Perry plastic Napoleonic Prussian Infantry.

 Not my usual territory. Sticking religiously to the Perry painting guide as I don't have much on the bookshelf for this period. 

Sackville Dithers.

 A little vignette to grace the table of a planned refight of the Battle of Minden to take place later this year.

Hauptmann Winzingerode of the Hesse- Kassel Leibgarde Regiment, ADC to Prinz Ferdinand of Brunswick, doffs his hat and respectfully urges General Sackville to comply with the order to move the Britsh and Hanoverian Horse under his command, an order he delivered some thirty minutes ago. Sackville, through spleen, mutters about the direction of the advance being unclear, to which Lt. Colonel Fitzroy (1st Foot Guards and a Senior ADC to Prinz Ferdinand who has arrived to press home the orders to move), indicates the direction and offers to act as a guide. Sackville remains, literally, unmoved. Lt.  Colonel Soper, 1st Dragoon Guards, finally loses his composure, trots his horse towards Captain Edward Ligonier (1st Foot Guards and a junior ADC to Ferdinand who had also been dispatched to chivvy-up Sackville), jabs a finger in the direction of Sackville, and shouts: "Good God, Sir! Repeat your orders to THAT man so that he may not pretend to not understand them for he recieved the same some thirty minutes ago and WE ARE STILL HERE!"

Figures from Crann Tara and Minden Miniatures.

Flags of War: Border Wars

 An interesting diversion with this small number of sixteenth century figures from Flags of War. 

Some RCW Whites....in black....and some Reds....in red!

Here endeth the recent RCW units that have been on the table over the past few months. Markov's White Russian Officers' Battalion are from Copplestone Castings. Trotsky's Armoured Train Guard ("Tickets, please, comrade") in their natty red leather uniform are figures from Brigade Games. Finally, two Copplestone figures to give a couple of senior officers.

Copplestone Bolsheviks - Bashkir Lancers

Utilising Copplestone RCW Bolshevik cavalry standard bearers to create a unit of Bashkir Lancers.  Read all about them here: https://www.pygmywars.com/rcw/barendspages/steppehosts/bashkirs/bashkirs.html

An appropriate flag will be added later.

Copplestone White Russians.

 All heading south to fight with Kornilov.

Adding to my 18th Century Palatine force.

Although having been painting a lot of commission pieces over the past few months, I have managed to squeeze in some painting for my (very slowly) growing 18th Century Palatine army and finish off three units that have been gently worked on over the past year. Here we have the Regiment of Reiter commanded by Graf Eliot von Port-Eliot, Comte de Morhange (an English soldier of fortune in Palatine service). The riders are Minden Miniatures Hanovarian Dragoons, repurposed for the task, mounted on plastic horses from Wargames Atlantic. I was keen to see if these plastic beasts could be utilised. They are slightly too big in scale for these Minden figures, but not wildly so.  I also completed the 1st Battalion of the Infantry Regiment von Baaden, the oldest regiment in the army of Pfalz  (figures from Crann Tara with a Minden Miniatures mounted officer). Finally, a battery of mixed calibre heavy guns (guns from Minden and gunners from Crann Tara). I now need to turn my attention to a combined battalion of Grenadiers. All flags are prints from files by Frederic Aubert.