Napoleonic Prussian 10th Reserve Infantry Regiment 28mm

 I have recently finished three battalions of Prussian reserve infantry using the Wargames  Atlantic Prussian Reserve plastic set. This set is described as an 'army builder' and with 60 figures in the box it does that at a resalable price. I used Front Rank for the command figures.

There are six different figures per sprue with various equipment. 

I picked the 10th regiment as their uniform differed between the battalions, the normal grey for the 1st battalion, dark blue for the 2nd and dark grey for the 3rd.

They painted up quite quickly and the results look good on the table top.

Napoleonic Prussian infantry brigade

This is my second flurry into Napoleonic armies in 28mm. This first group representing a brigade of infantry.

The brigade is made up of the 7th Line Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Landwehr of Westphalie Regiment with supporting elements of the Landwehr Cavalry of Westphalie and the Brandebourg foot artillery.

The 7th Line Infantry Regiment is made up of two musketeers battalions and one fusilier battalion.

The 3rd Landwehr Infantry of Westphalie is made up of two battalions. There should be one more and maybe there will be.

Cavalry support comes from the Landwehr lancers also from Westphalie  and artillery support from the Brandebourg battery of foot artillery.

The brigade commander and his adjutant ready to take these lads out onto the wargaming table of honour playing Warlord games Black Powder. There is another brigade in the pipe line and a couple of cavalry Regiments.

Figures are a mixture of Perry's, Front Rank and HAT Miniatures.

10th Armoured Regiment, The Fort Garry Horse, A squadron.

The two Sherman tanks and the Firefly have the markings of the 10th Armoured Regiment, The Fort Garry Horse. This regiment was one of three that formed 2nd Armoured Brigade attached to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. This division landed on Juno beach on D-Day.

These tanks have been made to support my platoon of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. They carry the yellow triangle, marking them as A squadron.

The models are Warlord Games box set British Sherman tank troop. The models go together well and I was happy with the results. So much so I have got another box set to produce B squadron. 

No tank model is worth it's salt without a clutter of stowage.

Having trawled the web for images of Canadian Sherman tanks in Normandy I found that Firefly tanks often had cloth draped on them presumably to reduce glare from the painted surfaces. I have modelled this with muslin socked in PVA. Quite happy with the results.

The Royal Winnipeg Rifles. 28mm WW2 miniatures.

These figures represent a platoon of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, part of the 3rd Canadian Infantry division. They formed the right wing of the Canadian forces that landed on Juno beach, on D Day.

The figures are mainly Renegade Miniatures with a few  Crusader Miniatures.

Each ten man section is made up of an NCO with a Sten gun, a Bren gun team and seven rifle men.

Each platoon was supported by a 2" mortar and a Piat anti-tank team.

The troops display the black and white shoulder patch of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and the grey rectangular patch of the 3rd Division. 

Yorkshire Renegades Open Fire Bolt Action tournament

This weekend, 20th November 2016, I had the pleasure of taking part in the Open Fire Bolt Action tournament run by Yorkshire Renegades. I took my Soviet army representing a siege assault group of the 150th Division, 3rd Shock Army during  storming of Berlin.

The day involved three games played on gaming tables with excellent terrain. As the title suggests there were armies from all eras and theatres of the Second World War though the organisers made sure Axis played Allied forces. The lads taking part were all friendly and sporting opponents.
I did not get any photos of the first game which was the 'Demolition' scenario. I drew this game as the unit poised to take the objective failed their order.
The second scenario was 'Key positions' with three objectives. This game went better with all three objectives captured by the Soviets.

The infantry advance on mass.

The T34 advances boldly into town.

The final stages of the battle see the Germans bottled up.

The final game was the 'Meeting engagement', that also went the well for the Soviets with the German forces completely cleared off the battlefield.

A rather lonely German officer faces off against a T34. Gulp!

The final shots.

A great day out and thanks to all involved.

Agincourt diorama at Royal Armouries, Leeds

I visited yesterday the Royal Armouries in Leeds to see the excellent diorama of the battle of Agincourt, 25th October 1415. The diorama depicts the final stage of the battle as the French infantry advance onto the English position.

This overview of the display shows the scale of the diorama and the information panels along the edges. The main characters are illustrated using Perry Miniatures 28mm high command figures from their Agincourt range.

The figures used are Perry Miniatures 28mm. Some figures were specially cast in blocks of 30 'ish'. There are 4400 miniatures in all.

  A view from behind the English archers. Wonderful to see so many miniatures in one place.

Here we see the two bodies of dismounted knights advancing through the arrow storm. In the back ground we see the lowly French archers which could have been used to better effect. You can just make out the blocks of foot knights.

The faltering French cavalry.

An initiative aspect of this display is the use of periscopes in the edge of the table to give a participants view of the battle. Here is the view from behind the English centre.

 English archers on the flank. Photos through the periscopes are not that good.

Local peasant out looking for bodies to strip.

42nd Highlanders, The Black Watch. 28mm Napoleonic miniatures.

This group of figures represent the 42nd Highland Regiment, known as the Black Watch. This is the first unit I have finished of my new project for 2015, a Napoleonic British army, sparked off by the bicentenary of  the Battle of Waterloo. The design for the tartan took a little time to settle on as I wanted it to look good but be simple enough to reproduce.
The unit has been based for playing with Warlord Games Black Powder.

The Black Watch in line. The miniatures are are a mixture of Victrix, Perry and Front Rank.

 The command group with the colours and drummer. The figures are Perry Miniatures and the flags are from the Victrix set.

The flank company deployed to screen the main body of troops.

Off they go to their next mission in good Napoleonic style, marching with all they need on their backs.

A casualty marker to keep record of the stamina of the regiment.