Trouble with wolves ....

A detachment of the Kings jagers have been sent to the edges of the Sackwald forest to assist the locals dealing with a pack of wolves who have started hunting into the farmland areas.

The jagers have tracked them down .......

[new items: pack of 5 wolves, from 40mm Sash & Sabre napoleonic 'Retreat from Moscow' range]

Galleys for the River Oudear ...

For actions between Wittenberg and Begovians on the lower reaches of the River Oudear, involving river galleys, I have decide to go with 1/600 scale. This will give me enough space on the table to show the wider river and allow for sufficient galleys for a reasonable game.

Initially I bought a couple of 1/600 metal galleys from Skytrex; these are rather nice. I thought I should have a go at making my own out of cardboard and other bits. First attempt at 1/600 scratch-built galley done (need to do the sail yet), shown here with the Skytrex ones

looks ok, now need to decide how many to build for the opposing fleets.

Trouble near Topdan ...

A raid by Begovian cavalry has forced Hofler's Pandours to take refuge in a village near their base at Topdan....

 Begovian horse archers loose their arrows .... the pandours return fire ...

 Hearing the gunfire, the Rutenian cavalry on patrol nearby ride to the aid of the pandours and charge the Begovian cavalry ...

the Begovian cavalry beat a hasty retreat after a fierce melee....

[new additions - a unit of Begovian horse archers, finally got them painted :) ]

some buildings to be made ...

I treated myself to Paperboys book of 28mm European Buildings...

lots of nice stuff in it - will be making some of them up in due course.

Fenwick - Guard Regiment

Duke Maurice reviews his guard regiment ...

[Rank & File my own home-casts; command figures mostly from Eagle Miniatures plus a couple of oddments from my spare box]

Playing with galley's ....

having a look at and trying out some simple rules for engagements between galleys

mostly likely will use 1/600 size galleys.

Beef cattle herd ...

Some plastic cattle I used in a raid game previously have now been painted up and based; here they are being herded along.....

Fenwick Army - an update ...

The Duchy of Fenwick horse grenadier regiment is completed (mostly my own home-casts)....

One of my Wittenberg chevaux-leger regiments will double as a Fenwick dragoon regiment, so I've re-done their bases to match......

The four main infantry regiments, finished some time back - nice to get them out on the table ....

One regiment of Kurassiers, guard infantry regiment and a converged grenadier battalion left to do; then Fenwick will be able to take to the field on their own against the Monrovians.