Some time back, I posted an article on the new Gajo Prussian Napoleonic Landwehr. I got an Email a few weeks ago from Chris at Gajo that he had gotten in a…
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Twilight of the Soldier King – Battle of Mollwitz.
With things coming back to normal now, our group decided it was time to start back up with our monthly Horse and Musket gaming. We decided to start with a playtest of…
Napoleonics – Gajo 15mm Prussian Landwehr
Gajo Minis just updated their catalog to reflect the most recent stock level changes. One of the updates was a restock of their Prussian Landwehr. This was a troop that I did…
Operation Flock Complete!
It is official, I have finished flocking all my backlog of 15mm Horse and Musket figures! We end with a set of 1813 figures from Old Guard Painters and some from Gajo…
15mm Napoleonic 1806 Prussian Army
Continuing on Operation Flock and now Operation Artillery has been launched to support my efforts. Now I am painting all the artillery in the world, to bring these armies to completion. However,…
15mm 1870 Prussian Army
The next army on the rack for Operation Flock was my new 1870 Prussian Army. Like the last army, I flocked everything and then had to go back and paint all my…
Battle of Auerstadt, October 1806
Background The battles of Auerstädt were fought on 14 October 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today’s Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia. The decisive…
Battle of Loigny-Poupry, December 1870
Background The Battle of Loigny–Lumeau-Poupry was a battle of the Franco–Prussian War. It took place on 2 December 1870 during the Loire Campaign on a frontline between Loigny, Lumeau and Poupry. After the Battle of Villepion, an army detachment (Armee-Abteilung)…
Battle of Problus, July 1866
Background The Battle of Königgrätz was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire. Taking place near Königgrätz (Czech: Hradec Králové) and Sadowa (Sadová) in Bohemia on 3 July 1866, it was an example of battlefield concentration, a convergence…
Battle of Mars La Tor, August 1870.
Background The Battle of Mars-La-Tour (also known as the Battle of Vionville or Battle of Rezonville) was fought on 16 August 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, near the village of Mars-La-Tour in northeast France. In the evening…