Brently's visit

My brother brought Brently over to see her Great Grandmother.  She liked looking at my pug Addie.  Now you know why my painting was put on hold for most of the day.

Capitania General de Florida Battle 2 Pictures

Capitania General de Florida Battle 2

At the Capitania General de Florida battle I was in command of a band of Indian allies (on left) and a company of militia (on the right).

After demonstrating to keep the Britanian attention my C-I-C ordered me to cross a large expanse of clear terrain covered by 2 gun emplacements and a company of rangers to take the left most emplacement (shown to right).

Our move foreword placed my troops in grapeshot range of that gun emplacement and he got a red 9 allowing him first fire. He got 4 hits and when the cards were drawn he got 4 aces, 4 aces!!!!!

I lost my brigade commander, the Indian band leader, my colonial leader and the nco. In one fire phase my entire command staff was wiped out.

Lets just say the day did not go well after that. With 2 game of a 4 game campaign it stands at attackers 0 defenders 2.

MUHLEHAUS REGIMENT ond examples of Harzburg Dragoons

Jay Stribling brought the
MUHLEHAUS REGIMENT to the game to show their paint job.

The line infantry and battalion gunners are great.

The Grenadiers are as great as the line.

The closest 2 castings are one of the Harzburg Dragoon squadrons commander and a trooper.

These are the other Harzburg Dragoon squadrons officer and trooper.

Jim has updated ColCampbell's Barracks with an account of the battle and I hope to do as well this Saturday in Jackson, MS. Click here Col Campbell's Barracks to view the report.

July update

With my digital camera broken, I am unable to post any pictures of the Capitania General de Florida game at Jackson, MS. Click here for a post from ColCampbell's Barracks to see some of the first pictures Indians and Breastworks I played the Indian tribe in the fortified village ( I hope Jim will post at least 1 picture of my braves soon). My warriors fought off three units of Britanians with the great aid of a Spanish regiment. No enemy entered the village and thus sealed the victory for our side.

Jay Stribling was presented with 2 squadrons of Harzburg Dragoons to paint once he finishes the Mühlehaus reinforced battalion. Jay is putting my poor painting skill to shame. If the unit fights as well as it looks, Mühlehaus will be garnering glory with these troops.

Life has kept me busy with Mother falling and luckily only getting a couple of bruises and sore bones. Between shopping, mowing, raking, and house duties my painting time has been curtailed. One bright spot is the arrival of 60 pounds + of lead weights to be smelted. I should get at least 40 to 50 pounds of usable lead for casting.

Well life is calling, my clothes in the washer needs to be placed in the drier. I hope to resume regular post to get mack in the habit.

Fixing wheels

Wheels are the hardewst item to get a perfect casting from. I have found that if you can get most of the spokes to come out they will provide the streangth for the wheel. These 40mm whells are easier as they are larger.

Step 1 find a likely candidate for repair.









Step 2 file the wheel flat on the rim and file a notch on the inside of the rim.

Step 3 cut a flat toothpick to size and cover with white glue and place one end against the inner spoke or hub and the other end in the notch on the outside rim.

Step 4 Repeat untill all the wheel is fixed.

Saxe-Bearstein Observation officers

Two officers of the Principality of Saxe-Bearstein are currently journeying to observe the upcoming campaigns in Schwabia. They are:Major Ernst von Maltz (son of Brigadier Dieter von Maltz)Captain Otto von Pilsner (grandson of General Baron Helmut von Pilsner). As to the nature of the officers, Furst Bruno von Ursa wrote,"As you can see they are both from distinguished military families and you may expect them to behave in a manner befitting their bloodlines."

When told of the Observation officers, Prinzessin Maria Athena directed her uncle General Leopold Tiberius Flatsburg to begin preparations to receive the two officers and see to their lodgings and welcome.

The Schwabian war project began when I read the Imaginations blogs on the Emperor vs. Elector. I always wanted to conduct an extended series of battles in the lace wars period. This is the time of the War of Polish Succession, War of Austrian Succession, the Seven years War, and the American Revolution. Upon the arrival of my copy of Charles Grant’s ‘The War Game’ , I decided that the time had come to start.
When you read Grant’s ‘Scenarios for Wargamers’ you find that to fight a number of battles all you need are 10 to 12 battalions of infantry, 4 to 6 squadrons of heavy and light cavalry, 4 to 6 guns and limbers. With these forces, 15 different battles can be fought. The battles include positional defense, flank attack, holding action, attack on camp, breakout, river crossing, assault river crossing, bridge demolition, dominant hill and chance encounter.
To keep the look and feel of Old School war gaming I chose the figures from Prince August. This allows me to pour my own and then paint the figures. The classic figure molds I chose were as follows. 2 of the Officer and Musketeer molds due to the number of figures needed.
BATTALION GUN 3-6 LB I-951







ARTILLARY LIMBER I-957





CARRIAGE HORSE I-956







UNDEROFFICER AND GRENADIER 911









OFFICER AND MUSKETEER X 2 910









MOUNTED OFFICER I-934









STANDARD BEARER AND DRUMMER I-904









OFFICER AND ADVANCING INFANTRY SOLDIER I-903






( LT ) CAVALRY SWORD FOREWARD I-931

( HVY ) CAVALRY I-935

Prince August Arrive

The Prince August molds arrive. I am amazed by the swift delivery from Ireland considering the state of snail mail. I am surprised that my molds are not in a bomb container till they determine what the package is. Anyone ordering from Prince August should be aware of their quick and courteous service. My order was made online late Friday night. On Monday I received an email confirming my order and the amount to be charged once the conversion from Euros to Dollars was made. A couple of weeks of waiting and my molds are here. Let the pouring begin.

New blog

I just added a blog to help carry on my 7yw project. I now have 2 groups to act as protagonist in the conflict. Harzburg will act as Prussia and seek to seize territory from the League. The Schwabian League will act for Austria and the Riech troops who stood in Fredricks way. Look at his treatment of Saxony during the war and Prussia's future treatment of Saxony. Harzburg will view the League as breakaway territories. With the ascension of a female , the chance to lay claim to the state that holds the League together is to great to ignore.
The Prince August order has been confirmed so in 6 to 9 weeks i can begin the recruitment of the armies. The weather will still be relatively cool so the Pouring will be done outside.

Austerlitz at larry Brom's part 3