tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73544021241535039172024-02-19T14:45:47.212+00:00Barbarians Bears and BeaversModelling and wargaming North AmericaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-38590981970595190242015-05-28T16:04:00.001+01:002015-10-27T20:58:00.920+00:00La Chute river French saw millI've just started work on a terrain board featuring the saw mill which was on the La Chute river and was a feature in the British approach to Fort Ticonderoga in 1758. I shall add more images as the construction develops.<br />
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There was a portage route just towards Lake George from this site, with a bridge crossing the river. With there being no evidence of what this bridge looked like, I've decided to use the bridge and ford at Rushmere as a template.</div>
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Progress so far. River, bridge and ford constructed. The mill is partially built and painted.</div>
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Making great progress now. The main part of the river is finished. For the water effect, I used transparent silicone calking, which is surprisingly versatile. A thin coat will give a nice clear effect when it dries, but if you go a bit thicker, you get a nice milky look which looks like disturbed water. You get about eight minutes play time before the material stops being workable. A wide, flat brush works well to spread the silicone around and to give a direction to the flow of water.</div>
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The mill building is now finished with creaky roof in place and fixed in situ. Next thing is to make the mill surroundings look used and busy and to add the water feed chute to the mill wheel.</div>
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Here are a couple pics of the finished surfacing for the first two boards. The boards are recycled old terrain boards which have been beat up. I used a bit of flock and paint to hide the blemishes ad the used two green spray paints to bled things in together.</div>
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Now to start work on the other two boards, These two will be partly wooded shallow, rocky hills. I stuck two old gaming boards together then carved out the shape of the hill from the smaller of the two. To this, I added cork bark for rocky bits and the entire surface was covered in a mixture of brown paint, PVA glue, sand, tea leaves and birch brachts. When this was dry, I coated the higher areas with PVA and poured onto this, a mixture of tea leaves and birch brachts to simulate woodland undergrowth and leaf mulch.</div>
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Obviously, a wood need trees. I wanted to get away from having trees with bases being sat onto the terrain but still wanted to keep the flexibility of being able to remove them for ease of transport and storage. This is what I came up with...Stick brass rod onto the tree if its a small one or drill out the trunk for larger trees. Then insert into the ground, a corresponding length of copper tube which the brass wire glued to the tree will fit into. Now cut out a piece of material to be glued to the stump area of the tree and glue tea leaves and birch brachts to it. This tree can now be fitted to the terrain and removed during game play or for storage and you don't have the unsightly bases.</div>
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Birch brachts can be harvested for free in the autumn from any birch tree.</div>
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Clearing a few bits and bobs up and now on with a battalion of the Connecticut Regiment and some terrain boards.<br />
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Figures by Galloping Major http://www.gallopingmajorwargames.com/<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-80813545831046436972015-05-17T14:06:00.001+01:002015-05-17T14:06:48.668+01:00Massachusetts Provincials Figures by Galloping Major. Mounted officer from Perry AWI range.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-72130321767706751752014-07-02T10:54:00.000+01:002014-07-09T10:48:09.147+01:00TavernBeen researching this one for quite a while. Finally put all the bits together in my head a couple weeks ago and got round to building it. Its supposed to be able to fit into anything mid 17th / 18th century. Everything is scratch built.<br />
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Before starting to make the model, I put a lot of time into researching pics of thatched building and ways to best create the look. The model that you see is an amalgamation of many buildings. I started off by calculating the size. I didn't want the piece to take over a 4'x4' board but at the same time, I did want it to be a key feature. After some rough calculations, I cut the board out and drew features onto it, erasing and adjusting until I arrived at something that I was happy with to begin work. The main building was constructed by building a balsa framework and then thick paper was glued to the inside of the balsa to make a base for the walls. Windows and doors were then glued in place onto the paper. The walls were made by painting on a polyfiller solution in a couple thick layers. As I didn't attach the paper base all around its edge, this let it warp to give a more ramshackle, realistic feel. The chimney is built from crushed rocks. After this I put the roof on, which is made from faux fur. A piece was cut out and fitted to each side, making sure that the fur direction pointed downwards and then treated with watered down PVA glue. A third piece was cut to form the ridge section and treated in the same way.<br />The next stage was to position gate posts and to start laying down the stone walls, which were made of crushed rocks, individually glued into position with super glue. The lean to and stable are balsa with kitchen paper used as the tarp on the stable.<br />The ground work started with making flag stones with watered down polyfiller then scribed after being left to dry for 24 hours. The old trees were glued in place with a few roots showing and basetex added to the rest of the floor area with bits of straw to mess it up a bit. After painting, finishing touches like foliage around the walls and flock were added and the pub sign made and positioned.