Friday, August 27, 2021

More Prussian 1870-1871 Artillery

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The other day I completed painting the newly acquired gunners for the 3rd and 4th Light Batteries, part of the IX Armeekorps artillery for m...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

A Death in the "Family"

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  Just learned yesterday evening that long-time Jackson Gamer John Murtagh has died.  He apparently suffered a heart attack Tuesday afternoo...
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Rest of Hessian Artillery

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After a brief diversion to paint WW2 German tanks, I returned to the 1870-1871 Franco-German War to finish the artillery assigned to the 25t...
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Saturday, August 21, 2021

Memoir 44 - Battle of Prokhorovka (Kursk, July 1943) 'Overlord' Version

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As I stated in my previous post , this was a massive game with 25 units per side.  This particular battle was the one of the largest tank ac...
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Friday, August 20, 2021

Clankety, Clank, I Am a Tank!

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  My good wargaming buddy Lord Sterling and I, in response to a fellow gamer's request, are running a large Memoir 44 game using 15mm mi...
Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Mystery Manufacturer of Prussian 1870-1871 Gunners -- EDITED

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  Some time ago I obtained these three Prussian gunners (1870-1871) from the estate of a late friend.  AT the time I think I knew who manufa...
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Prussian and Hessian Heavy Artillery, 1870-1871

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The Fabrik Eisenmuhlen has been busy these past weeks turning out artillery for the German forces.  Three more batteries of artillery have ...