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Saturday, 28 March 2026

Another unit Prepped

The photos show the Polish Ulan Pulks. A unit I have wanted for many a year. I may have the Pulks painted in July.
Next to be prepped will be a heavy cavalry regiment. Either the Saxon Leib-Cuirassier or an Austrian dragoon regiment in the earlier uniform.

John



Thursday, 26 March 2026

On the Workbench

Since the castings arrived I have been slowly cleaning, prepping and soldering.  

Hungarian regiment Bethlen and the Prussian Kleist ' Green Croats' are ready.

Now working on the Polish Pulks. Quite a bit of soldering to do before they get mounted.

The other photos are from a game last year.

John











Wednesday, 18 March 2026

A Few of the new Castings

First photo from left to right.

Kleist Green Croat

Hungarian infantryman Bethlen

Saxon Grenadier

Saxon infantryman Graf Bruhl

Saxon infantryman Sachsen-Gotha

Second Photo from left to right.

Pancerni 

Saxon cuirassier

Polish Pulk

Austrian Dragoon based on the new illustrations on the SYW Website...No lapels etc

Looking forward to seeing some of these new miniatures painted.

John




Sunday, 15 March 2026

Good News

My Schloss arrived!

It is a magnificent model with the highest tower reaching 19 inches. It is based on an actual Schloss in Germany. I will take photos in due course.

I hope to receive my new castings next week. So for the past few days I have been converting officers/ensigns/drummers as some of the future units are somewhat unique in uniform. 

Attached are some random photos.

John











 

Friday, 6 March 2026

The Sultan and his Guard

Painted over a decade ago. Still untried on the table!

John






Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Game at the Weekend

A good friend is visiting on Saturday and I have set up a small scenario.

Ottomans/Tatars vs Saxons

I rarely game with the Ottomans as I am not happy with the house rules I use. Hopefully, this small game will resolve some of the rule issues. I think this is the reason I have never fielded the entire Ottoman army which numbers well over 1000 miniatures. It would be good to see all those 32 figure cavalry units charging about.... maybe this year I will set the table up with all the Ottomans!

John