NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our ...

Can you recommend some reading on Blenheim, please. Is Spencer's book any good? Stanford for OOB and info on the units? Theo I can also recommend David Chandler's ''Blenheim Preparation - The English Army on the march to the Danube - Collected Essays'', published 2004 by Spellbound, ISBN 1-873376-9...

Hi all, Now the temporary camera crisis is over I thought I would take the opportunity to share a unit or two with you. The first is the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Within LASW group it is rare to find duplicate units and whilst Dave W managed to 'bag' this battalion first I love the uniform and fl...

Hi all,
Camera crisis solved thank goodness. Here are better pics of the second Ebor battalion.
Regards,

Tim
'Like a stone wall' Wargames Group
UK

Hi Ginger I agree most of the emphasis amongst the Lardies is the 1915 or latter period but Sid has a Tank fetish (amongst others) for a start but M&B works fine for small actions or parts of actions in 1914 & In have no reason to think Storm of Dice would not work for brigade style actions during t...

Ginger Yup I noted the Storm of Dice and bought the special in which it was included. Sad to say the emphasis is on the later stage of the war and trench warfare. That is exactly what I didn't want as I wished to recreate the flowing warfare of the 1914 campaigns. We have adapted quite well and the ...

Thanks to Rob/Rohan/ Gunter I place flowers on all my command bases these days, what ever the period being played. If the unit has no flag, rare I accept, then it helps with identification. The manufacturer is Minin Natur Silflor and I get them via Brian at Mutineer Miniatures, through the mail and ...

Hi all, Just played our first WW1 game with the Too Fat Lardies rules 'If the Lord spares us'. Not sure if anyone else has done but we have taken them out of their intended Middle East theatre and used them for the 1914 Flanders confict. They were a little slow at first - but hey we are learning. We...

Hi all, Considerably later than promised but here is the second Ebor battalion. This one is one of their battalion packs, the Dutch firing line and is painted up as the Battalion Prinz von Holstein-Beck and is post 1698 when they were maintained by Zealand. The flags are of cloth as usual. 8) I have...

Malc Excellent work. :shock: Please advise what is the software package you are using to create the flags and how do you get the 'furle' of the flag? Is it a transparent layer? To date I have been using the MS Photodraw for mine and have reasonable results but yours are something else. Regards Tim L...

Hi all Digging up this elderly post again! Anyone have knowledge if the English marine regiments of either the NYW or WSS carried colours (ie standards) as per the land regiments? Yours in anticipation, Tim 'Like a stone wall' Wargames Group Nottinghamshire UK http://www.freewebs.com/like-a-stone-wa...

Hi all Many thanks for the positive feedback. I have shunted around the 'painting table order of sequence' and brought the next Ebor unit closer to the action end of the conveyor belt. Hres hoping.... How do these figures compare in size to other popular lines. Are they on the big size like Front Ra...

Hi all Happy New Year. Later than promised here are photos of my initial stab at the new Ebor range. The right hand base of two figures is awaiting a casualty to fill the gap. I hope this encourages Nick on to complete the cavalry and the GNW troops I have been badgering him about! The unit is the S...

Many thanks to all for responses on this thread to date. I am now firmly of the belief that westernisation of army dress was after Narva and as a consequence I have commenced acquiring Streltsi kaftan dressed troops for the Russian army. Still theres lots of opportunity for chopping and changing tho...

Hi all, I’m looking for assistance please from the collective in pinning down the form of the Russian uniform at Narva 1700. I have conflicting sources relating to the date of westernisation of the clothing of foot regiments. Whilst Angus Konstam (Osprey 260: Peter the Great’s Army volume 1: Infantr...