Saturday, 22 August 2020

Begovian Infantry...

 Have completed the last 3 units of my new look home-cast Begovian infantry. All four of the 'janissaries in field dress' shown together ...

thats the main core of the Begovian army refurbished ready for the next campaign. Have some work to do on the Wittenberg cavalry before the campaign can get started.

Saturday, 15 August 2020

Begovian Cavalry and work in progress on the Wittenberg General Staff

Last week I finished reworking some units of my Begovian (Ottoman) cavalry. I cast some extra figures and equipped them with lance and mixed them with my existing ones with sword and bow. The aim was to have a more animated look.

Also in progress using some of my new 18C cavalry castings is an uplift for my 40mm Wittenberg Staff,  some have new heads either from Front Rank or Sash & Saber with some green stuff work.

Friday, 14 August 2020

Emperor V Elector - Whos-Who website ...

I have been looking after 'Who's Who and Whats What' website for, a compendium of information about the 18C Imagi-nations which are mostly listed on the Emperor V Elector blog.

The content has not changed much over the last couple of years.  The layout has been revised for new Google Sites. 


All I intend to do in the future is maintain it in a frozen state for those who wish to access it, the site can be accessed from here

https://sites.google.com/site/evewhoswho/

(Note: EvEWhosWhos site link view share settings amended to Public, link should work now (15/Aug/2020)

Sunday, 9 August 2020

40mm 18C Cavalry - first metal ....

I made the new moulds for my 40mm 18C cavalry over the last few days and did some trial casting today, first metal ...
a few extra air vents had to be added to the moulds to improve flow and casting quality. Most figures have come out reasonably well, I'm especially pleased with the hussar.

Now I'm planning which cavalry unit to do first and any additional accessories that needed to be ordered (probably some sabres and swords from Front Rank). Initially I am going to refurb my mounted and dismounted staff.

Thursday, 30 July 2020

Work in progress on 40mm armies.....

Getting my 18C cavalry masters ready to go into moulds, a few last correction needed ...
will be casting replacements for my existing 40mm Wittenberg army. 

Work on an uplift of the Begovian army is getting near the end, two more infantry units to complete and some extras for the cavalry to make 3 existing units into 4 units with a mix of sword/lance/bow.

Sunday, 12 July 2020

Begovian infantry unit completed ....

Completed the first unit of my new look Begovian (Ottoman) janissary infantry in field dress. Comprising my own home-cast figures (using moulds from masters made in April)

three more to do ....

Monday, 22 June 2020

Book Puchase - Ottoman Army ....

Obtained a copy of this excellent book from Helion ....Armies of the Ottoman Empire 1645-1719....
I have the two volume Italian edition which was fine for the uniform plates, looking forward to reading this english publication 😀