian Light Cavalry Arrives
HaT Numidian Light CavalryFighting for HannibalI have been focused on building my contingent of Carthaginian cavalry for the 54mm Punic Wars Project over the past several weeks. During that period, I...
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More Gallic/Celtic Infantry Arrives!
Two 32-figure units of Gauls/Celts infantry.HaT Industrie 1/32 scale (54mm) plastic figures.I decided that my Carthaginian army needed another unit of Gallic infantry. This gives me one brigade of two...
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Picture of the Week: Silly Hats
Many raccoons gave their lives at the Alamo.I think that John Wayne must have been the last actor to get to the prop room so he ended up with the silliest looking cap. Richard Widmark is wearing that...
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Picture of the Week - SYW “Prussia Forever “ Cavalry Charge
The famous painting by Lady Butler depicting the charge of the Scots Greys cavalry regiment at Waterloo inspired me to recreate the scene using Minden Prussian Hussars. The dynamic action poses that...
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The Italian Job - Allied Cavalry
HaT Industrie figures: Italian Allied cavalry in Roman servicePlease click on all pictures to enlarge the viewWith my Carthaginian cavalry forces nearing completion, I have turned my brushes towards...
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Painting Tutorial: Numidian Light Cavalry In Hannibal's Army
Click on all pictures to enlarge the viewYesterday I spent a good part of the day basing cavalry figures for my 54mm Punic Wars Project. I have shown pictures of the Numidian light cavalry in previous...
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Carthaginian Mounted Generals
Click on the pictures to enlarge the viewThis week I have been working on adding a couple of command stands for my 54mm Carthaginian army. I found a few Carthaginian cavalry figures on eBay and I will...
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Hannibal Command Stand
I finished the basing on my command stand for the Carthaginian army commander, Hannibal. The figures are from HaT and are 1/32 scale (54mm). I used figures from the Carthaginian cavalry box set. I...
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Caesar Award Winner for Best Blog
Well, I was completely chuffed (and surprised) to learn that the Der Alte Fritz Journal has won the 2022 Caesar Award for the Best Wargaming Blog. The award is presented annually by Little Wars TV...
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My SYW Skirmish Game Table Is Set
The Prussian camp and field bakery.Last evening I finally got around to clearing off my game table so that I could lay out the terrain for my skirmish level game at this year's Seven Years War...
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SYW Assn Convention Report
The dice were flying on the table, fast and furious, during my games on Friday and Saturday.I arrived at the convention venue at the Ramada Inn in South Bend, Indiana Thursday afternoon and found that...
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Little Wars Convention - Best In Show IMHO
Roaring Twenties 28mm gangster wargameClick on all pictures to enlarge the view.I attended this year's Little Wars Convention in Lisle, Illinois over this weekend, and I thought that I would break my...
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Ian Weekley SYW Village
My collection of Ian Weekley buildings on displayBack in the mid 1980s Ian Weekley was the building modeler par excellence and his models usually graced the pages of Miniature Wargames. Everyone...
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I Found Another Ian Weekley Model
German Farmhouse by Ian Weekley.I found one more Ian Weekley model in my collection, stashed away on a top shelf. It is a North German farmhouse and out buildings. It is loosely inspired by La Haye...
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My Minden Mojo Is Back!
My newly painted Prussian regiment IR18 Prinz von PreussenGetting Back to the 18th CenturyI am taking a break from painting 54mm Punic Wars figures and getting back to my touchstone, which is painting...
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Picture of the Week - 18th Century Diorama
I forget where I found these pictures. They were probably sourced on Pinterest. These are 20mm dioramas shown at a show in Germany, where there is an active group of hobbyists who focus on dioramas.
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Bayreuth Dragoons in White Coats
Prussian Bayreuth Dragoons wearing white coats.Minden Miniatures Prussian Dragoons.For a long time I have been toying with the idea of painting a wargame cavalry regiment of the Prussian Bayreuth...
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COVID Finally Got Me
The world seems upside down right now. Things can only get better.It’s sort of like Edgar Allan Poe’s Masque of the Red Death. You take all of the precautions to avoid getting the plague, but it still...
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Going Down To The Crossroads
General Greene calls for a staff meeting in front of the Savage Swann Tavern.CLICK ON ALL PICTURES TO ENLARGEI’m feeling quite a bit better today so I went down into the Man Cave and set up a couple...
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