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Work in Progress
With the oncoming trip to America in two weeks to see my son, the preparations for Salute then as always time is limited however I'm determined to make the most.So this last week I finished the horses...
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Landing soon
I know some visitors here don't visit my Crann Tara blog and most of the time I try to keep things separate between the two, however on this occassion it's a repeat post.The one good thing of having...
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Horse Guards finished and all ready for departure
Pleased to report I got the Horse Guards finished today so upon my return from America it will be the turn of the 6th Regiment of horse.I'm pleased with how they have turned out but next I really need...
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Gettysburg and getting ready for Salute
Well Back home from America and as always it was hard saying goodbye to my son.The weekend saw us walk a big chunk of the Gettysburg battlefield 15 miles we clocked up during the best part of the...
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Salute a brief review
Well last weekend saw me travel to the Excel with Gav to trade with my figure range and his Blood and Plunder stock from the shop.As always I take my hat off the the Warlords for organising this event...
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Gettysburg part 2
Ok it was mentioned in one one of my earlier posts was that all I had to show of my trip to Gettysburg - half a dozen photos? Well the simple answer is no I have loads of photos on various devices...
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The long and the short
Since moving I haven't had a lot of time to resurrect my 3D printer.I've had Dan ( my digital sculptor) do a little more work on the Prussian/Hessian infantry and also do a Fusilier head.He has...
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Some more prints
Whilst the motivation is there I have done a few more prints.So there's now 40mm, my 30mm, 25mm and 18mm - after Falkirk going to do some 20mm and 10mm! What happens after that I haven't a clue. Had...
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Keith's Highlanders
Keith's Highlanders or the 87th regiment of foot were formed in 1760 and saw action at the Battles of Warburg and Villinghausen, they were deployed to Holland in 1762 before returning to Scotland in...
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Wilhelmstahl part deux
Last weekend saw my travel to Charles Grants to participate in our second game based on one of the actions at the Battle of Wilhelmstahl, this one based upon Granby's attacks.The game continued to...
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Partizan - Invasion of the Sugar Islands
Today I kept up the tradition of putting on a demo game at the Newark show - first started many moons ago when it used to be held in a school sports hall!,I had intended all along to do a game based on...
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Playing around with the printer.
Whilst I primarily bought the resin printer to allow me to print resin masters for my figure range I really have been wanting to see what else it could do.I noticed on Tamsin's blog that 'Gaslands'...
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40mm Prussians anyone?
The 40mm project continues to take another leap forward.GrahamH has cast the command, fusiliers and Grenadiers and is sending me some metal masters to examine.If all ok then I need to decide about...
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Refighting History Volumes 7 and 8
Many of you know that I'm in a very fortunate position to engage in a number of refight s that feature in Charles Grants Refighting History series.I recently heard from Charles about progress with...
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40mm Royal Horse Artillery
A bit of a change for me, Ian Smith ( he of the outstanding 40mm Napoleonic and ACW games) and Lee Gramson ( Napoleonic Therapy Project) commissioned Dan of digital Sculpts to make an Officer of the...
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Chilled Sunday afternoon
since moving home and setting the loft to be a bit of den I have managed to meet up with a colleague from my school days.Steve and I go a long way back initially playing board games, then figure games....
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More 3D printer madness
well after much deliberation I bought myself a Prusa MK3s fdm printer! I have two projects for the 18th century figures I'd like to get done. The first is to build a harbour and docks with dockside...
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More printing and what of the future?
well up and running early today 🤣 First the resin printer is busy printing some 15mm jeeps! But last night I printed some more Prussians etc. In particular the Fusilier NCO and the first draft Austrian...
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Vauban - the start
Well after the mammoth 22 hour print the first two pieces of the first bastion is complete, the next two pieces I think I will print one at a time.I scaled it down slightly and printed at 90% - I think...
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Half a bastion, half a bastion onwards
Half way there on the first bastion 😀And if you thought I had forgotten the figures I've finished basing 2 squadrons of the British 6th Horse and a 15mm Ancient Greek armyNo photos of the Greeks yet...
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