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-71459885804146060162014-04-11T15:17:00.001+01:002014-04-11T15:17:34.698+01:00Cromwell and FairfaxThese are both by Warlord from their Pike and Shotte range. Perfect for some more New England shinanagins.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-90886193001726869732014-04-05T20:06:00.000+01:002014-04-05T20:06:53.000+01:00John StearneJohn Stearne, Witchfinder. Or...another resident ready for Salem.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-47462001814677555242014-03-21T19:07:00.000+00:002014-04-05T20:07:16.320+01:00WitchesWitches from Rapier Miniatures for Witchfinder General. The bats are from their 'familiars' range.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-72417153109257727402014-03-06T16:32:00.001+00:002014-03-06T16:32:14.026+00:00Redoubt scalpersI've been painting these scalpers up in between finishing other things off. Here is the final one of the five. and the complete set of five.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-20838056138012393662014-02-25T18:47:00.000+00:002014-02-25T18:47:02.684+00:00Silver birchScratch built silver birch tree.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-65878515573312387012014-02-25T18:42:00.000+00:002014-02-25T18:42:46.160+00:00Swashbucklers, rogues and desperados28mm Swashbucklers, rogues and desperados from Blue Moon.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-1754529088513598392014-02-07T16:34:00.000+00:002014-02-07T16:34:02.149+00:00Scratch built treeI'm trying to work on better terrain than I have been gaming with in the past and the latest project is trees. When I was at York this past weekend, I bought a large tree kit from http://www.treemendus-scenics.co.uk/. Before attempting this, I decided to have a go with a similar method with things I already had in the house. I began with making a basic construction made from the inner part of basic flex which you can find about the house. No, I didn't rob it from a light fitting, it was spare. Don't know what you people take me for...<br />
The wires were twisted to form the trunk then this was split up to start making larger branches. These were then spli to form smaller branches etc. After that I coated the structure in kitchen towel with pva glue. I like the way this method comes out but it is very time consuming and future builds will use a painted on material instead. After that, the structure pas painted and sea foam was applied to the branches with pva. I think future builds will be with rubberised horse hair. Flock was then applied using non scented hair spray followed by another spray to fix it. The final step was to finish the base with paint and sand with a dry brush and flock applied.<br />
I'm very pleased with this first effort and can't wait to get out with a camera for reference to build some more.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-44661236941748243612014-02-05T12:08:00.001+00:002014-02-05T12:08:32.711+00:00Rodney and the breaking of the lineI can't say too much about this book by Peter Trew, I loved it and it is probably the best book I have read in a long time. If you're into the mid eighteenth century, this book is packed with a lot of the big names from Cornwallis, Byng, Hood, Bougainville and, of course, Rodney himself. We follow Rodney from his early career, through political success and failure as well as those in his naval career. Much of the content focuses on the fight against the French in the Caribbean and also the catastrophic events off the coast of Yorktown under the command of Rodney's subordinates. What would have happened if Rodney was there instead of being unwell on his way back to England?<br />
After the event, he returns to the Caribbean to finally deal with the French at the battle of the Saintes, where he 'breaks the line'. The account of this in the book is absolutely riveting.<br />
Bad decisions and political enemies finally result in Rodney finishing life in obscurity and relative poverty like so many other larger than life historical characters.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-51277617739228494822014-01-23T11:18:00.001+00:002014-01-23T11:44:23.082+00:00Life Among the PiratesThis book is written by David Cordingly, an English naval historian who is considered one of the leading authorities on pirates. He held the position of Keeper of Pictures and Head of Exhibitions at the Naval Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England for twelve years.<br />
The book mostly focuses on the pirates operating around the Caribbean and eastern American coast but it also discusses those on the Barbary coast, Indian Ocean and Chinese waters. You certainly don't need to be familiar with nautical terms to enjoy this book as things are explained well and there is a glossary or terms. We all know what a piece of eight is, right?<br />
Chapters cover life with the pirates, trying to avoid said pirates and steps taken to deal with them as well as what happens when they're caught. I enjoyed the book very much and my only criticism would be that I thought that it could have been organised a little better. The author seems to keep coming back to a few particular ships throughout the whole book rather than dealing with them and then moving on. Others may not have an issue with this.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-26858469694786772862014-01-17T10:35:00.001+00:002014-01-17T10:35:48.079+00:00Dilapidated barnFollowing conversations about more delicate and realistic models, I decided to have a practice with a small building to build skills which can be applied to bigger and better projects. With this project, I enjoyed thinking about adding context and passage of time to a building which had been abandoned to its fate. In addition to the building starting to disintegrate, it was important to show some debris on the ground and to show it being reclaimed by nature.<br />
As you can see, this isn't the sort of robust wargames building that we are used to seeing but it is definitely the direction in which I intend to travel from now on.<br />
