The King receives a new book ...

The King is wearing his new swivel gun hat today, the members of the court had politely commented how marvellous it was.

After receiving ambassadors in the throne room he had returned to the library to have a look at a book he had been waiting for which had just been delivered...

 He looked at the book with anticipation ...

Just as he was about to open it, Count Hermann entered the library. The King turned quickly (the barrel of his hat gun swivelled jauntily to the rear).

 King: Hello Count, what do you want ?
Count: We're due for a meeting with the Field Marshall to discuss the Villa Rondiso incident
King: Ah of course, I must have a look at this book for a while.

The King and the Count perused the book and agreed it was excellent, beautifully illustrated with many plates and line drawings.  After a short while they left the library to go and see the Field Marshall.

40mm: Prince August website sell semi-flats 40mm cast figs

Just visited the Prince August website - cast 40mm semi-flats (spun cast) only from Irish Wild Geese and Karoliner series are for sale

see http://shop.princeaugust.ie/40mm-military-semi-flat-figures/

~£2.50 foot , ~£5.00 cav, gun ~£4.00 with discounts for multiple purchase of same figures: example advancing infantry - Buy 11 or above and pay only £1.53 each

the Irregulars get some muskets..

Mlle Givenchy after a chat with Captain Scharfe has managed to obtain some muskets for her irregulars.

Conversions done using some spare plastic figure parts and a couple of Front Rank muskets - some painting to do though....

we'll see how they get on the next time they are on a 'mission'.

After Rondiso ...

After the incident at Villa Rondiso....

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Following a lengthy chase Captain Scharfe and his jagers caught up with a group of Serrani's Marauders down the by the river Oudear; after a brief skirmish most of them were captured. The Grey Rider and some of the mounted jager corps assist with handling of the prisoners......

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After the prisoners were put in the jail at Kirkhof, Captain Scharfe went to the St Barnabas's abbey hospital to see Mademoiselle Givenchy...

Cptn Scharfe: Nice to see you up and about
Mlle Givenchy: Yes, I'm much better today. We hope to go the capital tommorow, just waiting to see if my cousin will be able to travel.
Cptn Scharfe: I sure she will be fine
Mlle Givenchy: there are things we need to discuss, come walk with me in the cloisters .......

Trouble at Villa Rondiso....

Continued from the previous post

Monrovians under the guise of brigands, led by Captain Sennari of the monrovian army (who calls his motley crew Sennari's Marauders) have tracked down Count Balderdash who is under guard at Villa Rondiso, near Kirkhof in Wittenberg, they are intent on capturing him and returning him for trial in Monrovia.

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Sennari's Marauders approach the villa from the back and the side ....

They open fire on the guard (Madame Givenchy's Irregulars), downing one of them ....

The roof comes off so the defenders can be moved about (rather bare interior at the moment - more work to do on the villa model)......

The Marauders rush the side door - but fail to get in ....

another group of Marauders move down the side of the villa, exchanging fire with the defenders ...

Madame Givenchy sizes up the situation, where is Captain Scharfe and his jagers she wonders

At Kirkhof , hearing the sound of gun fire from the direction of the villa, Captain Scharfe rouses his men and sets off at the run down the road...

The Marauders still trying to get in the side door, as more of them move forward....

Madame Givenchy and her Irregulars have fallen back and are using the colonnade at the front of the villa for cover .......

Captain Scharfe and his jagers come under fire from a group of Marauders behind the hedges....

The Marauders move up, increasing the pressure on the villa's defenders; Captain Sennari comes up on horse back with a couple of others ....

Captain Scharfe tries to move down towards the villa under the cover of the hedge but is pinned down ...

The Marauders rush the colonnade - all hangs in the balance ....

They succeed, many of the Irregulars are wounded and the rest surrender; the Marauders find Count Balderdash and lead him out ...

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Captain Sennari and his Marauders took Count Balderdash with them and made it back across the border into Monrovia. 

Two of the Madame Givenchy's Irregulars were killed and the wounded were taken to Kirkhof where they were tended to, the waters from the healing spring near the church of St Barnabas were used to speed their recovery.

On Guard at Villa Rondiso

Count von Balderdash, secretary of war for Monrovia, had come under immense scrutiny following the failed attempts by Monrovia over the last couple of  campaign seasons to successfully invade and annexe Zomverre and Pelardon; there were allegations of skimming funds, accepting bribes, awarding fake contracts etc. Fearing for his liberty the Count decided to escape across the border into Wittenberg.

After getting into Wittenberg territory he had been picked up by the authorities and was being held at Villa Rondiso, near Kirkhof, under guard awaiting transport to take him to the capital.

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The small border town of Kirkhof....

 Captain Scharfe tells the night watchman to be extra vigilant...

 Pilgrims and the sick take the waters at the healing spring near the church of St Barnabas...

Mademoiselle Givenchy and her Irregulars plus a couple of jagers are on guard at Villa Rondiso where Count Balderdash is being held

 Captain Scharfe checks with the Grey Rider before turning in for the night at the inn..

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The Monrovians have kept tabs on the whereabouts of the Count - 

they want him back to put on trial for treason

to be continued

Project Board

Been busy recently making buildings for my Romans V Celts project; having a sort out at the moment tidying  a few things away etc. Today decided to clean off and redo my project whiteboard, this keeps a list of main things I'm planning to do for my hobby projects -

All done and annotated (C=cast, Conv=Converted, B=Bought). I feel re-organised now - don't know how long that will last though .... Plenty to do for 18C, just sorting out what to work on next.