Tag Archives: 6mm

Buying a Farm…

Posted on April 26, 2020 by

Besides of the boneyard, I thought that while the war is raging on the countryside in much of Europe, some honest folks are at least trying to hold on to their bread and butter… At least until the Prussian reservists … Continue reading →

Posted in Drums and Shakos Large Battles, Painting, Scenery, Scratch built | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

A bit of Hiatus

Posted on April 25, 2020 by

It has been a long, long while since I did any painting or modeling. There are two reasons really, first I’ve had quite long span of ASL and other cardboard games (including bi-weekly Gloomhaven campaign that has been going on … Continue reading →

Posted in Drums and Shakos Large Battles, Painting, Scenery | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Acquisition – Prussians on a march

Posted on September 27, 2018 by

I’ve planned this for a long time, to enroll more troops for the Prussians. Now, I am almost done the painting of the Landwehr battalions, total of 10 of them, 48 figures each. Now it is time for these guys… … Continue reading →

Posted in Drums and Shakos Large Battles, Painting | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Buried under…

Posted on April 26, 2018 by

I was interrupted when painting the Polish wing for the French, and hence did not finish the pending two squadrons of the best cavalry known during the Napoleonic era. There is to be at least two more squadrons at some … Continue reading →

Posted in Drums and Shakos Large Battles, Painting | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Defeat!

Posted on April 25, 2018 by

Strong Austro-Hungarian brigade with limited cavalry support  was garrisoning two towns somewhere in rural Austria. Having fortified two towns with artillery and garrisons, and establishing defensive perimeter around well suited terrains the Austrian commanders were confident that French would not … Continue reading →

Posted in AAR, Drums and Shakos Large Battles, Scenery | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Prussian Dragoons

Posted on April 24, 2018 by

Prussian Dragoons entering the fray. They have been quite long time in making, as have been some other cavalry squadrons since I changed the layout from 2 bases per regiment to much more realistic 4 bases per regiment. Good news … Continue reading →

Posted in Drums and Shakos Large Battles, Painting | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Westphalian Battalion

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

Reinforcements for DSLB are due. This time it is turn to bring in first of few Westphalians. Exact number is not known at this time, but I guess I will come up with some nice figure. These are actually some … Continue reading →

Posted in Drums and Shakos Large Battles, Painting | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Acquisition – Minor Scenics

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

This will probably take a while to complete and explain but what is a game without sheep grazing in meadows or cattle just being cattle? Another day I went on to see the Perfect Six not to look for anything … Continue reading →

Posted in 10mm, Drums and Shakos Large Battles, Impetus, Review, Scenery, Sharp Practice II | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Modular meadow – Terrain, part IV

Posted on April 18, 2018 by

May I introduce the modular meadow. First of the system being well… meadow module. Does not look much, just a patch of terrain, but it is very, very, very flexible and relatively large patch – this would be about the … Continue reading →

Posted in 10mm, 7 years war, Drums and Shakos Large Battles, scenarios, Scenery, Sharp Practice II | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Acquisition – Terrain, Part I

Posted on February 20, 2018 by

I am not imaginative enough to build nice terrain. Unfortunate fact, but there, I’ve said it. It seems that I just  lack the attention to how good terrain looks like and never seem to get it right. Or, I just … Continue reading →

Posted in 7 years war, Drums and Shakos Large Battles, Painting, Review, Revolutionary wars, Scenery | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment