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SYW All-Cavalry Battle Part II - the Heavies
Prussian cuirassiers (backs to camera) and Russian cuirassiers (facing the camera)chop, hack and thrust one another in a grand melee. Minden Miniatures exclusively.CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO ENLARGEI...
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Picture of the Day: AWI Hessians
Here, above, is a picture of some of the Fife and Drum Miniatures American Revolution Hessians. The sculpts were done by Richard Ansell.Here is the same unit in my Guilford Courthouse game a few years...
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John The OFM in miniature
Over on the Fife and Drum Miniatures forum one of the members commissioned a 3D printed sculpt of that famous cad and rapscallion known as John The OFM (of TMP fame and other web forums). "Little...
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Camp Life: Morning Inspection
Prussian captain inspects his company at morning parade.Fife and Drum Miniatures Hessians painted as Prussianswith Minden Prussian officer with pole arm.Every morning in the Prussian army the soldiers...
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Opinion: On the merits of firing line poses in wargame armies
Prussian regiment in firing line poseI really like firing line and second rank figure poses because, gee, I don't know, soldiers fire their muskets in a battle. IMHO it looks rather boring to have...
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At the Check Point Vignette
A Prussian officer in the von Zieten hussar regiment hands over his identificationpapers to Feldwebel Gertz at a road check point outside the Prussian encampment.Click on all pictures to...
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That's not an Artillery Battery. This is an artillery battery!
This is an artillery battery!A Prussian artillery battery of seven cannon. Most of the figures and equipmentare from Minden / Fife & Drum Miniatures. Some of the limber horses and the riders are...
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Battle of Antietam: Hooker's Attack
Antietam diorama in 1/72 scale. This is an amazing piece of work andregrettably I can not recall the name of the individual's work so that I can give him credit.CLICK PICTURES TO ENLARGEI have been...
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Roman Civilians in 54mm
A Roman farm in th Italian countrysideClick on the pictures to enlarge your view Last year I was going to run a Roman vs Carthaginians game at Historicon 2024, but that project was superceded by...
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Whoa Nellie!
HaT plastic 54mm Carthaginian war elephant and Roman Elite. The Carthaginian figures are 60mm metal John Jenkins Designs figures.Click on the pictures to enlargeI had purchased three already-painted...
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More Carthaginian Elephants
HaT 54mm Carthaginian war elephantsClick the pictures to enlargeThe past couple of days have seen me working on repainting a pair of HaT 1/32 scale (54mm) Carthaginian war elephants and getting them...
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Carthaginian Army in 54mm - Progress So Far
A portion of my 54mm Carthaginian army shown above.Click on pictures to enlargeWell now that I seem to have jumped into the Second Punic War Project with both feet, I thought that it might be time to...
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Roman Quincunx
Roman 54mm Project UpdateThree 54mm Roman legions formed up in the Quincunx formationI have been busy basing a lot of the 54mm Punic Wars figures that I painted so that I would not face the day when I...
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Roman Marching Encampment in 1/32 Scale
1/32 scale (54mm) Roman marching encampment. The manufacturer is TSSD (Toy Soldiers of San Diego)I want to have a Roman marching camp fort in my Historicon game in 2025. One of the games might feature...
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Happy Leuthen Day
Not quite the Leuthen Choral. German flats representing Prinz Leopold von Anhalt-Dessauprior to the battle of Kesselsdorf in 1745.The picture above was pinched from another blog, link below:Mike's...
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A Smoking Cap and a Place to Relax
Come on there. You know that you want one. a traditional men's smoking cap. You will have to supply your own smoking jacket, brandy and cigars.I found an advertisement for this item in my email in box...
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Fife and Drum Web Store is back on line
General von Zeiten hands his Christmas list to one of his aides.The Fife and Drum Miniatures web site has been repaired and works again.Previously, customers reported that they could not put items in...
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More Roman Civilians: 54/60mm King & Country
The new Roman civilians from King & Country.Today in my email In Box I received an update on some of the new figure releases coming from King & Country Miniatures this month. Among other...
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Gallic Trumpeter - 60mm Expeditionary Forces
Here is a picture of a Celtic or Gallic warrior playing a war tune on this strange looking trumpet-like device. I do not know what the instrument is called, but it seems like every Celtic war band not...
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Punic Wars Command Figure Stands
Celtic warriors clash with some of Rome's Italian allies somewhere in Italy.These are all HaT 54mm plastic figures.The past couple of weeks have been productive from a painting standpoint. I took a...
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