25mm/28mm ACW REGIMENTAL FIRE AND FURY WARGAME

I hosted a wargame of Regimental Fire and Fury ACW rules last night. The figures were all 25mm/28mm from my collection including Dixon, Mark Fenlon, Foundry, Redoubt and Sash and Saber minis. The game involved five Union regiments and three guns attempting to push aside three Confederate regiments and two guns so that they could continue their advance against the flank of the main Confederate army which was notionally off the table in the distance. After some hard fighting the Confederates managed to weather the storm and were victorious. Here are some photos of the table I put together as well as some of the figures that took part in the game.

A ground level view of the table from over on the Union right flank.

Union infantry come to grips with the Confederates.

Union infantry assault the Confederates who are holding a tree lined ridge.

The Brave boys in Blue advance in the opening stages of the game.

The sheep are wondering what all the fuss is about.

MORE SIKH WARS MINIS

All 25mm foundry figures. The guns are a mix of Foundry Sikh horse artillery guns and Hinchliffe French Napoleonic guns.

DAVID AND GOLIATH IN 25mm

These are Castaway Arts figures I painted some time ago. A nice unique vignette. You can just imagine what Goliath is thinking as he looks down on the cheeky kid with the slingshot.

ANZAC DAY 2011

Here are a couple of 54mm figures I made a few years ago as a tribute to the blokes who fought on the Kokoda Track in 1942. The figure on the left represents a typical militia man of the 39th Battalion. These blokes were citizen soldiers literally dropped in the way of the Japanese with minimal training and antique weaponry. Their job was to hang on and slow the Japanese advance until the experienced soldiers of the 2nd AIF, returning from Africa and the Middle East, could get to them. The figure on the right is a typical soldier of the 2nd AIF one of the battalions who trekked up the track in appalling conditions and reinforced the militia in a series of brutal battles with the advancing Japanese. We owe a lot to the actual blokes who did this and to all the other soldiers, sailors and air force personnel who served in all the wars Australia has been involved in over the years and are currently involved in. On this ANZAC day 2011 I hope that my small offering here goes some way towards commemorating their service.

Anzac Day

so....Battlescape and Eureka

EVEN MORE SIKHS

Some more of my 25mm Foundry Sikhs.

SIKH WARS KHALSA - LIONS OF THE PUNJAB

Here are some more of my 25mm Sikhs for the Sikh Wars era. These are Khalsa regular infantry. All Foundry figures.

SIKH WARS 25mm

I have been rebasing my Sikh Wars 25mm army for use with General de Brigade rules. Here are some photos. The figures are all Foundry.

Sepoys

24th Foot Warackshire Regiment

Sikh Nihang - Akhali Fanatics. The guy on the right is throwing sharpened coits

Warriors from the hills.

VIVA SANTA ANNA! VIVA MEXICO!

Here is part of my Mexican 1836 army. The infantry figures are Cannon Fodder Miniatures, the officer is a Spanish Napoleonic mini from Front Rank. I have based these fellows for use with General de Brigade rules.

"PIPER BILL" NORMANDY 6 JUNE 1944

Warlord Games 28mm "Piper Bill", Bill Millin - piper to Lord Lovat Normandy 6 June 1944

The real Bill

28mm WW2 COMMANDO PERSONALITIES

Here are Warlord Games 28mm WW2 British Commando personality figures. I got these last week and finished painting them today. From left to right they are Lord Lovat, Lovat's Piper Bill Millin and Major (Later Brigadier) Peter Young. Very nice figures, full of detail with excellent animation and proportions.

SIKH ARTILLERY - HAMMER OF THE KHALSA!

Some more from my Sikh wars 28mm collection. A Sikh heavy artillery gun in action. The gunners are 28mm Foundry, the gun is a Warhammer model from WH's Empire line. It makes a perfect heavy gun for the Sikhs.

BILLY YANK

Just to balance out the 54mm ACW images so that they are not all Rebs, here are a couple of Yanks.

General Grant - Not sure what make this figure is. I bought him already painted a while ago.

Billy Yank. A Shenandoah Miniatures figure I painted and based years ago with some bits added such as the beard. The 'Thistles' come from a pack of dried plants I found in a gift shop.

STARS AND BARS IN THE VALLEY 1862

Some of my 54mm ACW collection. A mix of Britains and Black Cat miniatures.

SIKH CAVALRY

Here are some of my Sikh cavalry. I have always been interested in the Sikh army of the early C19th and have been collecting figures for quite some time. These are Foundry figures.

25mm Hoplites - Spartans and Others

These are some very nice pre-painted Hoplites from HCH. They are the old Tin Soldier 25mm figures, robust and chunky by today's standards but still nice figures.

Airacobra - Death from the Sky!

Racing low through the tropical clouds the Airacobra swoops down on its prey. With a devasting blast from its machineguns and cannon it rips the enemy infantry and jungle below it to shreds. This photo was taken at a wargame played on Sunday. The model is a plastic 1/72 scale Airacobra and the figures are 28mm Japanese infantry. Photoshop was used to tart up the image.

Warlord Royalist Cavalry- Sir Monty's Cavaliers!

Here is another completed box from the Warlord Pike and Shotte range.  These figures are from the Royalist cavalry which happens to be the same as the Parliamentarian box, just with different artwork!  I wanted my Cavaliers to have a bit more dash and style than those in the set (and reality).  So I have added a few flourishes here and there.  I have used some Redoubt helmeted heads that I had lying around and with creative use of greenstuff and some parts left from one of the infantry box sets, I have added some feathers and 'puffy' sleeves.  I have based these up for FOGR.
These gents are now ready to chase some roundheads fom the field of battle- never to return!  The flag is hard to make out in the photo- but it depicts two bones in the shape of a cross.  Just what Sir Monty likes best!

Onwards -- for King and glory!

The other cavalier at our house! Sir Monty!