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Saxon Leib Garde circa 1756
Saxon Leib Garde using Minden Miniatures Prussians. Click to enlarge.With a long three day weekend due to the MLK Day holiday in the USA, I had a lot of extra time to paint figures and specifically,...
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More SYW Saxons
Here is a picture of some Minden Saxons that were painted by Richard Ansell. I found this picture in the archives of images that I saved from Frank Hammond's former Minden blog. You didn't know that...
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Von Glasenap Regiment of Hesse Seewald
Von Glasenap Musketeer Regiment & Prinz Friedrich of Hesse Seewald (click pix to enlarge)I was able to finish a company of the first infantry regiment of the Hesse Seewald Army: the IR1 von...
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AWI Dragoons for Fife & Drum Have Arrived!
British 16th Light Dragoons (R to L): BC-010 Officer; BC-011 Trumpeter; BC-012 Trooper shouldered sword in hunting shirt; BC-013 Trooper shouldered sword in coat. (click to enlarge).The 1st Continental...
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16th Dragoons - Painted Samples
16th Light Dragoons (L-R): BC-016 firing carbine; and BC-017 loading carbine. (Click pix to enlarge)Here are a couple of pictures of two of the new Fife & Drum AWI British 16th Light Dragoons that...
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More Fife & Drum 16th Light Dragoons
Six of the eight new 16th Light Dragoons. Click to enlarge.British 16th Light Dragoons in situ. Click to enlarge.This evening I put the finishing touches on four more of the new 16th Light Dragoons...
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1st Continental Dragoons - Fife & Drum Miniatures
All 8 poses of the 1st Continental Dragoons, circa 1777. (Click to enlarge)I was able to paint all 8 of the new Fife & Drum 1st Continental Dragoons as samples yesterday - that's a pretty good...
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My 1740 Potsdam Musket
Reproduction 1740 model Potsdam musket, from The Discriminating General in CanadaI was excited to learn that my reproduction Model 1740 Potsdam Musket had arrived today. The musket was purchased from...
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Marching Off To Battle
Tomorrow morning I will head up north to Brown Deer, WI and give my Minden Austrian and Prussian armies their first workout for the year (and only their second battle ever). Notice the similarity...
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Battle of Pirna
Bayreuth Dragoons and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Prussian Leib Guard. Minden Miniatures. (click pix to enlarge)The Opening Set UpThe game scenario revolved around the idea that during the...
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My New Favorite Web Site for 18th Century Wargaming
Russian infantry figures from the collection of John Ray (copywrite by John Ray and published here with his kind permission)In September 2013, John Ray released his book, titled "A Military Gentleman...
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Prussian Kettle Drummer for CR1 Krockow
Minden Miniature Prussian Kettle Drummer for Cuirassier Regiment CR1 Â KrockowI am currently working on a new cuirassier regiment to add to my SYW Prussian army and spent the evening painting the kettle...
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IÂ think that my grandparents gave me my first box of metal Britains Guards that they had purchased during a trip to London. I must have taken a shine to them immediately because thereafter, I was sure...
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British Legion Greens Have Arrived!
British Legion Trooper Charging.(Click All Pictures to Enlarge)Â The other day I received a file full of pictures of the latest AWI dragoons that Richard Ansell recently completed. These include the 3rd...
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New 17th Light Dragoons Greens
Here are some pictures of the 17th Light Dragoons (4 poses) sculpted by Richard Ansell for the Fife & Drum AWI figure range. The variants, shown in order below, are officer, trumpeter, trooper...
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Battle of Lobositz at the SYW Association Convention
Battle of Lobositz at the SYW Association ConventionThis year's Seven Years War Association ("SYWA") Convention was held in South Bend, Indiana on March 28th and 29th and if I recall correctly, we have...
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Half A Million Visitors Milestone Is Surpassed!
On March 31, 2014 the 500,000th visitor to the Der Alte Fritz Journal blog paid a visit.When I started this blog on August 28, 2007, I had little idea of where this blog would go or the many paths that...
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Cavalry Pose Ideas
Prussian Garde du Corps painted by Leuthen Studios. Minden figures.I was having a conversation with some friends about our favorite figure poses, so the topic naturally turned to cavalry poses. The...
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Book Review: Wargaming In History Volume 9
My own, well-thumbed through copy showing a little wear and tear on the corners of the dust jacket. The picture on the cover depicts the Battle of Lobositz.I received my copy of Charles S. Grant's...
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The Annual Ayton Conclave - 2014
A swarm of Spencer Smith cavalry advance across the battlefield. Don't these figures look wonderful? (photo taken by Iain Burt)Prussian style hussars from Minden Miniatures at last weekend's Ayton 2014...
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