Thursday 25 October 2018

A new addition to the palace menagerie ....

The King and his son have come to see the latest addition to the palace menagerie - a rhinoceros

Later on in the day the King had a meeting to inspect and approve the plans for a new class of river galleys to help protect trade on the lower reaches of the river Oudear from potential Begovian aggression.

Friday 19 October 2018

Sodusi - plugging the gap ...

A jager patrol returns to the rocky outcrop area as some of the engineer corps prepare to start work making the outcrop into a fortified strongpoint..
 As the regular troops decamp and march off to return to their original positions, the local land militia man the new defences built across the valley by the engineer corps.

Wednesday 17 October 2018

The Battle of Sodusi....

continued from the previous post .....

The Begovian column marches down the valley towards Sodusi...
The feldjagers scouts made it to safety, Count Boritzy ordered them to locate and 'hurry-on' the infantry regiment and the rest of the uhlan regiment. The count deployed what forces he had: jagers on either side of the valley,  the land militia in the centre and in reserve the uhlans...
 As a  regiment of Wittenberg infantry marches up through the town ...the Begovian light cavalry rode round in front of a small coppice loosing arrows at the troops to their front; the jagers picked off a couple and an ineffective volley from the militia deterred them from repeating the exercise.
The Wittenberg infantry regiment deploys next to the Uhlans. The Begovian light cavalry reform while their infantry comes up ....
The Begovian light cavalry charge the land militia, as their provincial infantry head towards the rocks held by the jagers...
The land militia hold the Begovian cavalry attack....
The Begovian provincial infantry move closer to the rocks and come under fire from the Wittenberg jagers; more Begovian troops are arriving....
The Begovian provincial infantry sent to clear the rocks retreat after being cut down by the fire from the jagers, another provincial infantry unit takes their place as two Begovian janissaries units move up....
The Wittenberg land militia are still fighting the cavalry and are attacked by the lead Begovian janissary regiment...
The land militia under heavy pressure finally break and fall back ....
As the Begovian Janissaries reform they are charged by the Wittenberg uhlans  .....
The Wittenberg uhlans disengage in good order and fall back out of the way, the infantry regiment advances and lets loose a volley at the disorganised janissaries who take heavy casualties ....
The Begovian janissaries fall back unable to match the firepower of the Wittenberg infantry.
Count Boritzy, re-inforced by the rest of the uhlan regiment, reforms his battle lines .....
The Begovian commander having had his light cavalry regiment and provincial infantry badly mauled and finding himself outmatched in cavalry; with insufficient troops to force a passage through decided to withdraw...

A Victory for Wittenberg ....

Tuesday 16 October 2018

At Sodusi ....

Scouts have reported that Begovian troops have found a way through the border hills near Sodusi...

Wittenberg troops command by Count Boritzy have reached the town and are preparing to take up positions to block the valley (a regiment of infantry and half the uhlan regiment have yet to arrive)

'Ride hard lads' shouts the feldjager officer, as they gallop back to Sodusi to warn count Boritzy about the approaching Begovian troops

Wednesday 10 October 2018

Begovian Army - Horse Archers - WIP

The 40mm ottoman style horse archer, has got into a mould so I cast up enough horse archers (added some bows made from wire), plus some horses to make a unit up for the Begovian army.... 
need to get these painted to take part in the upcoming action....

Thursday 4 October 2018

Fenwick Army get some new shiny recruits .....

I've been busy casting my own 28mm infantry and cavalry. New units have been created for the Duchy of Fenwick army.  I've used my castings for rank and file, with spare figures and some new figures from Eagle Miniatures for officers.

Four new units prepped and ready to paint. A guards battalion ....
 and a converged grenadier battalion...
New regiment of horse grenadiers (using some Jacdaw grenadier heads I had put by)....
 and lastly a regiment of Curassiers (they have their coats on, I will paint in a blackened cuirass instead of a waistcoat).
Some units for the Fenwick army have also been re-furbished. I used my home-cast horses as re-mounts for the existing dragoon regiment.(Irregular Miniatures riders)....
The existing artillery crew have been replaced with some from Eagle Miniatures ..
the new units will bring the Fenwick army up to a size to be able to fight the Monrovians on their own. Lots to paint 😁