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The Battle of Schweinsberg*** - a ‘near’ historical scenario - or the true...
With all my many new French regiments painted and the entire Allied Army's guns remastered during the last three months, the time now has come, to see My Seven Years' War French Army giving battle to...
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My SYW Workbench – Hannoverians & Saxons
This years paintwork is becoming rather productive. After having done the French Aquitaine infantry, I did a composite battalion of Hannoverian Grenadiers. They are a set of really great looking...
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My SYW French Gun Models
Earlier this year, I received a a load of most pretty French gun models from Fife and Drum Miniatures. Here is a first image while busy painting and assembling the guns. Interspersed, you see two...
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My SYW Personality Commanding Generals
My latest paint job is 2 command stands that are once more going to represent historical generals and their escort. It is my latest work-in-progress. You'll have a first look at them while I'm busy...
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The Battle of Neustadt-in-Hesse*** 26 June 1760 – once more a ‘near’...
Saturday, 3 January we fought the battle that links to my last years scenario of Schweinsberg. It is settled on the French 1760 summer invasion of Lower Hesse. For the historical background story,...
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My SYW Personality Commanding Generals part II
I have completed three more French general-staff figures. The centre figure will be my new Mr. le comte de Guerchy. He was also colonel of the regiment Du Roi (IR12). Therefore I thought of having a...
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My SYW Personality Commanding Generals No III
My current paint-job is yet another French general command stand. I noticed that I am missing a real "maréchal de France" as commander-in-chief. Some years ago, I purchased some very pretty flats from...
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An Easter Friday's Refight of the Battle of Minden, 1 August 1759
This past Easter Friday 4 April, our group had a most hard fought refight of one of my most favorite SYW scenarios. The day of gaming Minden was scheduled in our calendar as "Le Super Grand Easter...
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Refight of 1741 battle of Mollwitz
For once, I took the opportunity and made a number of nice photos of last Saturday's battle of Mollwitz. A good part of My-Seven-Years-War Austrians & Prussians were gathered for an scenario,...
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My SYW Brunswick & Hesse-Cassel Infantry
After a long pause from March to July, I finally started to add a few more units to My SYW Allied Army. The Brunswick infantry is the first to recive attention. My former units all had wrong flag...
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7YW Artillery – Saxe-Poland – Annex
I thought it worthwile sharing below rare image. The original painting I first saw with my visit of the Dresden museum in October 2013. I have never seen it printed in any publication before.Scene of...
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My SYW Brunswick & Hesse-Cassel Infantry part II
Below find a few images of my latest paint-jobs.I have somewhat remastered the Hesse-Cassel Malsburg, IR 10 (left), and the Brunswick regt. Zastrow, by giving them new flags and a new issue of black...
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My SYW Personality Commanding Generals No IV
Below see some images of a newly remastered SYW command stand of mine. Its the Erbprinz, awestruck nicknamed "Achilles" by his French opponets. I have redone the laces of his coat making a better match...
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Prussian SYW Artillery Scale Drawings – part 4 – A Spectacular New Source
A truly spectacular new source filled with 18th century military material has been digitalized and made available online. It is the extensive encyclopedic collection of the former Wuerttemberg general...
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My SYW Saxon 6-pounder Quick Firer battalion gun
I'd like to share my latest skratch built gun model to be added to my SYW Saxon corps serving alongside my French SYW troops. Eventually, I did a model of this rather eccentric Saxon 1756 fielded 6-pdr...
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The Battle of Saxenhausen*** 24 July 1760 – again a ‘near’ historical...
30 December our group played once more a ‘near-historical’ battle based on the 1760 Summer Campaign in the Western Theatre of the Seven Years' War. It is the third battle scenario I generated out of...
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The Istha Village Chronical: A detailed contemporary eyewitness account on...
With the below, I found it worthwile to share an extract from the German language original: Hessische Chroniken, vol. I: „Die Isthaer Chronik des Pfarrers Johann Georg Fülling. Zur Geschichte...
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Upcoming: the battle of Hastenbeck, 26 July 1757 – refought
Our group is looking forward to this years Easter Friday Wargame at my place. This year it will be a refight of the battle of Hastenbeck, 26 July 1757. Some troops and terrain still needs to be...
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The Battle of Hastenbeck, 26 July 1757 – refought
On 2016 Easter Friday, our group played a refight of the battle of Hastenbeck. Originally we were supposed to be 5 players, but two fell sick the days before, so that we were left with only 3 players....
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The Action of Volkmarsen*** 24 July 1760 – The Day of the Light Troops
Here is my next game – another Scenario, based on my 1760 Summer Campaign in Lower Hessen with its French versus Allies historic unfought ‘Near Battles’ being fought. I must say, so far, my project has...
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