Thursday 24 December 2015

A coach for Louis XIV

Pendraken 17/18th Century Carriage

I finally got round to basing the coach I plan to use as the C-in-C for my French Nine Years War/League of Augsburg forces. This was painted by Michael Sims of Mickeys Minis I actually received this back in September but due to the move I did not unpack it or the rest of the French commission until last week. I based it on a 60mm x 80mm base as narrower bases just didn't look right. Due to this I think the driver's head will need to be the measuring point for command distance. 

The army is on the large size, 36 infantry units and 24 of horse plus artillery, I will be adding a few units of Dragoons when the are released as well. I will be adding photos of these as soon as I finish basing them all, along with the rest of the LoA project.





Monday 7 December 2015

In a new country with some old toys

Well, I've been in New Zealand for a couple of months now and had my wargames figures back for 3 weeks. Unpacking them has been nerve wracking. I am about halfway through unpacking them and so far there have been no nasty surprises. The temptation when unpacking them is to line them up and take photos, as I am pretty bad at taking pics of games so have no images of any of them. So here are a few photos...
10mm Polish 16th/17th century

10mm Polish 16th/17th century

10mm Austrian 16th century 
10mm Austrian 16th century 

10mm Austrian 16th century 

10mm Venetian 16th century 

10mm Venetian 16th century 


10mm Ottoman Turks 16th/17th century

10mm Ottoman Turks 16th/17th century

10mm Ottoman Turks 16th/17th century

15mm Scottish 15th/early 16th century

15mm Scottish 15th/early 16th century

15mm Scottish 15th/early 16th century

15mm Scottish 15th/early 16th century