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Wednesday, 24 August 2016

On this day - The Battle of Bladensburg, August 24th 1814

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On this day the Battle of Bladensburg, August 24th 1814 took place. An interesting account of the battle can be found   [here] . The follow...
Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Modified Dragoons, (Warlord) - Part 6 of 6

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This final model as I wanted an alternative to the drummer available in other sets. The figure is as usual the plastic firelock figure fro...
Monday, 1 August 2016

Modified Dragoons, (Warlord) - Part 5 of 6

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Although dragoons are normally only depicted with muskets they could also be armed with pikes (see the link in the original post). To repre...
Thursday, 28 July 2016

Modified Dragoons, (Warlord) - Part 4 of 6

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This set was inspired by accounts and paintings [ seen here ] of the Battle of Waterloo where Scottish infantry latched onto cavalry to he...
Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Modified Dragoons, (Warlord) - Part 3 of 6

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This group was inspired after reading part of Osprey's book Pike and Shot Tactics 1590-1660 . "it was common to support ... wit...
Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Modified Dragoons, (Warlord) - Part 2 of 6

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During the long preparation (it turned out to be a rather long thinking process) of these models I considered various options of how to ma...
Monday, 25 July 2016

Modified Dragoons, (Warlord) - Part 1 of 6

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The models detailed in the next half dozen posts have been modified to depict dragoons during the English Civil Wars (ECW). Drgoons were mo...