Here, I shall show how it was constructed in a few simple steps.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-27604710606707254672013-12-30T20:53:00.000+00:002013-12-30T20:53:09.663+00:0018th Century coachI was looking for a commercially available coach but couldn't find one that I liked that was affordable. I asked about for advice and finally came to the conclusion that I would scratch build one. The wheels are from Irregular miniatures, the team from Old Glory and the figures used are converted from ones bought at Guildford Courthouse battle site. The only addition I may make is to put some coach lanterns of if I happen to find any available. I'm not sure how I would scratch build them effectively. So all in all, this was free to build (in a way) as as the bought bits were from my bits box.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-34864731434379797482013-11-26T20:03:00.002+00:002013-11-26T20:25:30.655+00:00Windmill<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To start off, I suppose I should say that the initial plan was to build a small road side tavern. The shop in town which used to be my source for balsa closed a while ago which just leaves me with what I have in stock. This reserve, unfortunately, wasn't enough to build the tavern so I fell back onto a plan to build a windmill that I have had on the back burner for some time. It was meant to be a generic mill which could be found in 18th century Europe or North America. The one I had in mind, in particular, was the one which stood near Quebec City in what is now the grounds of Des Braves Park. I don't know what this mill would have looked like, nor do I know if anyone else does but I would have guessed that this wouldn't be a million miles away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The construction is mostly made from balsa with some toilet paper used for canvas on the sails. The flour sacks are made from Milliput and the block and tackles and the ladder are from the bits box.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-27561167097280398132013-11-22T15:05:00.000+00:002013-11-22T15:05:01.542+00:00Trois Rivieres MilitiaJust finished this bag of Canadian Militia by Galloping major <a href="http://www.gallopingmajorwargames.com/index.htm">http://www.gallopingmajorwargames.com/index.htm</a>.<br />
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That gives me a six figure unit for Trois Rivieres and another six figure unit for Quebec. The plan is to get another bag to paint up as Montreal Militia and then to add two officers to each of those three units when I get round to buying the Militia officers bag.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-60032337360196242352013-11-12T19:27:00.000+00:002013-11-12T19:27:05.489+00:00Indian tree burialThis is something which I built a little while ago and has finally made it to the blog. The trees were made from twigs picked up whilst out walking and the foliage is horse hair with model railway scatter applied with spray glue. The platform was also made from twigs and bound together with cotton. I made a dummy from balsa to make the body shape and then covered it in tissue paper with a PVA glue solution carefully applied. The base is made from another useful, recycled CD.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-45930264356141838932013-11-12T19:22:00.001+00:002013-11-12T19:22:45.638+00:00Galloping Major free Rangersor those of you who aren't aware, Galloping Major have some figures, not available in their normal range, which they will give away when you buy four bags or more from them. This is their 'soldiers free' Ranger.<br />These are also the last couple Rangers which I have to paint. That brings the total up to 26.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-21598922839268792322013-11-10T17:21:00.001+00:002013-11-10T17:23:47.656+00:00Warships and Naval Battles of the Civil WarOK, it doesn't say which civil war so I'll tell you. It's the American Civil War. That really gets on my nerves but that's the bad part over and done with.<br />
Anyhoo...This large format book is exquisite with each page detailing a different ship from the conflict including ship stats and a complete history, complemented with colour illustrations. There are also some double page spreads with beautiful full colour illustrations of specific battles with a write up about the action in question. At the back of the book, there are alphabetical lists of all the boats from the ACW detailing the type of ship and its size.<br />
If you are an ACW gamer or would like to become one, this is THE book to buy. Really, find it and buy it now!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-15796939432095931022013-11-10T17:04:00.001+00:002013-11-10T17:04:24.099+00:00ACW NavalI thought I would prevent these two books together as they complement each other perfectly. These books are exhaustive on the subject matter and are full of black and white photographs and illustrations. You'll find information about the ships, battles, and their crews including uniform details. They may not be cheap but they are well worth the money for the ACW naval enthusiast.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-20601722529168957612013-11-10T10:11:00.001+00:002013-11-10T10:11:21.513+00:00The Siege of QuebecThis account by John Knox is the definitive, first person, account of the campaign to take Quebec in 1759 and comes beautifully bound and in a lovely Folio Society box. Knox also goes on to describe the battle of Sainte Foy and was present when Montreal capitulated. Another notable character featured in the tale is an, at the time, little known mariner by the name of James Cook. If you're going to read any account of the battle for Quebec, this is the one to read.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354402124153503917.post-63600299516157711082013-11-10T09:47:00.000+00:002013-11-10T09:52:19.504+00:00LibraryIn the coming weeks, I shall gradually be compiling a list and basic synopsis of books focusing on North American warfare. Hopefully this will be of use and I would also welcome suggestions for additions to this list. I may also have the odd obscure references which I picked up at various fortresses and historic sites.<br />
These publications will be found in the 'Library' section on my blog.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613053893491721429noreply@blogger.com0